Jan Ploch
Büro für Grafikdesign
Heinrichstraße 29
22769 Hamburg
+49 152 5870 4586
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Jan Ploch is a forward-thinking graphic designer and web developer. Founded in 2015, his studio works across digital and analog media, creating brand identities, websites, books, typefaces and illustrations for a varied client base.
Skateboarders, unlike the typical pedestrian, perceive space in a more conscious and intense way. Objects such as benches, stairs, curbs or rails are used differently by the skater than had been intended by the architects. This conquest and creative use of urban space is a central part of skateboard culture. Inconspicuous marks (left behind by wax, rubber wheels, metal trucks, or wood) mostly go unnoticed, or are perceived as criminal damage and vandalism. Depending on the speed, angle, movement and materials, different structures are created. Once a spot is marked by these traces, future skaters will pay attention to the place, and out of small scratches and streaks, complex patterns arise.