I asked 1000 designers worldwide »How do you kick-start yourself, if you are faced with a creative block?« 190 graphic designers from 57 different cities out of 20 countries wrote back and helped me with their personal advice. Because I was confronted with a blockade while my diploma and could not start with anything in the first two months, I decided to make a virtue out of necessity and made my problem to my theme.​ 

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Designers:

Andreas Uebele (Buero Uebele, Stuttgart),
Dimitri Bruni (Norm, Zürich),
Eric de Haas (Onomatopee, Eindhoven),
Eike König (Hort, Berlin),
Hanneke Minten (Studio Dumbar, Rotterdam),
Tim Balaam (Hyperkit, London),
Phil Lubliner (Fogelson-Lubliner, Brooklyn/NY),
Reto Ehrbar (Raffinerie, Zürich),
Uwe Loesch (Düsseldorf),
Hugo Skundkvist (Studio Parallell, Umea),
Mattijs de Witt (OK200, Amsterdam),
Jesse Hlebo (Swill Children, Brooklyn/NY) ... 

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Blockade Runner was exhibited from July 27 to September 30, 2012 at the Designhaus Darmstadt.
The theme of the exhibition was: »Where does the new come from? Creativity and Ingenuity in Design.«