German Graphic Design, The Future of

I just found out about a neu book on German graphic designers over at CR Blog. (scroll past the horrendous goalkeepers diary to Neuland).

The book sets out to map the landscape of German graphic design - or rather, more specifically, to look at emerging, young graphic design talent in Germany. Not only does the book showcase work by a selection of 50 designers and studios, but it looks at where they are based, where the founders of the studios studied - and asks of each of them "what does it mean to you to be German and a designer?"

Oddly enough it's from a Barcelona-based publisher, ACTAR (check out their website for lots of other interesting projects). And even more curiously, it's edited and designed by a Barcelona-based design group, TwoPoints.NET. I'm always interested in these large compilations of designers, but never enough to actually buy them. Perhaps this is a good opportunity to get an outsiders perspective on German design.