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Communication
Design Collective

What we do and love

<3 Exhibition Design

We offer exhibition design for museums, galleries, and all places where something can be exhibited. Watch us turn a graphic concept into a complete structural implementation! We'll also take care of the accompanying exhibition marketing or catalogs.

Accessibility

We want to make content accessible to as many people as possible. In our day-to-day work, we therefore take care to avoid the most common obstacles to low-barrier access. If the project requires it, we also approach (unattainable) full accessibility: Visual and content comprehensibility, structural data preparation and accessibility aids for the digital and analog world according to common standards.

Branding

Who are you? What do you offer?
We love helping brands find their voice. Having a corporate identity gives your company self-confidence! We create visual and linguistic guidelines while helping you clarify your vision and mission statement. After launch, we stay by your side to ensure that your brand remains fresh and up to date!

Corporate Design

We develop all the visual components for corporate communication, starting with a logo, a house font, and a memorable color scheme. We'll give you a corporate design manual with easily applicable rules.
We make sure to consider all avenues if required, such as equipment, uniforms, installations, products, and the entire marketing - in print, digital, and space.

Digital / UI Design

We design user interfaces for interactive information: apps, websites, and webshops. We also create barrier-free media content for exhibitions and public spaces.

Editorial Design

We design and set layouts for print products from two pages to two hundred! Magazines, newspapers, image brochures or annual reports, product catalog, or exhibition catalog. As always, barrier-free as standard.

<3 Learning stations

... combine playful and didactic elements to impart knowledge and boost learning success. We develop individual solutions for educational trails, museums, leisure parks and zoological gardens.

<3 Graphic Design

Information is understood primarily through its presentation. First, we define the addressee, message, and medium. Then we design accessible layouts, taking into account perceptual habits of the audience and technical limitations of the medium.

Illustration

We love illustration: Whether illustrative branding, character design, infographics, illustrating assets for explainer videos, or something else!

Information Design

In a complex world, attention is considered an increasingly valuable resource. We simplify information by visualizing it in infographics with reduced form. We create wayfinding systems and icons or signet systems for barrier-free understanding.

Campaigns

Get the message across! Print, digital or multi-media, we work with you to develop a campaign concept that will reach your target group wherever they get their information.

Copywriting

We deliver text for communication products and develop brand or product names- finding claims and creating effective headlines and crisp copy.

<3 Scenography

Your environment is constantly communicating with you. Here, we effectively stage spaces: for knowledge transfer in exhibition spaces and museums, as a marketing backdrop, or an entire world of experience in amusement parks and zoological gardens.

Typedesign

Type is an essential corporate design element, as much as logo and color. The form of a good typeface helps to convey emotion in communication. We create bespoke typefaces for a consistent brand presence, optimized for print or screen, and barrier-free on request.

3D Visualization

We use 3D in many ways in our work processes. We model products or prototypes for learning stations or analog games. We use it to realistically test the effect of scenographic solutions and plan trade-fair presentations. We especially like to use it to experiment with new ways of visual representation.

The Why and How

Understanding
essentials <3

Essence precedes form and design. Our vision is to understand and make visible the essence of people and things- in our team, and our projects. We create products that communicate the essential and promote mutual understanding. Day by day, we live our vision and values in the form of seven guiding principles:

1. Holistic
or not at all.

A holistic approach considers all aspects of a matter – its parts and their interaction. This is how we work together as a team and network. We encourage ourselves and others to show themselves and to respect their own boundaries.

2. Comes from hearts, affects hearts.

It is essential for us to find meaning and joy in our work. We therefore prefer to create design solutions that are convincingly simple and encourage playful discovery.

3. Simply
inviting.

We want to give everyone access to essential content. We attach great importance to simple implementation in order to meet different needs, requirements and wishes.

4. Rather
sustainable solutions.

We tackle complex problems with simple questions, solve them in a structured way and remain flexible. It is important to us to use the available resources as sustainably as possible.

