Handpicked city highlights
A city is a constantly changing cosmos where subculture and commerce, innovation and tradition collide. In Düsseldorf, these contrasts are particularly pronounced. THE DORF THE MAG has set itself the task of showing the city beyond the usual clichés.
THE DORF started in 2014 as an online magazine with articles about people, places and events. Three years later, the first issue of the printed magazine was published, and it has been published once a year ever since. It’s no coincidence that the magazine – unlike the website – is in English. Düsseldorf is an international city and the project partners, including Tourismus NRW, want to make the city easily accessible to the growing number of international visitors.
We support THE DORF · THE MAG as a creative partner throughout every stage of the magazine’s production. From conceptual development to editorial design and visual direction, right through to the final execution, we design each issue wholeheartedly and with a clear creative vision. Working closely with the editorial team, we create layouts, typographic approaches, and visual styles that reflect the contemporary character of Düsseldorf.
THE DORF has received several awards, including the CREATIVE.Spaces Award, which is presented by the NRW Ministry of Economic Affairs and CREATIVE.NRW to support initiatives that network creative minds. In 2022, the fifth issue of the magazine received an award in the prestigious Art Directors Club Germany competition and was voted one of the best magazines in the country by a jury of renowned media professionals.
“Another example of successful Urbanana mediation: the city magazine THE DORF from Düsseldorf, which was initially only available online, was networked with the magazines from Cologne and the Ruhr area. (...) Now, THE DORF is also published as a print magazine.”
— Spiegel Online
Client: THE DORF, Tina Husemann & David Holtkamp
Services: Concept and design, editorial design
Year: since 2017
Photos: Kristina Fendesack, Melanie Zanin, Sabrina Weniger
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