November 2004  

9th crime night of Erkrath 

It's time again. Nights become longer and everything is turning around blood and thunder in Erkrath. Anne Chaplet is reading parts of her latest novel »Schneesterben«. The 9th crime night of Erkrath is taking place at the 3rd of December at the Brügger Mühle. Design – as usual – by Hesse Design, illustration by Steffen Bergemann. 

September 2004  

The new Traide Fair Stuttgart is Hesse's new client 

Until today Stuttgart is organizing more than 50 fairs and exhibitions a year. With its new building at the airport of Stuttgart it provides a much higher capacity and modern conference facilities to the export-oriented economy of Baden-Württemberg. Due to the airport access and the pure architecture Stuttgart gets a top modern fairground with unique short distances. Completion will be in 2007. Hesse Design has won the competition for the new corporate design. The new corporate design is based on a dynamic hub symbol.  

August 2004 

Werner, go ahead! 

On 26th of September 2004 there are local elections in Erkrath and the campaign is revved more and more. The 55 years old jurist and incumbent Arno Werner focuses his successful engagement for the Erkrath township and is pitching with the slogan »Go ahead, Werner!»  

Arno Werner attaches great importance to factual embodiment instead of large portraits. Important projects such as a new indoor pool, full-time schools or reurbanization of old industrial buildings are a central point of his statements. »Erkrath should become a favored address for families «, is his credo. Hesse Design together with the Belgian photographer René Clohse (www.reneclohse.be) supports the mayor in developing his campaign. 

August 2004 

Feeling for fashion 

Bonita is one of the most successful German brands of women outerwear. The company has been established in 1969 and counts actually 2.300 employees, 440 stores in Germany and 28 in Austria and has still not tapped the full potential. Bonita relies on easy combination of their individual collections. Colors and statements concerning the style are adapted to each other subtly. Next to high material- and machining quality they are basis for continuous success. Bonita asked Hesse Design to create a new brand design.  

June 2004 

Hesse runs for silver 

Hesse Design is one of the top laureates of iF communication design award 2004. The studio has been awarded for the sales brochure »haus morp« and the poster series »Salon Digital«. For the Zefa portfolio book »Meaning of life«, Hesse has received the silver iF design award. 1000 works of 34 countries have been submitted. The International Forum of Design got its reputation by the annual iF design award which is one of the most important design competitions worldwide.  

Juni 2004  

Being off  

On Monday, 7th of June 2004, the snotty role the »young directors award« comes to Duesseldorf. The best of young advertising stage directors is presented. 65 short movies, awarded in Cannes, with long-lasting impact. The Art Directors Club for Germany will present them exclusively and Stefan Scheer is doing the moderation. The »young director award« is organized by the International producers association »cfp-e/shots« once a year. Poster design by Hesse Design, illustration by Steffen Bergemann. Starting at 7:00 pm, UCI cinema, Hammer Straße 29-31, Duesseldorf-Harbour, free entrance 

May 2004  

New trademark for Kogag 

Since 34 years Kogag, which is located in Solingen and Berlin, is organizing marketing events, promotions and incentives for relevant companies and brands. »Kogag« is one of the 3 major agencies in this branch and has about 100 employees. Hesse created a new trademark and basics for the new corporate design.  

April 2004  

Erkrath has the »swarm-fever« 

Erkrath becomes more and more thrilling. On 23rd of April Frank Schätzing has hold a lecture at the Brügger Mühle and has been reading extracts of his ecological thriller »the swarm«. Visiting this presentation promises to be worthwhile following the citations and coming in third at best sellers of the news magazine »Der Spiegel«. »A great thriller« (Die Welt). »Frank Schätzing is keen competitor of Michael Crichton & Co.« (Brigitte). »Since a long time, nobody is such an exciting, pictorial and brilliant narrator in Germany« (Focus). »You have to read it fast, most of all, because you are only able to fall asleep, when you have gone through all the obstacles and finally reach the end drooling over« (Die Zeit). Poster design as usual by Hesse Design, illustration by Steffen Bergemann. The recent two posters for Erkrath’s crime night have got an award by the Type Directors Club of New York. 

March 2004 

Mind the Gap in Portugal 

On the occasion of the biggest European furniture exhibition »Export Home 2004« in Porto the »1st International Design Forum« has been taken place from 3rd to 7th of March. Christine Hesse has been – next to Ken Friedman (Norwegian School of Management Oslo) and Allessio Marchesi (Polytechnic of Milan) – one of the inaugural speakers. With her speech "Mind the gap. Where are the niches to enhance your performance?« she was demonstrating how to overcome lacks in communication with different target groups. The top-class congress has been organized by EXPONOR/Feira Internacional do Porto, ESAD/School of Arts and Design and ACICP/Commercial and industrial association of the municipally of paredes.  

March 2004 

Hesse Design has been voted the fifth most creative design agency of 2004 according to the Page ranking. 

Surprisingly Hesse Design was coming in on fifth place at the annual enumeration of medals and awards. As top small agency behind the giants (considering the business volume) and as top design specialist behind the classical advertising agencies Hesse Design belongs to the national top 5 creative agencies. A great success that Hesse would like to continue. Since the initiation of the Page ranking the studios in Berlin and Düsseldorf have come in at the first 25 and has been climbing up continuously. But also before the era of rankings Hesse was competing with the international design scene. Since 1988 the designers from Duesseldorf have received more than 100 well-known awards - among others for excellent corporate design for small companies but also for big clients such as Bewag, Swarovski or o.tel.o. Next to annual reports, catalogues and posters also exotic media such as shares, wastebaskets and mouse pads have been honored. Hesse has always accepted the competition due to sportive reasons, but never leered at it doing conceptions and design. Hesse is still abiding the maxim that the content should dominate the form and not vice versa. This is not always spectacular but authentic. And it will be more successful - as we can forecast for 2004. 

Hesse auf Medaillenplätzen 

(DDC) Das Zefa-Buch »Meaning of Life« und der Beitrag zu dem Gestaltungswettbewerb »Noch ist nichts verloren« wurde vom Deutscher Designer Club jeweils mit einer Bronzemedaille gewürdigt. Zusätzlich gewann Hesse Design noch eine Auszeichnungen für die Plakatserie »Zeichensprache«. 

(ADC) Besonders kritisch war die Berliner Jury des Art Directors Club für Deutschland. Es wurden wesentlich weniger Medaillen und Auszeichnungen als im Vorjahr verliehen. Hesse Design gewann ebenfalls eine Bronzemedaille für das Fußball-WM-Logo sowie eine Auszeichnung für die Plakatserie »Salon Digital«. 

(TDC) Die Plakatserie für die Erkrather Kriminächte wurden mit einem der begehrten »certificate of typographic excellence« vom Type Directors Club of New York ausgezeichnet.