Intro

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Item (Independent platform for the Transfer of Educational impulses via a student Magazine) is the student magazine of the Department of Design and Culture at HTW Berlin. Initially developed by Sally Paschmann in 2019 as part of her bachelor’s thesis.

The third issue addresses the prefix »trans« and therefore ventured »across«, »through« and »to the other side«: How do our society, our culture and our visual perception transform? And what responsibility do designers face in a world that is constantly changing?

Questions like these were raised by us and we received exciting contributions from authors such as Ellen Lupton, Lesli Xia, Francesca Schmidt, Hannah Witte and many more. In addition, the third issue presents 23 interesting student projects that were developed in the last semesters at HTW Berlin.

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Design challenge

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Our task in this semester was to develop issue number 3 from scratch. We had to find a compelling theme, recruit authors and participants, and create a new and fresh design overall. Throughout the semester, we acquired extensive knowledge about the magazine medium. We learned how to execute an exciting project as a team, comprehend the connection between editorial and design, oversee the printing production, and collectively interpret the third edition of »item« in new and innovative ways.

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Info

pages: 120

dimensions: 210 x 275 mm

circulation: 350

technique: off-set printing with ring binding containing varying formats and foldable pages

Available through Instagram

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