5. We act intuitively
and deliberately.

When it comes to conceptual tasks, a planned, objective approach is important to us. Nevertheless, when it comes to complex issues, we are convinced that intuitive decision-making delivers better results. For creative tasks, we therefore also follow our gut feeling instead of pondering on the spot.

6. Dialogue,
not monologue.

We don't simply talk others up to the wall in projects. We prefer to continuously exchange ideas during our collaboration – we listen, ask questions and provide food for thought. In this way, both sides share their knowledge and learn.

7. No Bullshit.
Promised.

We are transparent. If we make mistakes, we correct them as a matter of course and accept constructive criticism. We stick to what we say and want to be treated in the same way. And if someone can do something better than we can, we say so.

Understanding essentials <3
1. Holistic or not at all.
2. Comes from hearts, affects hearts.
3. Simply inviting.
4. Rather sustainable solutions.
5. We act intuitively and deliberately.
6. Dialogue, not monologue.
7. No Bullshit. Promised.

The core of the collective

Fabian Dornhecker

Corporate or editorial design? Print or digital? Solve it with Type!

f.dornhecker@ungestalt.de

Michelle Flath

Introduce our collective and services, on social media and with our giveaways.

m.flath@ungestalt.de

Claudia Haase

Actively making the visual environment accessible, with clear messages and cheerful design.

c.haase@ungestalt.de

Jakob Hornfeck

Freelance lighting design and media technology.

j.hornfeck@ungestalt.de

Jessica Sauter

Clear communication with heart: marketing and corporate design preferably for educational and green topics.

j.sauter@ungestalt.de

Maximilian Satzinger

Despite stylistic diversity in illustration and moving images, a constant pole of calm in the team.

m.satzinger@ungestalt.de

Torsten Schaumburg

:: CEO
Whether it's branding, learning stations, nature trails, or exhibitions: what you plan can easily be implemented.

t.schaumburg@ungestalt.de

Lieven Sedlak

Intern graphics

l.sedlak@ungestalt.de

Nikita Serebriakov

Creating graphics and deep associations – beeing a master of camp collages.

n.serebriakov@ungestalt.de

Swana Sobottka

Good with words for Brand Strategy and Copywriting. Oversees projects and offers structured thinking.

s.sobottka@ungestalt.de

Nadine Scharsitzke

At home in the world of spreadsheets to always keeping track of scenographic projects.

n.scharsitzke@ungestalt.de

Franziska Wander

From illustrating details to managing campaigns: the focus is always on people and the message.

f.wander@ungestalt.de

Ivo Zibulla

:: CEO
Providing strategic advice to teams on processes and products in partnership, in workshops and with concept.

i.zibulla@ungestalt.de

Tina Zürner

Develops visual systems to convey knowledge: passionate about print and scenography.

t.zuerner@ungestalt.de

Who we work with

Culture

BBKL e.V.

DASA Arbeitswelt Ausstellung

Erinnerungsort Topf & Söhne Erfurt

Ernst Klett Verlag GmbH

FV Welterbe an Saale und Unstrut e.V.

GRASSI Museum für angewandte Kunst Leipzig

GRASSI Museum für Musikinstrumente der Universität Leipzig

Industriekultur Leipzig e.V.

Jan Bouman Haus Potsdam

Kulturhistorisches Museum Magdeburg

Landesverband der Freien Theater in Sachsen e.V.

Lindenau Museum Altenburg

LiveKommbinat Leipzig e.V.

LOFFT Theaterbetriebe gGmbH

Museum der bildenden Künste Leipzig

Museum Naumburg

Museum Weißenfels im Schloss Neu-Augustusburg

Musik- und Kunstschule Landkreis Leipzig

Naturkundemuseum Leipzig

Ravensburger Spieleverlag GmbH

Sächsisches Industriemuseum

Schaubühne Lindenfels

Schulmuseum – Werkstatt für Schulgeschichte Leipzig

Senckenberg Naturhistorische Sammlungen Dresden

Thüringer Theaterverband e.V.

