Alexander Russ
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02 // Alexander Russ is from Bretten in Germany and studied Architecture at the University of Karlsruhe. Alexander is now a registered architect, working in Munich. Before he started his own business, he worked in architectural offices in Germany, Switzerland and the UK. As well as architecture, Alexander also designs furniture and graphics. He is inspired by minimal art and music, brutalist and rationalist architecture, postwar German design, conceptual art, and Swiss architect and designer Max Bill and the Ulm School of Design. In the future, Alexander hopes to expand the various fields of design he is working in. His dream job would be to design and build a library.
Design Heroes: Louis I. Kahn, Donald Judd, Steve Reich
Cube Forming a Cone
In this complex study, it appears a cone shape has been removed from a three-dimensional cube.
Cube Forming a Slope
Here, stripes give the illusion of a slope entering down into the cube.
Similar Mistakes
Opaque lozenges are arranged over a thin grid, creating a mixture of order and chaos.
Brickcube
This structural study is informed by Alexander’s knowledge of architecture. Alexander describes the process of creating these studies as a sort of psychoanalysis, helping him to understand what he is doing with a building design or providing a new direction for his graphic design work.