Topic:

Vacansopapurosophobia – 20 assignments in 3 hours, 1 assignment in 4 days

Brief description:

Vacansopapurosophobia is the latin name for the fear of blank pages. How to start is a common problem in all creative fields. Let go of perfection, allow for mistakes and trust the process. In 20 quick assignments, we will create the source material for the larger assignment of designing a record cover and poster for a fictional band.

Biography:

Susanne Stahl is a professor at University of Applied Sciences Potsdam and since 2024 chairwoman of the board of 100 Best Posters e. V. She graduated with an MA in Visual Communication from Royal College of Art in London in 2012. She has a Diploma in Integrated Design at Bauhaus University Dessau, studied abroad at King Mongkut’s Institute of Technology in Bangkok. From 2007 to 2009 she worked with design studio Fons Hickmann m23 and in 2010 with IDEO London. From 2011 to 2015 she was an artistic assistant at Berlin University of the Arts and since 2016 Stahl has been a lecturer nationally and internationally e.g. University of Art and Design Halle, University of the Arts Bremen, Bauhaus University Dessau and Nanyang Technological University Singapore. She is a regular jury member of the German Academic Scholarship Foundation.

Stahl R is a Berlin based collaborative design practice founded in 2013 by Tobias Röttger and Susanne Stahl. The studio creates unique design solutions for a broad range of clients from the commercial and the cultural fields. Their highly varied output has been rewarded with national and international awards. They work in a diverse range of design disciplines: from visual identities, publication design, environmental design, editorial and art direction, to time-based media and digital projects. Since 2024 they are both members of AGI (Alliance Graphique Internationale).