If we want to rewrite the history of design, we must take its beginnings into account. The period before the Bauhaus, the importance of “arts and crafts,” and, above all, the achievements of women in graphic design have long been neglected in the presentation of design history.

UN/SEEN brings together previously unknown material and sheds light on the lives and work of female designers in the fields of book design, poster design, typography, illustration, and packaging. In ten chapters, UN/SEEN documents the latest research findings and uses numerous examples to show the success and confidence of this generation of female graphic designers, as well as how discourse that emerged then still shape the discipline today.

UN/SEEN questions traditional narratives and contributes to the discussion about design and gender with new role models.

Contributions from Brigitte Baumstark, Friederike Berger, Julia Blume, Gerda Breuer, Petra Eisele, Aliena Guggenberger, Jana Haase, Antje Kalcher, Julia Meer, Julia Mummenhoff, Isabel Naegele, Julia Neller, Antje Neumann, Bettina Richter, Julia Rinck, Kerstin Stöver, Ute Thomas, Christina Thomson, and Sabine Wieber

With a foreword by Ellen Lupton

Edited by Petra Eisele and Isabel Naegele

Designed by Julia Neller

Published by Slanted Publishers, 2026
English edition

Hardcover with lenticular foil, 422 pages, full color offset, 7.24 × 10.24 inches

ISBN: 978-3-69-202002-0