Riko Tamekuni
Multidisplinary independent designer, based in Eindhoven, NL.

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White Rose ⏤ Resistance of the Writings

/2020





Editorial & Book Design




Nominated:
Applied Typography 32

Exhibited:
PAPER Takeo (JP)
PAPER INN (JP)
Nagoya Zokei University Gallery (JP)


White Rose – Resistance of the Writings is a redesigned edition of the Japanese translation of Inge Scholl’s Die Weiße Rose (English title: The White Rose). The design choices reflect visual research on both contemporary perceptions of works related to the Third Reich and a historical comparison between the resistance tactics of the White Rose and Nazi propaganda methods.
In the summer of 1942 and early 1943 in Germany, the White Rose, a student resistance group, printed six “White Rose Leaflets” decrying the Nazi dictatorship and calling for an end to the war. In February 1943, seven members of the resistance group were sentenced to death and executed, while approximately 60 others received long prison sentences. This work seeks to carry on the message of the White Rose, across time and space.

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