Freigeist Zine - Issue 2

As with the first issue of Freigeist, which began as a “zine within a zine” hidden inside a copy of LogoArchive, it is an experiment. It explores the liminal space between performance (Zoom event), material form (zine), self-publishing and distribution (agency).

About Issue 2

Each issue of Freigiest intends to present its readers with a series of proposals. Ideas. Far from the dogmatic opinions of industry figure heads and established distribution channels and publishers. In this sense, and as the Freigeist philosophy goes, “Interpretation Supersedes Authority”. It is an invitation handed to readers (and specifically graphic designers) to continue the thought and bring to life their own ideas. Issue 2 develops this, moving away from the disparate abstract ideas of Issue 1 and instead is a transcript of a Zoom event in which Anton Wade (Design Calendar) and Richard Baird (LogoArchive) invited others to join them in a discussion on design and making.

Freigeist Live was unscripted and largely unplanned, but was an expression of Anton and Richard’s shared spirit of enquiry, to see if they could create a digital situation that would not simply port over the spatial and object hierarchies found at physical design events, but rethink these, leverage some of the zeitgeist and channel some of the agency that comes from being locked down.

There were no lecterns, microphones or forward-facing chairs. There were no slideshow clickers or moderators, just a conversation and an invitation to jump in. A technical glitch was the catalyst that drove the dissolution of the borders between the viewer and the viewed.

Specifications

• Zine Size: 125mm x 195mm, 24pp

• Print: HP Indigo Black throughout (2x hits on the cover)

• Material Cover: 4pp Cover: 130gsm Extract Cactus

• Material Text: 20pp Text: 115gsm Symbol Freelife Gloss

• Finish: Black Staples

Designer/Editor: Richard Baird
Publisher: BP&O
Print: WithPrint
Support: Anton Wade

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