Baumann + Baumann
| Baumann + Baumann GbR | |
|---|---|
| legal form | GbR |
| founding | 1978 |
| Seat | Schwäbisch Gmünd , Germany |
| management | Barbara Baumann, Gerd Baumann |
| Branch | Advertising agency |
| Website | www.baumannandbaumann.com |
Baumann + Baumann is an international German graphic and communication design office based in Schwäbisch Gmünd .
history
In 1978 the Baumann + Baumann Design Office was founded by Barbara Baumann (* 1951) and Gerd Baumann (* 1950) after studying at the Schwäbisch Gmünd University of Design . The company became internationally known for its corporate design and orientation system for the German Bundestag in Bonn , the Great Court of the British Museum in London , with exhibition and trade fair design for Daimler AG and IBM . Corporate design concepts were developed for customers such as Siemens AG , WMF AG , Bulthaup , Diakonie Stetten and the International Music School Academy Kulturzentrum Schloss Kapfenburg .
Barbara and Gerd Baumann are honorary members of the Type Directors Club Tokyo, members of the Type Directors Club New York , have been jury members for the Kieler Woche poster competition for several years. You hold workshops as visiting professors at the Musashino Art University in Tokyo.
The office works together with designers and architects such as Otl Aicher , Kurt Weidemann , Foster + Partners , Behnisch & Partner , Richard Meier , Auer + Weber + Assoziierte , Hascher Jehle Architektur , 4a Architekten .
Awards
The Baumann + Baumann office received national and international awards such as the design award of the Federal Republic of Germany for the corporate identity “International Music School Academy Culture Center Schloss Kapfenburg”, the “best of the best” red dot design award for the “twenty-six-letter book”, the silver medal of the Art Directors Club Germany and the “The Most Beautiful German Books” award for the book “lechts rinks - Orientation between Architecture and Parliament German Bundestag Bonn”, the iF Communication Design Award for “Marbach Schillerhöhe”, the Josef Binder Award Austria in gold; one poster design was honored with the Henri-de-Toulouse-Lautrec silver medal and in 1995 the office won the Kiel Week poster competition .
Works
- Kari Voutilainen - Horlogerie d´Art. Jean Genoud SA, Le Mont-sur-Lausanne (Switzerland) 2013, ISBN 978-2-9700731-4-7 .
- Haldimann Horology. Stämpfli Verlag, Bern (Switzerland) 2012, ISBN 978-3-7272-1147-8 .
- Twelve faces of time - Horological virtuoso. teNeues Verlag, Kempen 2010, ISBN 978-3-8327-9373-9 .
- Siemens industrial design - 100 years of continuity in transition. Hatje Cantz Verlag , Stuttgart 2006, ISBN 3-7757-9181-7 .
- Word Images - Semantic Typography. Niggli Verlag , Sulgen (Switzerland) 2005, ISBN 3-7212-0560-X .
- Sit down, six? Faces and stories of a traditional school: 100 years Parler-Gymnasium Schwäbisch Gmünd. Einhorn-Verlag, Schwäbisch Gmünd 2004, ISBN 3-936373-13-2 .
- Twenty-six letter book. Hatje Cantz Verlag, Stuttgart 2003, ISBN 3-7757-9149-3 .
- Playrooms, room to move. Hatje Cantz Verlag, Stuttgart 2002, ISBN 3-7757-0942-8 .
- Architecture and Democracy - Building for Politics from the American Revolution to the Present. Hatje Cantz Verlag, Stuttgart 1996, ISBN 3-7757-0402-7 .
- lechts rinks - Orientation between architecture and parliament German Bundestag Bonn. Hatje Cantz Verlag, Stuttgart 1995, ISBN 3-7757-0587-2 .