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The Weimar Republic Festival

The Weimar Republic: Germany 1918-1933 began as a bold German political experiment at the end of the First World War and lasted until the rise of Nazism. The era was marked by incredible intellectual productivity, with German artists making lasting contributions in the fields of literature, art, architecture, music, dance, drama, and film. Berlin, in particular, proved to be fertile ground for artists, including composers Kurt Weill and Paul Hindemith. A wide-ranging look at this fascinating, turbulent time.

I designed a new program book format for the LA Phil’s Humanities department centered around the house typeface Apercu and expanded into Apercu Mono. The cover is always shorter and heavier weight uncoated paper.

 
 

creative direction & TEMPLATE DESIGN: Mary Smudde
graphic DESIGN: JULIA DANKBERG
curator, programmer, writer, & editor: julia ward, director of humanities, LA Phil