The only thing worse than starting something and failing … is not starting something.
This is a random quote from The Nice Quote — a website with a hightly curated collection of quotes from a wide range of different people who are inspiring me. It was initially built to serve me personally as a functional tool and accessible base for my quote collection. Maybe you like it too! → www.thenicequote.com

Andy Warhol’s INTERVIEW Magazine
Editorial design and website for the German version of Andy Warhol’s INTERVIEW, which is published monthly, edited in Berlin and designed in Cologne by Meiré und Meiré. (→ see more)
→ www.interview.de
AIGA International Smalltalk Series
Following the invitation of the AIGA Chicago I produced this video for their International Smalltalk Series.
Latest Interviews:
→ Mirko Borsche
→ Kai von Rabenau
→ Veronica Ditting

Future Interviews:
• Mike Meiré
• Hans Ulrich Obrist
• Tobias Thomas
(→ hugohoppmann.com/blog)
Better Mjstakes Vol. III (Prototype)
Prototype of the third issue of Better Mjstakes to be published in the near future.
(→ see more)
V.U.C.A. Grotesque
The final, digitized, result of the third semester’s research started in early 2009. Development of my first sans-serif typeface — working title Accidents Grotesk — based on a reinterpretation of the classical (geometric) Futura ‘a’. (→ see more)
Tobias Madison Posters
A series of experimental posters for Tobias Madison’s show titled Hydrate + Perform in New York [...] (→ see more)
032c Website
Development of Jörg Koch’s Berlin based culture magazine 032c’s new website. In collaboration with Johannes Breyer and Uli Schöberl.
(→ www.032c.com)
More background info on the blog here and there.
V.U.C.A. Magazine
Design and Art Direction for a self-made magazine on architecture / design / interior with the theme ETHNO vs. MODERN in collaboration with photographer Namsa Leuba. (→ see more)
Better Mjstakes Vol. II (Prototype)
Prototype of the second issue of Better Mjstakes containing an extensive conversation I had with Mike Meiré last summer. The images show the prototype version of the magazine which will be published in the near future. (→ see more)
Surface To Air
Print publication and video clip presenting the S/S 2011 collection of Paris based label Surface To Air. In collaboration with Alexia Cayre.
(→ see more)
Better Mjstakes Vol. I
Personal magazine project in collaboration with my partner in crime Johannes Breyer, entirely designed in V.U.C.A. Grotesque, written with love.
“[...] We want this platform to be understood as a rising collection of thoughts and talks; a processual protocol of our growth as young designers inevitably: modern romantics.”
(→ see more)
(→ hugohoppmann.com/blog/sentiment)
In Conversation With
I chose my conversation with François Rappo and Jörg Koch for the Better Mjstakes magazine (read it here) for my interview visualisation, which was the third semester’s mission in Nicole Udry‘s course.
(→ see more)
Learning from Las Vegas
Poster and catalogue for a fictional exhibition based on the legendary architectural manifest Learning from Las Vegas by Robert Venturi and Denise Scott Brown. (→ see more)
Grace Jones Typeface
A headline typeface in two styles; round and square, based on the androgyny of Grace Jones. It has been widely used by different designers including Bureau Mirko Borsche. (→ see more)
SPEX
This book is a documentary about Köln in the 1980s, when my hometown was suddenly the center of the contemporary art world. It is mainly based around the legendary magazine SPEX (Musik zur Zeit) and it’s protagonists and foundation members, who I interviewed. (→ see more)
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