Maximilian Schachtner

Creative Direction

Design and Development of Squama Recordings' website and online store. The core motif of interplay between the label's visuals, a strict grid with minimalistic typography and striking overlays is repeated throughout the site. 

Squama Recordings

Daily Dialogue

Art Direction, Design

Website development and bespoke online store for London based luxury fashion brand JE CAI. Its made-to-order pieces can be personalized by selecting different shapes and fabric swatches. Within the same system, base layers, components and extra components are interchangeable which required various modes for presentation and configuration.

J E CAI

Various

Illustration

 (engl.: Black Dachshund), a local bar and nightlife spot in Munich's Westend. The only constants are the typeface, color scheme and theme of the illustrations. 

Each of the hundreds of dachshund drawings was sourced straight from the community, giving patrons and friends the opportunity to contribute. This allows for a living and breathing identity that truly connects to its audience.

Schwarzer Dackel

Concept, design and development for CYTTER.datalab, a project by artist Christian Doeller, creating digital translations of physical objects. Various concepts, methods and terminology are explained through an interlink of contextual overlays, a glossary and interactive flow diagrams.

CYTTER.datalab

Website design, development and communication strategy for textile designer and illustrator Steffi Bauer. A system of building blocks and unique layouts allows for a flexible yet specific presentation of content without too much overhead.
In addition to a classic store, the products are also tightly interlinked with the detailed case studies – creating natural shopping opportunities with reduced friction.

Steffi Bauer

Michael Wong

Photography

Ongoing collaboration with industrial designer Pawel Szczypinski featuring multiple publications and a portfolio website. With content and individual designs evolving ever so slightly over the years, it was important to maintain a consistent aesthetic – while still being able to adapt to new requirements and allowing for some experiments.

Pawel Szczypinski

Art Direction/Design

Technical consultancy and development for CAP, a Madrid based production agency / media channel. A highly detailed and flexible component system combined with a robust architecture makes it possible to quickly produce countless page variants, while still keeping the growing archive accessible and easy to navigate. Countless micro interactions, transitions and animations are to be found everywhere.

CAP Dept.

Strobo B M

Website Development and technical consultation for the chair Fundamentals of Architecture at Karlsruhe Institute of Technology. It features an interactive archive of architectural references with hand crafted models that can be freely rotated and viewed from almost every angle.

R+E Reference Archive

Colin Doerffler

Design

Thomas Gothier

Manuel Schuller

, who travelled halfway across the globe documenting Techno / House DJs, venues and life in between.
The cover design and its burgundy material draw inspiration from the look and feel of german passports – invoking visual and haptic memories of travel.

Wiegand von Hartmann

Website Development for CPWH an interior design and architecture practice.

CPWH

Moriz Oberberger

Concept / Illustrations

People@Home is a pro bono initiative in collaboration with illustrator Moriz Oberberger to support the WHO Covid-19 Relief fund and lighten the mood a little during the first European lockdown. By using animated illustrations and exposure as donation incentives, the project was able to raise more than 2500,00 €. The donations and provided information were automatically added to the backend where they could be reviewed and further handled by Moriz.

People@Home

Web Development for the portfolio of documentary photographer 

 featuring lots of small interactions and subtle transitions. 

Emile Ducke

Coliin Doerffler

Barbara Doerffler

Twelve

Two sided archive website, that was developed to showcase the work of composer and pianist Carlos Cipa.

Carlos Cipa

Studio Es

Maximilian Schmitt

Development

Technical consultation for and development of 2020's edition of gaming festival Next Level featuring a spectacle of animations and rotating page transitions. 
The bilingual website would have featured a live visitor count and viewing modes for on-site screens to communicate COVID-19 regulations to visitors. Unfortunately the festival had to be cancelled last minute. 

Next Level

Art Direction

Webdesign and Development for Berlin based fashion photographer Michele Di Dio's portfolio website.
The simple structure and "no-frills" interface make it easy to browse the varied content, which in turn that can be presented in a wide range of predefined layouts to keep it interesting.

Michele Di Dio

Verena Eccardt

Consulting

Identity and visuals for PINK, a series of events in Berlin's Wilde Renate. An interpolation algorithm is used to visualize the closeness and intimacy of moving bodies by merging them into an ever changing landscape of corrupted skin. Unfortunately the event was cancelled due to COVID-19.

PINK

Web development for Art Space Los Angeles.

Los Angeles

Portfolio development for experiential design and art collective TISH featuring a bespoke pseudorandom layout system and other details. 

TISH

Clemens Piontek

Typeface

Homepage for 2019's iteration of music festival 

. The initial design was adapted for the web and brought to life with a great number of animated illustrations and easter eggs to complement the rough yet colorful style. 
Due to limited cellphone reception on the festival grounds the site was also developed with extra focus on performance and loading times.