↓ Master Thesis ↓ The master thesis examines the sometimes bizarre relationship of man to nature and illuminates this from scientific, sociological as well as design perspectives.
↓ Ritterstrasse ↓ Wayfinding system for the industrial complex at ritterstrasse 12 & 14 in Berlin-Kreuzberg, where gas lamps and taps were manufactured once. In collaboration with Nathanaël Gourdin and Jeldrik Blech at Studio Gourdin.
↓ Solastalgia ↓ A series of therapeutic video sessions that deal with the contradictory relationship we have with nature in these modern times. A mixed media production, created using computer game sequences.
↓ One, Two, Three ↓ Typographic mini golf courses. Awarded the ico-D Excellence Award, the Joseph Binder Award Gold, and Bronze from the Art Directors Club. In collaboration with Matteo Bauer-Bornemann.
↓ Evergreen ↓ Segment of a one-minute-short selected for The One Minutes, curated by David Blandy.
↓ Stollarchitekten ↓ Visual identity, based on the handwriting of the three managing directors, of an architectural office. Design: Filip Antunović, Font: In collaboration with Gabriel Richter with and at büro uebele.
↓ Telegraph ↓ Wayfinding system for the office building Telegraph in Berlin. The design is derived from the history of the site, which in the past was the location of a post and telegraph building office. In collaboration with Nathanaël Gourdin and Carolin Tegeler at Studio Gourdin.
↓ Searching for the Perfect Gentleman ↓ An experimental research, after the origin of an african barbershop poster. The video is about trust, perseverance, and a globalized and highly interconnected world we live in. The short film has been screened at numerous film festivals.
↓ Searching for the Perfect Gentleman ↓ on youtube.
↓ Segment ↓ Custom font developed for the corporate design of Nathanaël Gourdin, who works at the interface of art and design. In collaboration with Nathanaël Gourdin.
↓ Exhibition Graphics ↓ Printed matter and concept for the presentation of student projects at Dutch Design Week in Eindhoven and for IMM Cologne.
↓ Typotrop ↓ The project deals with the limits of our perception and the legibility of type. The basic idea goes back to the optical illusion of the thaumatrope, based on the inertia of our sense of sight. The result is a typeface divided into two planes, printed on the front and back of plates. The letters only become recognizable to the viewer during the rotation.
Lena Windisch
Is a multidisciplinary designer and visual researcher based in Switzerland [CH] and Franconian Switzerland [DE]. Her main fields of interest are experimental typography, typography in space, exhibition graphics, visual identities and moving images. She studied Communication Design at Burg Giebichenstein University of Art and Design in Halle and obtained a master's degree in Information Design from the Design Academy Eindhoven [NL]. Lena has worked in the fields of wayfinding design and exhibition graphics in Germany (Hamburg, Stuttgart) and Switzerland (Zurich, Winterthur).
Awards
[2018] tdc New York Certificate of Typographic Excellence, Art Directors Club Award [2016] Gold Joseph Binder Award, ico-D Excellence Award, Bronze Art Directors Club.
Film Screenings
[2022] Cineglobe Geneva [2021] Milan Machinima Festival, The One Minutes [2020] Internationale Kurzfilmwoche Regensburg, Bamberger Kurzfilmtage, Besides The Screen Brazil, Moscow Shorts, Mecal Pro Barcelona, Moscow International Documentary Film Festival Doker, Ce l'ho corto Bologna, Black Star Film Festival Ghana, The Design Film Festival, Fotogenia Mexico, Beijing International Short Film Festival, 3rd Benin City Film Festival [2019] Alternative Film Video Belgrade.
Exhibitions
[2022] Museum of the Future [2021] Moving in Stasis, The Fields of Algorithms Het Nieuwe Instituut Rotterdam [2020] DAE graduation show Eindhoven [2019] Typomania Moscow, tdc exhibition New York, Japan, Russia, China, South Korea [2017] Art Directors Club Hamburg, IMM Cologne, Dutch Design Week Eindhoven, Look at me Hamburg [2016] Winners! Winners! Winners! Vienna, Art Directors Club Hamburg.
↓ Under Pressure ↓ Humorously references the computer-generated chrome aesthetic in typography, increasingly shaped by AI and graphic design software. Using welding wire on metal plates to emboss text onto anodized aluminum, I embrace imperfection and spontaneity. (Work in progress)