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Design Category
Corporate communications design, 2002
Design firm
Sagmeister Inc. (New York, New York)
Collection
(2003) AIGA 365: 24

Description

Zumtobel is a leading European manufacturer of lighting systems. The cover of this annual report features a heat-molded relief sculpture of five flowers in a vase, symbolizing the five sub-brands under the Zumtobel name.

All images on the inside of the annual report are photographs of this exact cover, shot under different light conditions, illustrating the incredible power of changing light.

Credits
Art director: Stefan Sagmeister
Designers: Matthias Ernstberger, Stefan Sagmeister
Photographer: Bela Borsodi
Prototype: Joe Stone
Writer: Otto Riewoldt
Typeface: Akzidenz Grotesk
Client: Zumtobel AG