THE LOVESHAKES
CD artwork for Baseler duo "The Loveshakes".
MUSEO AERO SOLAR
Silkscreened tote bags hand-printed for the museo aero solar exhibit in Frankfurt. Limited run of 100 (38 x 42 cm).
The museo is the "world's largest flying museum" – an enormous hot-air balloon made up of taped-together plastic bags that visitors bring to the event. It grows considerably each time it visits a new city. I love to photograph the museo, some of these pictures were taken in Frankfurt, some in Prato …
Links:
» museo aero solar (blog)
» Aeronauten-Werkstatt
MINI TYPOGRAPHIC POSTERS
Selected font features and badges created for Linotype's monthly website and newsletter content.
Client:
» Linotype
A LONG WAY FROM WISCONSIN
Two-color silkscreen posters hand printed to promote a singer-songwriter concert in Frankfurt, Germany. Limited run of 100. Size: 42 x 59.4 cm (DIN A2).
über EINANDER
Book cover design for Verlag der Autoren's 40th anniversary book, überEINANDER. A charming collection of writings and essays the authors have written about each other, in the areas of film and theater.
More info (German):
» Verlag der Autoren: überEINANDER
A WOLF IN SHEEP'S CLOTHING
Currently part of the exhibit "reich sein" at the Walkmühle gallery in Wiesbaden, Germany (April 30 – June 27, 2010).Two-color silkscreened "banknotes" printed at the Gold Factory in Frankfurt and exhibited in Berlin as part of the international print festival in May 2009.
Also part of the group exhibit:
WAS KOSTET DIE WELT?
(How much is the world?)
October 31 – November 22, 2009
at the Walpodenakademie in MAINZ
CASINO FOR COMMUNICATION
Designs for seven foldable game boards in cooperation with Till Hergenhahn, for a mobile version of the "Casino for Communication" in the Dialog Museum in Frankfurt. Till designed the 3D game pieces, I designed the boards. The size of each game board is 70 x 150 cm.
More info about the museum:
» Dialog Museum
TWOTHOUSANDNINE
Self-promotional silkscreened postcard. Printed at the Gold Factory in Frankfurt (studio photos © Markus Lübeck).
DON'T BE LONG
One-colour silkscreen print, hand printed in black gouache on 200 gram white paper. Limited edition of 18. Size: 64 x 44 cm (25.2 x 17.3 inches).
33 PHOTOS
An online exhibit of photos during a trip to Japan, where I took hundreds of photos. I decided to sort through them and post my "33 favorites" to this gallery, just for fun …
Launch gallery online:
» (coming soon)
ASYMMETRY (GHOSTS)
An image from the "Ghosts" series; a collection of scenes, fragments and objects that have been captured at a moment where they have triggered a memory.
More images/info to come.
NOTES
I am a freelance artist & graphic designer living and working in Frankfurt, Germany. In my spare time I write songs.
All images on this site are © 2010 Janis Elko except where otherwise noted. Further work samples available upon request.
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