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        gestalten continues to actively reimagine the way in which we approach publishing. With our extensive range of titles, we not only seek to enhance and to enrich our reader's lives, but to continually engage with the surrounding creative landscape. Our origin story began with a focus on the aesthetic, particularly that of graphic design and, over the last two decades, the scope of both our content and our expertise has widened. Today, using a myriad of observations of culture, people, art, and other intimate, inspirational informants, we document and anticipate vital movements in architecture, visual culture, design & fashion, escapism, food & beverages, travel, and contemporary art. In 2014, Little Gestalten joined the literary ranks and ensured that there was a place for readers of all ages within the world of gestalten. The gestalten narrative exists beyond the textual realm; regardless of the medium at hand, gestalten wishes to inform and inspire our community. We welcome you to enter gestalten's world of creative culture, whether between our pages, indulging in images and films online or at one of our international events. We look forward to the result: mutual inspiration.

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      • October 2021

        Henry the Sparrow

        by Christine Schmidt-Schaller (Author), Wolf Bertram Becker (Illustrator)

        Everyone is looking forward to Christmas. The animals as well as the people.But then a most unwelcome guest appears in the barn of Paul the farmer.Clutching a blue sack, he disturbs the peaceful festivities of the animals.But what does this gloomy fellow want on such a beautiful evening anyway? And what is he hiding from the animals?

      • Individual designers
        November 2010

        Craft, guild and historical guild signs

        Part 1: Building and finishing trades

        by Gisela Pekrul

        The DVD-ROM represents a substantial extension of the CD-ROM "Historical trade marks" for the building industry. It contains 250 historical FIGURE SIGNS (guild coats of arms, guild symbols), GUILDING SIGNS (guild coats of arms, guild symbols), CRAFTS SIGNS (coats of arms, craft symbols) and VOCATIONAL STAFF SIGNS (professional signs, professional symbols) of the professions stonemason and stone sculptor, Bricklayers, carpenters, roofers, road builders, well builders, plasterers, stove and air heating installers, painters and varnishers, upholsterers, chimney sweeps, furnace and chimney builders, draftsmen, architects, brick burners, miners and firemen.For the occupations natural stone mechanic, concrete block and Terrazzohersteller, concrete and reinforced concrete farmer, stand farmer, channel farmer, warming, cold weather and noise insulation, dry construction mechanic, building sealant, wood and building protector, tile, plate and mosaic layer, screed layer, Bodenleger and construction equipment leader there is a particularly developed indication in each case. One finds old guild signs of:Esslingen, Heidenheim, Karlsruhe, and Freiburg im Breisgau in Baden-Württemberg,Schönberg in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern,Drebkau and Potsdam in Brandenburg,Gardelegen and Magdeburg in Saxony-Anhalt,Gotha in Thuringia,Göttingen, Helmstedt, Holzminden and bath Gandersheim in Lower Saxony,Karlstadt, Pfreimd, Aschaffenburg, Regensburg, Augsburg and Nuremberg in Bavaria,Marburg and Frankfurt/Main in Hessen,Worms and Mainz in Rhineland-Palatinate,Dresden, Torgau in Saxony,Lübeck in Schleswig-Holstein,Cologne in North Rhine-Westphalia.Berlin,Hamburg.There are also guild marks of:Vienna, Admont, Eferding, Linz in Austria,Bern and Basel in Switzerland,Ghent, Liège and Bruges in Belgium,Lützelstein and Strasbourg in France,Bartschin (Barcin), Greifenhagen (Gryfino) and Danzig (Gdansk) in Poland,Reval (Tallinn) in Estonia,Florence in Italy,London in Great Britain,Amsterdam in the Netherlands.All guild signs are available in high-resolution JPG and PNG format, many additionally in four vector graphic formats (AI - Adobe Illustrator from CS2, CDR - CorelDraw from XI, SVG - Inkscape, XAR - XaraXtreme) for professional use. Craft marks, where it makes sense, are plotted.Pictures and texts about the history of the professions as well as a description of modern apprenticeship training with reference to old job titles round off the whole. Modern, trademark-protected guild marks are described verbally, indicating the conditions under which they may be used and where they can be obtained.

      • October 2017

        EUROPA - Continent der Vielfalt

        by Markus Eisl, Gerald Mansberger

        The satellite image book EUROPA - Kontinent der Vielfalt shows the fascinating variability of the continent from a perspective of a viewer in an Earth orbit at an altitude of 600 kilometers above the surface of Earth.  Again and again spectacular satellite images make unexpected and unknown aspects of Europe visible. Ancient and modern cultural landscapes, historical heritage sites, and images of European cities on the move into future change with beautiful natural landscapes with mountains, rivers, forests and wetlands. In the satellite images, all of them present in a wide variety of colors and structures.

      • October 2016

        CITIES - Brennpunkte der Menschheit

        by Markus Eisl, Gerald Mansberger, Peter Matzanetz, Paul Schreilechner,

        The satellite image book CITIES - Brennpunkte der Menschheit shows the fascinating variety of cities from all over the world. Repeatedly the selection of spectacular  high resolution images taken by state-of-the-art satellites surprises with unexpected perspectives. Cities in extreme situations, ghost towns planned for millions of people, fascinating city layouts are presented in an appealing sequence. Systematic, planned structures and chaotically grown patterns are shown in the colors of all continents. The dynamics of rise and fall is visible in the images as well as the current, increasingly rapid development of megacities.

      • Memoirs
        March 2018

        Owl place

        From the incredible life of Rudi Kleineich or search for happiness in a hard time

        by Harry Schmidt

        This excitingly written book takes place between winter 1945 and Christmas 1953 - with skilfully inserted flashbacks to the years 1919, 1923 and 1930. The owl village that gives the book its title is the Lindenhof estate workers' village in Vorpommern, a place without owls, without newspapers and without electricity. One of its inhabitants is the 25-year-old day laborer's son and "bee man" Rudi Kleineich, who is of military age, as it was then called, but suffers from the life-threatening hemophilia and yet has an unbridled will to live. This will is even increased when, in the turmoil of the time, he comes into possession of a voluminous encyclopedia from 1886. From it he learns that he does not necessarily have to die as early as his uncle, from whom he copied beekeeping. The actual action begins a few days before the Russian invasion, which is expected with great fear and uncertainty, and which is supposed to be just outside the village. When the Red Army actually arrives, many terrible things happen in Owl Village, too, with which the soldiers with the red star take revenge on their German enemies - especially on their wives, almost no matter how old or young they are. In this Vorpommerschen place, too, Harry Schmidt, in reference to the hard historical facts, lets a real rape frenzy of several days happen. Law and order seem to have capitulated to the violence of the war and even officers no longer know either decency or humanity. But then suddenly it is over. As if someone had flipped a switch in the occupying forces, the intoxication is ended, and where rape and murder could have been committed with impunity, the perpetrators from their own ranks are now threatened with drastic punishment - including summary executions. The new order is taking hold. But what will the future bring to the little people of Lindenhof? And does Rudi's tender love for Christel, the refugee girl, have a chance?

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