Vibrant illustrated book from German artist Franziska Walther

Date
30 May 2013

Illustrator Franziska Walther hails from Germany’s historic and cultural capital, Weimar – land of the Bauhuas, Goethe and Bach – and produces appropriately excellent imagery. Her recent illustrated book, Der Zeitsparer (The Time-Saver), a short text by pre-war Jewish writer Kurt Tucholsky, is a beautiful tome of lithographic beauty, printed in four spot colours that let her illustrations leap from the page. For a recent graduate we have to say we’re pretty darned impressed with Franziska’s work. If she’s capable of such a beautifully illustrated book this early in her career just imagine what she’ll be accomplishing in years to come. Watch this space…

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Franziska Walther: Der Zeitsparer

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Franziska Walther: Der Zeitsparer

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Franziska Walther: Der Zeitsparer

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Franziska Walther: Der Zeitsparer

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Franziska Walther: Der Zeitsparer

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Franziska Walther: Der Zeitsparer

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Franziska Walther: Der Zeitsparer

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Franziska Walther: Der Zeitsparer

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Franziska Walther: Der Zeitsparer

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Franziska Walther: Der Zeitsparer

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James Cartwright

James started out as an intern in 2011 and came back in summer of 2012 to work online and latterly as Print Editor, before leaving in May 2015.

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