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Three posters side by side. The outer two feature a block of German and English text overlaid with a bold, black graffiti tag that reads “Give Love Back”. The central poster is black with the words “Art or Industry” in large, white, sans-serif typography.

Bureau Sandra Doeller shakes up exhibition materials design

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Date
9 January 2015

January is a time for new beginnings, and our inaugural post about Bureau Sandra Doeller proves that to be very much true. Sandra, who was previously one half of Doeller-Satter, has broken out alone, anointing her new studio with a remarkably striking project for Frankfurt’s Museum Angewandte Kunst. Overlaying bold but simple text-driven posters with playful hand-drawn type, a grinning smiley face and huge drippy lettering, Sandra breaks out of the traps of rigid uniformity with both the exhibition newspaper and the posters which accompany it.

And seeing as the show itself deals with the question of “what applied art can be today,” her graphic solution is bang on the mark: strong, fun and unafraid of shattering norms of editorial design for exhibitions Get ready to see a whole lot more.

A black and white poster featuring a large, hand-drawn circular scribble that resembles a stylized eye or a knot. The scribble is layered over a dense block of German and English text, with the word “BACK” written in bold, dripping letters at the bottom. Below the main graphic, text reads “Give Love Bact. Ata Macias Und Partner” and lists the exhibition dates as “13. September 2014–11. Januar 2015”. The bottom of the poster displays the logo for “museum angewandte kunst” alongside the gallery address in Frankfurt am Main.
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Sandra Doeller: Give Love Back Poster

A typographic poster featuring the words “GIVE LOVE BACK” in large, dripping black letters. The text is layered over a dense block of German and English prose. At the bottom, a smaller section reads “Give Love Back. Ata Macias und Partner” and lists the dates “13. September 2014 – 11. Januar 2015”. The footer identifies the venue as “museum angewandte kunst” in Frankfurt am Main.
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Sandra Doeller: Give Love Back Poster

A two-page spread from a book. The left page features a block of German text with an English translation below it, while the right page contains a handwritten diagram of words and arrows.
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Sandra Doeller: Give Love Back Newspaper

Two black and white photographs sit opposite German text in a printed book. The top image shows a minimalist bar counter with a vase of flowers and glassware, while the bottom shows a stark, white architectural structure in a dark room. To the right, bold text reads “Eine Bar ist eine Bar ist eine Bar” and “Ein Club ist ein Club ist ein Club.*”, with a handwritten note scribbled across the middle.
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Sandra Doeller: Give Love Back Newspaper

An open book shows a page of printed German text on the left and a handwritten recipe on the right. The recipe is for “Pasta ala Hazan” and lists ingredients including tomatoes, butter and onion.
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Sandra Doeller: Give Love Back Newspaper

An open magazine spread featuring a layout of text and images. The left page contains columns of text and small black and white photos, while the right page is dominated by a large, colourful collage of figures and abstract shapes.
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Sandra Doeller: Give Love Back Newspaper

A black and white open brochure. The right page features a bold typographic layout that reads “ART OR INDUSTRY”, with the final word split across two lines. The left page contains two columns of text in German and English, with a handwritten note at the bottom.
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Sandra Doeller: Give Love Back Newspaper

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Maisie Skidmore

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Maisie joined It’s Nice That fresh out of university in the summer of 2013 as an intern before joining full time as an Assistant Editor. Maisie left It’s Nice That in July 2015.

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