Sebastian Peetz at Peetz & Le Peetz Design delivered the creative concept, typography, and images for Hannover’s bid book “Agora of Europe” for the application as a European Capital of Culture 2025.

The book is a Red Dot winner and has been awarded with the prestigious iF Design Award for its unique design.

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The book’s eye-caching cover is a filigree laser-cut multilayer relief, which picks up the formal language of the Merzbau by Dada artist Kurt Schwitters and continues as a gap into the book. A closer look at the artistic paper landscape reveals the letters “Hannover”.

It also portrays the metaphor of the agora as a central marketplace where important topics can be discussed and experienced. Inside the hand-bound book, meticulous design elements, micro typography and fantastic illustrations build relate to the passages of the manuscript and flank the captivating bid with a pictorial flare. 

The book, including the cover, is made of and printed on Lessebo Design White, paper supplied via vph, Igepa.