A Passion for Print

The department of architecture and design of the American University of Beirut and Papercup present: “A Passion for Print”.

Author Sven Ehmann will be available to sign his books and hold informal conversations on related matters. While the public discussion seems to be all about the end of print and the rise of the digital, Sven Ehmann will talk about his very personal, lifelong and ongoing passion for print. Drawing from childhood memory, personal projects and professional experience at the intersection between new (internet) and old (print) economy, he will share his experience in researching about contemporary visual culture, developing contents and concepts and turning those into products and experiences.

Biography:
Sven Ehmann is a creative director based in Berlin/Germany. He develops concepts and contents across all media with a focus on print, digital and environments.
Since 2002 he edited more than 20 publications for international art and design book publisher Gestalten. He is the editor of books like Dataflow (2008), Tangible (2009), Tactile (2007), CrEATe (2008) and Let’s Play (2008) – available at Gestalten Verlag. With design studio “Onlab”, he developed the redesign for Italian architectural magazine Domus.
With attraction designers “Flying Saucer”, he created the interactive environment at the visitors center of chemical company BASF.
His personal projects include the publishing platform “etc publications”, which aims at promoting the idea of the designer as an author of serious contents.
Sven lectures and gives workshops on a regular basis about innovation, concept development and visual storytelling.