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CI-Illustration Workwear for Ebb&Flow Wine
CI-Illustration Car for Ebb&Flow Wine
CI-Illustration Coasters for Ebb&Flow Wine
CI-Illustration Car for Ebb&Flow Wine
CI-Illustration Car for Ebb&Flow Wine
CI-Illustration Car for Ebb&Flow Wine
CI-Illustration Workwear for Ebb&Flow Wine
CI-Illustration Workwear for Ebb&Flow Wine
CI-Illustration Car for Ebb&Flow Wine
CI-Illustration Coasters for Ebb&Flow Wine
CI-Illustration Workwear for Ebb&Flow Wine
CI-Illustration Workwear for Ebb&Flow Wine
CI-Illustration Coasters for Ebb&Flow Wine

Illustrations for Ebb&Flow Wine.

Ebb&Flow Wine is a start-up from Frankfurt. They want to change the wine industry in the direction of a more sustainable way by filling the wine directly at the wineries into kegs and serve it from tap, either with their own tap stations on events or provide the kegs to gastronomy.

Three different coasters.

The animation was used for the introduction of their new serving trailer on social media.

It's based on the illustration for the workwear I did before for them.

Drafts for a collaboration with a ceramicist and cook.

In summer 2023 two friends, a chef and a passioned wine connoisseur, organized a delicious Reuben Sandwich Pop-Up at Bubbles and Pickles Frankfurt.

This is the workwear I designed for the day.

Animation as digital announcement of a pop-up at the winery of Weinbau Martin Hirsch.

Drafts for a winemaker.

Collaboration with "Off Platea platform to reimagine & practice a more social & sustainable food system": For their event "Ist das Essen oder kann das weg?" which was dealing with the subject of food waste, fermentation and farm-to-plate I created three animations to announce the events online. It was one weekend full of talks, workshops and common dinners, all with the subject of sustainability in mind.

The collaboration was the first part of my diploma.


Milena Bassen Diplom Hybrid Cabbage
Milena Bassen Diplom Hybrid Cabbage
Milena Bassen Diplom Hybrid Cabbage
Milena Bassen Diplom Hybrid Cabbage
Milena Bassen Diplom Hybrid Cabbage
Milena Bassen Diplom Hybrid Cabbage

Diploma installation, which relates to the animations above.

„Hybrid Cabbage“ is a personal translation of Bruno Latours hybrids, entities that can’t be put on one side of nature or culture— if you want to make this distinction. The installation presents a combination of animation, drawing in space, crafts, food preparation, fermentation, tradition, natural dye and gastronomy. The representation of red cabbage as plant and also ingredient and dye relates to the theory of hybrids and the questionability of separating nature and culture. At the same time it refers to the theme of avoiding food waste by using everything of a plant: I dyed the table cloth with the red cabbage, made sauerkraut and a drink from the juice.

Drafts for an edition with ceramicist and cook Tamara Pešić.

Kim Ceramics is a ceramic studio from Frankfurt. As a one-woman-business she creates corean inspired utility ceramics. For her launch of moon vases and ramen bowls I created this animated loop.

Drafts for a café. They were meant to be on coffee cups, menus etc.

Digital animated flyer for a party at Paloma Bar Berlin.

Milena Bassen wdc silkscreen workshop
idc silkscreen workshop

Motive for a silksreen workshop that was organized by World Design Capital Frankfurt RheinMain 2026 and held during El Barrio Festival Frankfurt by silkscreen studio Jakob und Tatze.

Under the motto "Design for Democracy. Atmospheres for a better life. Let’s design how we want to live!" I illustrated this design: Beings from different worlds coming together in harmony, discussing and welcoming the other. (it was printed in neon red)

Teasers for a scarf edition I designed, called "Bastou". It's inspired by the Japanese tradition of Furoshiki, a way of using one cloth in different ways - as a handbag, a gift wrap, a way to transport all kinds of food - just by knotting it in different certain ways.

Motive for a t-shirt. It's a collaboration with the artist and illustrator Anna Hofmann and the poet Salem Venus.

Towel edition.