Peter Behrens School of Arts/Hochschule Düsseldorf

At the Peter Behrens School of Arts at Düsseldorf University of Applied Sciences, more than 2,000 students study in the fields of design and architecture. In their daily work, students explore current design and architecture issues in society and look for new solutions in the digital and global world. This is reflected in projects and cooperations for which our students have already received numerous prizes and awards. At Miss Read 2024, we will present our diverse student work in the fields of book design, typography, illustration, art printing and more to a broad professional audience. We look forward to an inspiring exchange with visitors and exhibitors at this year's fair.

Delia Imbriani et al., Spur, HSD Design Düsseldorf, 2024 © Delia Imbriani et al.

The Spur Fotomagazin not only provides an insight into photographic student work that would otherwise remain hidden from the public, it also supports and emphasizes its value through the special nature of the printed medium. At a time when we are digitally inundated with images, the magazine offers an analog space in which its content can be highlighted and celebrated.

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Anna Lena Gangluff, Das Streben nach Besserem führt manchmal zu Außergewöhnlichem, 2023 © Anna Lena Gangluff

How a printing house in the Allgäu had a decisive influence on book production. This work is a memento. A reminder of one of the most important printing houses when it comes to beautiful books. A reminder of all the incredibly creative innovations and advances, without which one or two of our favorite books might not be what they are. And it's about people. About their stories, their losses and their new beginnings. What significance a simple printing press can have for one person or another. *awarded with: Bronze at ADC New York + Bronze Nail at the ADC Talent Award in Hamburg

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Düsseldorf University of Applied Sciences looks back on a diverse and lively tradition of posters. Starting in 1968 with Uwe Loesch’s corrugated cardboard posters, through the typographic excellence of Helfried Hagenberg, Fons Hickmann, and Andreas Uebele, to contemporary works by talented students, that sometimes extend into digital space and augmented reality.
Some of the posters shown in this book have continued their lives beyond the university: they are part of collections such as the MoMA in New York, or the Museum für Gestaltung Zürich. Recognized for their exemplary design, many have received numerous awards. Now these posters have been brought together: Das Plakat isst eine Fläche. (a German wordplay for “The poster eats/is a surface”). Like in a galley proof, texts and images are set on a continuous strip, to be later cut and bound into a book—a poster novel.

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