2019 Winner
Communication Design

Pixel, Patch und Pattern: Typeknitting

Pixel, Patch und Pattern: Typeknitting

Category—Books

2019 Winner
Communication Design

Pixel, Patch und Pattern: Typeknitting

Designer(s)

Rüdiger Schlömer

Client

Verlag Hermann Schmidt

Additional Credits

JUDGE’S CHOICE:
Eddie Opara

DESIGN, CREATIVE DIRECTION, AND AUTHOR:
Rüdiger Schlömer
Zürich

PHOTOGRAPHY:
Linda Suter

PUBLISHER:
Bertram Schmidt-Friderichs° and Karin Schmidt-Friderichs

URL:
rudigerschlomer.com

CLIENT:
Verlag Hermann Schmidt

DIMENSIONS:
6.7 x 9.1 in. (17 x 23 cm)

PRINCIPAL TYPE:
Futura LT and Nexus Serif

CONCEPT:
The content and design were developed simultaneously with the aim of reframing the craft of knitting, showing the technical character of knitting practice (as “analog programming”), rather than other perceptions. Instruction manuals from the 1970s and DIY publications like Domebook inspired a certain strictness paired with an open-hearted nerd spirit. The main colors—orange and blue—represent the two sides of knitting: the precise algorithmic instructions and the soft woolly artifacts. The cloth-like cover material gives the reader an instant tactile relationship, even with no previous relationship to knitting or textile crafts.