The region “Walgau” and its transformation by inserting a syllable to create the adjective “genau” (precise, exact). The logo type deliberately uses lower case lettering in order to convey action, playfulness and lightness. The little green ring augments the brand, is a navigation element, an explanatory graphic symbol and much more. The website appeals to teachers and students, distributes learning units, documents results and lives from its simple functionality and interesting contents, often conveyed by means of videos and animated graphics. Today it is the moving image in particular that shapes digital, visual communication.

The logo is based on the idea of a seal. We are familiar with the seal as a form of certification that conveys commitment, security, and legality. The traditional circular shape, the coat of arms of the Austrian state as a national emblem, a modern font family and the names of three notary’s offices are the ingredients for a strong joint brand architecture. Differentiation is introduced by the different names and colours. Designed as responsive, the websites derive their life from “icons of navigation”. Theme-related illustrations function as a primary interactive guiding element of the graphic user interfaces. The photographs show authentically the personal aspects and the people behind the legal paragraphs Responsive web design means a design concept that is adaptable as regards both illustration and application, from the wide monitor to the small smartphone. And in both landscape and portrait format. In an age in which digital communication increasingly takes place on the smartphone, responsiveness is an important design factor.

HK Architekten was founded in 2018, when Roland Wehinger, Christoph Dünser and Stefan Hiebeler became partners of Hermann Kaufmann. The new website is not just a representative and comprehensive internet page. An integrated data base serves as both a data management and archiving tool and as a project server for current projects.

Atelier Gassner’s corporate design for Lech municipal council has proved its worth over more than 25 years and is widely used: from the letterhead and all the council’s printed material to the signposts throughout the village. The goal was to create a contemporary image that would, however, be independent of the tourism advertising. Alongside the coat of arms derived from heraldry, the basic element of the corporate design is a family of typefaces known as Trinité, a modern Renaissance Antique by Bram de Does. The set of characters comes in three different versions that are distinguished by their different upper and lower lengths. These variables and other coordinated type styles allow precise typographical differentiation for a variety of applications – from the council’s correspondence to the bibliophile typesetting, from the town’s extensive signposting system to its web design. The digital and analogue design for the “Philosophicum Lech” is based on this typeface culture and is connected with a unique image concept. Using microphotography, the theme of the year is expressed by a different kind of plant each year. In this way the “key visual” is renewed year after year, while still remaining a recognisable events label. The website fulfils several functions. It is an archive, advertising for events and at the same time a commuication platform for the organisers of events. The web design ensures a bright, uncluttered website that responds flexibly to the particular end device used, above all smartphones and tablets.

The house is in the municipality of Lech, five minutes by foot across the River Lech, 1540 metres above sea level. The wooden house was built 600 years ago by skilled Walser carpenters and was recently given a sensitive architectural renovation. It is rented to (carefully chosen) guests. The task presented to the Atelier was to convey a love of old and new forms of quality and of architecture. This began with finding a name, in a team together with German studies scholar and culture theorist Roland Jörg. With the name “Obd’r Lech” this house in the centre of the Alps but at the same time far off the beaten tourist track pays its respects to the local dialect, the village atmosphere and with a grin adds a request “Lecheln bitte” (“smile please”, a wordplay on Lech/lächeln – Lech/to smile). Contrary to what you might expect, on the first page you do not encounter a deep blue sky, rich green meadows or powdery snow but rather a typographical composition with figures. These are revealed as poetic proof of the qualities of this house. Already in the first “slider” with photographic impressions by Martin Mischkulnig one is drawn into the fantastic landscape, architecture, and atmosphere of the place. Short texts augment the visual narrative. Interaction is used for virtual tours by means of 360° panorama photography or ortho-photographical winter/summer slides that can be slid over each other to make comparisons. The design of the website hovers between tradition and modernism, encourages contacts, is entertaining and at the same time informative. And the whole thing is suitable for portrait and landscape format, for both big and small screens.

Thomas Kortyka is an architect. He plans and initiates buildings – mostly residential buildings in the Munich area with the character of a residential development and high aspirations in terms of architecture and building ecology. The corporate communication designed by Atelier Andrea Gassner speaks a modern “architectural” languages, with informative texts and easily legible data presented through renderings, plan graphics and editorial photography. The analogue and digital applications ultimately serve the sale of buildings to interested persons with an awareness of quality. In choosing advertising methods, too,new paths are being taken. Instead of the standard glossy brochures PSK series are issued about the respective projects. Or a walk-in showroom on site in a residential district offers efficient tangible information. Modern digital communication supports the analogue contacts. The website documents completed buildings and serves as an important early contact for new projects. All the plans are adapted to be easily legible for laypersons. A striving for quality and good form is evident in the website too. New design materials from the digital, dialogue oriented media such as interaction and scalability as well as contents extending over several pages are made available in a user-oriented and responsive form. Ultimately, the aim is a clear information architecture and a narrative approach to presenting the ideas and elements of the firm’s communication strategy.

For the design concept for the website of this Augsburg architecture practice Atelier Andrea Gassner uses photos, texts and plans – i.e. the elements used to depict architecure – as signs that can be moved vertically in a horizontally divided surface. Scrolling across the vertical develops a content that is moved twice – pictures on top, floorplans or texts in the bottom area. The site invites you to interact – but without getting lost in pointless games – and works responsively in both wide and portrait format. The visual character is shaped by a lot of white space, with a flexible and yet astonishingly simple design grid. Responsive web design means the adaptability of a design concept in depiction and application, from the wide monitor to the small smart phone. In both vertical and horizontal format. At a time when digital communication is practiced increasingly on the smart phone, responsiveness is an important design factor.

Since 2006 Cervantes & Co has been attracting literature enthusiasts and wine-lovers to a small but delightful premises in the inner city of Feldkirch. The great Spanish author Miguel de Cervantes provided the name for this book and wine shop. Regina Zink selects the publications in the book department. The focus is on literature, philosophy, history, art and cuisine. Her brother, physicist Norbert Nägele who lives in Spain, selects the wines. The letter C and the et symbol (&), which is derived from the Latin, are blended in the newly designed emblem to form a circular ornament. In connection with the name a new word and image mark is created. The signet can be used in a variety of playful ways, as a sign that extends to the edge of a facade flag or to decorate a postcard. The website visually reflects the optics of the book shelving designed by architect Daniel M. Büchel and employs three font types, allocated to the themes book, wine, and olive oil. In the simple, responsive web design visitors find clearly organised information and the special offers of the month.

Located in the south of Vorarlberg the Walgau region consists of numerous small communities. With the goal of encouraging citizen participation in these communities and integrating them in the regional planning process it was intended to develop dialogue-oriented communication. The main page provides all the important basic information. A subpage functions as a kind of Wiki for information worth knowing about the region, in addition technical functional tools for participation and open communication are offered. A product of regional development, the website is intended to form an actively used database of knowledge and thought in the region that extends beyond the period of the process. A well though-out and consistently used design grid introduces the requisite calm and clarity and ensures user-friendly application.

Hippokratest® is a self-assessment instrument for doctors who work in the areas of internal and general medicine, for quality circles and doctor networks. A catalogue of questions was compiled by experts from 15 clinical disciplines with the aim of achieving a modern kind of further training. The assessment consists of 60 multiple choice questions, followed by an evaluation backed up by anonymous comparative values and suggestions for further training tailored to the participant’ specific strengths and weaknesses.