My Bachelor thesis “The Smooth – The Broken” examines the relationship between smoothness and fragility of both haptically perceptible surfaces and of metaphysical and social phenomena. Are smoothness and fragility mutually dependent? Has each smooth surface already a crack in it? Is there a smooth or a broken graphic design, and what can these terms mean in this context? The work consists of a magazine-like reader, theoretical essays and abstract visualizations of the described phenomena. It was produced in offset printing with silver and black, which adds a specific glow and another contentual dimension to the images. Copies are available 💌 . #graphicdesign #smooth #broken #offset #print #colorlibrary #klassehickmann #silkscreenprint #shrinkwrap #typography #c4d #printedmatter