The book is the result of a workshop at the Estonian Academy of Arts 13–31 october 2004. A group of Estonian students together with the Dutch designer Annelys de Vet were confronted with a seemingly impossible task of finding something exciting in such on abstract and un-cool subject as EU.
On the following pages, Europe ceases to be an abstract, elusive idea. It becomes smaller, closer, reachable. It is only student work, done in barely two weeks of time. Yet, the result convinces us: It's possible to be involved.
Kristjan Mändmaa,designer and design teacher

The subjective «Atlas of the European Union, from an Estonian point of view» is a compilation of current thoughts and views of more than thirty young designers, or «image-makers», who are trained to make complex information transparent. They have used their own stories to create new images.
Let's tell each other what we think, who we are and what we're like. We have to retell the stories over and over again, constuct new narratives. Not in order to change, but to be able to exchange our alternating perceptions of cultural concepts, and to stay at a safe distance of the magnetic fields of mass media.
Annelys de Vet, graphic designer

Both the workshop and the Atlas are kindly supported by the Dutch Ministry of Culture and the Royal Netherlands Embassy.

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