FL@33 monograph / Trans-form bundle

In addition to the self-published anniversary book and exhibition catalogue Stereohype 2004–2014, FL@33's Trans-form magazine and the monograph Design & Designer 033 – FL@33 the creative duo behind the design studio also conceived, compiled, wrote, edited and designed a total of three books that were published worldwide by Laurence King and partner publishers: Postcard appeared in 2008, followed by Made & Sold: Toys, T-Shirts, Prints, Zines and Other Stuff in 2009 and more recently The 3D Type Book in 2011. Postcard was also translated into French (Cartes Postales, Pyramyd Editions), German (Postcard: Postkarten-Design heute, DuMont Buchverlag) and Spanish (Postales: Diseño por correo, Gustavo Gili).

Some of these publications are available at Stereohype – whenever indicated signed by Agathe Jacquillat and Tomi Vollauschek. In this section we offer a few bundles that might tickle your fancy.

Trans-form
Large-scale magazine
320 x 500mm
28 pages
portrait
uncoated stock: Challenger Offset 190g
wire stitched
limited edition: 1,000
with attached CD-Rom Trans-it
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Design & Designer 033 – FL@33
Paperback with flaps
Colour throughout
Bilingual (English and French)
120 pages
150 x 160mm
ISBN: 2-910565-99-8
Published May 2005
Pyramyd Editions

Both signed by FL@33's Tomi Vollauschek.

Trans-form, Trans-it, trans-port.org, a conceptual FL@33 project based on everyday observations of tower cranes, self-published, award-winning magazine with attached CD-Rom and a website. Trans-form, Trans-it, trans-port.org is a self-initiated Architecture, Art and Design publication by FL@33 founders Agathe Jacquillat and Tomi Vollauschek. It's a conceptual project based on everyday observations of tower cranes combining a magazine, a CD-Rom and a website. The project was made public in July 2001 during the Royal College of Art, master degree Show in London and marked the birth and intentions of FL@33.

The large scale magazine explores the magic of urban sculptures that appear and disappear in the cities we are living in. Tower cranes that are lifting, transporting, re-constructing, drawing, cutting, performing and trans-forming are usually unnoticed by the public's eye. Trans-form presents information about tower cranes and crane operators' daily work in the sky. The CD-Rom adds videos and animations combining industrial structures with natural imagery and is presenting a cityscape metamorphosis, defining our cities as being in a larval stage. Trans-port.org offers you the possibility to build your own crane, to climb a tower crane and to be a crane operator. The widely-acclaimed project has been mentioned and featured online and in numerous magazines and books around the world.

Stockists / Currently available again: Trans-form used to be available in bookshops and museum stores around the world. It was believed to be sold out for years but a box full of Trans-form magazines in mint condition (including Trans-it of course) has recently been unearthed and the previously sold out magazine is currently available again – exclusively at stereohype.com (worldwide shipping).

Please note that a screen capture preview video of the CD-Rom's content was recently posted at flat33.com. FL@33 also created an updated 'player' for Mac OS X users to enjoy the CD-Rom's content that was originally created for Mac OS 9 at the time. A link to this free app update can be found in flat33.com's Downloads section.

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Agathe Jacquillat und Tomi Vollauschek at multi-disciplinary design studio FL@33 were commissioned by Paris-based Pyramyd Editions to prepare a book on FL@33 projects. The book was published in May 2005 as part of the highly collectible and affordable Design & Designer series and magically even with edition number 33. The introduction of the book entitled Design & Designer 033 – FL@33 was written by Liz Brown who previously already wrote a FL@33 profile for Grafik magazine 110. The book features commissioned and self-initiated FL@33 projects side by side including previously unpublished work. Signed copies are exclusively available at stereohype.com.

Press clippings:

(...) "..., this is a perfectly formed volume showcasing the intriguing work of London-based Franco-Austrian duo Agathe and Tomi, aka FL@33. Its diminutive size means that the emphasis is on imagery rather than text, so copy is pretty much restricted to the captions and a preface by Liz Brown. It doesn't really matter too much, though, as the work is consistently engaging and presented in a fresh and appealing way. It's a great snapshot of what they've achieved so far and bodes well for FL@33's future." (...).
Grafik magazine

"Es gibt Designstudios, die haben einfach das gewisse Etwas. Bei dem in London beheimateten Studio FL@33 trifft das auf jeden Fall zu, denn die Arbeiten des französisch-österreichischen Teams Agathe Jacquillat und Tomi Vollauschek zeichnen sich durch ihre innovative Bildsprache und einen besonderen Humor aus."
Novum magazine, novumnet.de

FL@33 is a multi-disciplinary design studio for visual communication with over 20 years of experience. Its two founders met on the Royal College of Art's postgraduate Communication Art and Design course in London and set up their company there after graduating in 2001.

Since then, FL@33 has created an award-winning, internationally published body of work, ranging from self-initiated projects to commissioned work for clients from around the world, across many different sectors, regardless of size and budget. Their work spans from logos and visual identity systems to tone of voice, image-making to complete book designs, from magazine and book cover designs to posters and websites, moving image and spatial design.

The Franco-Austrian founding directors have been described as multi-lingual, multi-specialised design activists consistently striving to exceed expectations of their demanding clients – using wit and humour to create fresh, imaginative and engaging visual communication, products and interior designs.

FL@33 is today led by co-founding Creative Director Tomi Vollauschek – a Frankfurt am Main, Germany-born Austrian. He is an inspirational, passionate and dedicated designer who gives international lectures, judges, art directs, consults, designs, curates, exhibits, contributes to books and magazines, conceives, compiles, edits and writes his own internationally published books, runs workshops, teaches and also develops design products for the studio's sister company, Stereohype. Stereohype.com was launched in 2004 as an international platform for both emerging and established talents and is a graphic art label with an online boutique.

A FL@33 monograph (Design & Designer 033 – FL@33) was published in 2005 by Pyramyd. FL@33's Tomi Vollauschek (under the FL@33 tag) also authored and designed three books that were published worldwide by Laurence King and partner publishers: Postcard (2008), Made & Sold: Toys, T-Shirts, Prints, Zines and Other Stuff (2009) and The 3D Type Book (2011). In the same year FL@33’s popular online sound collection project bzzzpeek.com was exhibited in New York's Museum of Modern Art (MoMA). Together, Agathe and Tomi self-published the widely acclaimed Trans-form magazine (2001) and the tenth anniversary book and exhibition catalogue Stereohype 2004–2014 that Tomi conceived, compiled and designed.

External link: flat33.com

Created by: FL@33 / Agathe Jacquillat / Tomi Vollauschek /

Paris-based Pyramyd Editions has regularly been publishing monographs since 2002 featuring work by selected artists, graphic and product designers. These bilingual monographs form part of a series called Design & Designer. The books contain introductions and descriptions in French and English for the many featured project visuals. Each publication title has a serial number (such as Designer & Designer 033 – FL@33).

In some cases – especially within the first 25 of the series – a second and even third edition was published with fresh new content and a 'v.2' or 'v.3' added to the book title. Other titles go out of print and do not seem to be reprinted in the foreseeable future (such as Antoine+Manuel's book for example). At time of writing this text the Designer & Designer series already reached serial number 086.

A few selected titles are available here especially by some of our own contributors who already created button badges and more for Stereohype. Fill any gaps you may have in your collection or start yours today.