A beautiful portrait of Robert Longo shoot

Graphic designer and Pentagram partner @sascha_lobe has been commissioned to art direct an experiential event taking place in the heart of Gangnam on the occasion of the first year anniversary at @theconranshop.korea. The creative direction and production of the event is headed up by myself @kimberly_lloyd (Editor in Chief Qompendium)

What’s the inspiration? The exhibition titled “Ein Einziger Kuss” (A Single Kiss), set to launch on 30 October, 2020, references the heritage of the Korean flagship retailer Lotte, which is behind The Conran Shop outpost in Seoul. The event concept draws a linkage from Johann Wolfgang von Goethe’s character Charlotte “Lotte” in the book “The Sorrows of Young Werther” to Lotte department store founder Shin Kyuk-ho and the naming of his company in 1948.

Typography aficionados are invited to collect one of the 1919 Goethe Meets Bauhaus A1 art posters printed in Pantone Reflex Blue. A further 150 one of a kind screen-printed tableaux of the bespoke glyphs will be available for purchase. Lobe will be the first artist to collaborate with the label Das Papier founded by Lloyd, which is set to debut its Bauhaus-inspired collection at the Conran Shop Seoul following the event.