Traumzauberbaum Merchandising UG

Vereinigte Domstifter

Werkstattmuseum für Druckkunst zu Leipzig

Science and Education

Berufsbildungswerk Leipzig (BBW) gGmbH

Fraunhofer-Zentraum für Internationales Management+Wissensökonomie

HafenCity Universität Hamburg

Helmholtz-Centre for Environmental Research

Hochschule für Technik, Wirtschaft und Kultur Leipzig

Koordinierungsstelle zur Chancengleichheit an sächsischen Hochschulen

Leibniz-Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung Halle

Leipzig Institute for Meteorology

Musik- und Kunstschule Landkreis Leipzig

Technische Universität Ilmenau

Leisure

Altenburger Tourismus GmbH

Augustusburg/Scharfenstein/Lichtenwalde Schlossbetriebe gGmbH

Deutscher Tierschutzbund e.V.

Fremdenverkehrsverband Altenburger Land

Landestourismusverband Sachsen e.V.

Landesverband Nachhaltiges Sachsen e.V.

Leipzig Tourismus und Marketing GmbH

Natur- und Kulturpark Elbaue GmbH

Naturschutzstation Biberhof Torgau

Saale-Unstrut-Tourismus e.V.

Schloss Wildeck

Schloss- und Kulturbetrieb Altenburg

Serengeti-Park Hodenhagen GmbH

Staatl. Schlösser, Burgen & Gärten Sachsen gGmbH

Staatsbetrieb Sachsenforst

Stadthafen Leipzig GmbH

Stadtmarketing Halle (Saale) GmbH

Tourismus Marketing Gesellschaft Sachsen mbH

Tourismus und Sport GmbH

Tourismusregion Zwickau e.V.

Tourismusverband Sächsisches Burgen- und Heideland e.V.

Tourismusverein Borna und Kohrener Land e.V.

Tourismusverein Leipziger Neuseenland e.V.

Verein Städtetourismus in Thüringen e.V.

Zoo Duisburg gGmbH

Zoo Hannover gGmbH

Zoo Leipzig GmbH

Services

AB+M GmbH

ANNABAU Architekur und Landschaft GmbH

C-Informationssysteme GmbH

Institut für Marktforschung GmbH

Leipziger Institut für Energie GmbH

Lots* Gesellschaft für verändernde Kommunikation mbH

Mobility Center GmbH

RWS Gruppe

Seecon Ingenieure GmbH

taskforce - Management on Demand GmbH

Ulrich Krüger Landschaftsarchitekten

Wandel Begleiten GmbH

Wurzener Gebäude- und Wohnungs-GmbH

Administration

Biosphärenreservatsverwaltung Mittelelbe

Bundesanstalt für Arbeitsschutz und Arbeitsmedizin

Bundespresseamt

Deutsches Patent- und Markenamt

Gemeinde Großpösna

Gemeinde Löbnitz

Grüner Ring Leipzig

Landratsamt Forchheim Dienststelle Ebermannstadt

Sächsisches Staatsministerium des Innern

Sächsisches Staatsministerium für Energie, Klimaschutz, Umwelt und Landwirtschaft

Sächsisches Staatsministerium für Soziales und gesellschaftlichen Zusammenhalt

Sächsisches Staatsministerium für Wirtschaft, Arbeit und Verkehr

Sächsisches Staatsministerium für Wissenschaft, Kultur und Tourismus

Stadt Altenburg

Stadt Borna

Stadt Delitzsch

Stadt Frohburg

Stadt Grimma

Stadt Leipzig

Stadt Markkleeberg

Stadt Markranstädt

Stadt Recklinghausen

Stadt Taucha

Social

Berliner Stadtmission Diakonie Betriebs gGmbH

Caritasregion Mittelthüringen

Deutsche Kinder- und Jugendstiftung gGmbH

Evangelische Kirche der Pfalz

Friedenskreis Halle e.V.

JOBLINGE gAG Leipzig