Reinhard Gassner used poster motifs to make a print that relates to the chaos of war in former Yugoslavia. The subjects, sketched directly as an illustration on offset panels, were printed over each other so often that the aesthetic of a ‘bold misprint’ was created. Instead of the titles of theatre pieces the two names ‘Mohammed’ and ‘Jesus’ are placed together like the first name and surname of one and the same person; well-known icons of creeds with imperial aspirations are named. The war and evil lies essentially in the belief that only one prophet can be the true one. The conflict is visualised typographically through the use of the Cyrillic and Latin alphabets.

Do you know who invented the copyright symbol? Reinhard Gassner was unable to find this out. Whatever the case; it contains the Roman number 100. Around the ‘C’ there is a circle that you could also call a halo. Along with 30 other German-speaking designers Gassner was invited to design a poster for the Goethe Institut in Santiago de Chile to mark the start of the new millennium. The visual idea is derived from a remark made by Jan Tschichold; about the theme of the centre axis he said: imagine Jesus without a centre parting. In the representation of saints we encounter the circle as a halo and the emphasis of the centre axis as a sign of uniqueness and credibility. As the model for the design a well-known Russian icon with the sacred face is used. The intervention in the image is restricted to changing the centre parting and the direction of the gaze and visually addressing the zeros of the year 2000, which were still unfamiliar at the time – packed in the copyright symbol; the new century without a halo.

Located in the south of Vorarlberg the Walgau region consists of numerous small communities. With the goal of encouraging citizen participation in these communities and integrating them in the regional planning process it was intended to develop dialogue-oriented communication. The main page provides all the important basic information. A subpage functions as a kind of Wiki for information worth knowing about the region, in addition technical functional tools for participation and open communication are offered. A product of regional development, the website is intended to form an actively used database of knowledge and thought in the region that extends beyond the period of the process. A well though-out and consistently used design grid introduces the requisite calm and clarity and ensures user-friendly application.

Hippokratest® is a self-assessment instrument for doctors who work in the areas of internal and general medicine, for quality circles and doctor networks. A catalogue of questions was compiled by experts from 15 clinical disciplines with the aim of achieving a modern kind of further training. The assessment consists of 60 multiple choice questions, followed by an evaluation backed up by anonymous comparative values and suggestions for further training tailored to the participant’ specific strengths and weaknesses.

The website “hermann-kaufmann.at” not only provides a representative and comprehensive internet site, an integrated database that the feeds the site also serves as an archiving tool and as project server for current projects. This system was used to create a complex and forward-looking administration and data management tool.

dataholz is an interactive building component catalogue with more than 1500 tested and approved variations available at the press of a button. The contents are constantly expanded and improved by proHolz Austria and Austrian Timber Research, which considerably simplifies the work process for all architects and planners.

“Neue Architektur in Österreich” (New Architecture in Austria) forms part of a series of architecture guides. Gasser Redolfi KG already collaborated on the earlier volumes covering Vorarlberg, Carinthia and Tyrol. The content is divided up into regions; the start to each chapter contains large photographs – scenographic views or bird’s eye perspectives, introductory texts and maps showing the locations of the buildings. As only two numbers are employed, one for the region and one for the respective building, the book can be used very easily by readers. The pages on the buildings are designed in a very compact way. The small, convenient format requires exact typography and high reproduction quality in print. In the first edition the architecture guide also covers the neighbouring region of western Hungary and is trilingual – German, Hungarian and Croatian.

This book serves as the exhibition catalogue for architecture photographer Ignacio Martinez. His aim is to show pictures without text, hence the title “Der stumme Blick” (The Silent Gaze). The image on the cover shows a much enlarged shadow of the photographer’s father cast on Spanish ground. In the book the pictures are combined in groups of three. For Ignacio Martinez the formal relationships between the photos are important, and not so much the buildings themselves. When you first open the book it is black and white. The content is revealed only when you open out the folded pages. The groups of three photos – the triptychs - are not accompanied by any text. The relevant facts are to be found in the information graphics in the appendix. In an overview the most important photographic lines are shown and something about the formal aspects is conveyed; at the same time this approach also allows the editorial information about the pictures to be correctly ascribed.

The publication “vis!on rheintal Dokumentation 2006”, which was issued by the State of Vorarlberg and 29 municipalities in the Rheintal, documents the results of a two-year work process and is intended to provide stimuli and to function as a reference work for the further development and implementation of the Vision Rheintal. The informative cartographic view extends through the publication like a red thread. The consistently pragmatic design was provided by the design office grafiksg - Stefan Gassner as project leader in collaboration with Gassner Redolfi KG. The printers Höfle in Dornbirn were responsible for the high-quality reproduction and printing.

Working in collaboration with recognised experts, proHolz Austria produces a practice-related handbook for two dozen native kinds of wood, which, in a concentrated way, compiles technical values, botanical characteristics and references from cultural history. In visual terms the main part is made up of magnificent colour prints of the selected kinds of wood. These were directly scanned and printed at the very highest quality. The book “Holzspektrum” was awarded a diploma of honour in the international competition “The Finest Books from throughout the World 2007”. On 16 and 17 February 2007 in the Deutsche Nationalbibliothek in Leipzig seven jury members from China, Germany, France, Austria and Hungary examined 545 books from 33 countries. These books had either already received an award in their respective national competitions or had been selected by committees of experts in their country of origin. 14 different awards were decided upon.