Thomas Reuter's »Felt pen«

The 2.500 euro awarded to the winner of the Rudo-Spemann-Preis (Rudo Spemann Price) 2011 goes to Thomas Reuter. The prize honouring the work of Offenbach's typographical artist (1905 - 1947) is awarded every second year. The competition aims at students of art academies working with the arts of writing, calligraphic and typography. This year's task was to deliver two works relating to Goethe's Faust. 36 works from eight different universities competed this year. Reuter's calligraphic design is the result of an experiment, playing with conscious and sub-conscious writing. Thomas Reuter wrote with the left hand, using felt/tip pens and various kinds of paper as material. ©2011