Anton Schmolze Designer
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Einstein Center Climate Change

The Einstein Center Climate Change (ECCC) was a proposal to establish an interdisciplinary research center for urban climate adaptation in the Berlin-Brandenburg region, bringing together TU Berlin, FU Berlin, HU Berlin, Charité, and UdK Berlin. I was commissioned by Prof. Timothée Ingen-Housz to design the full funding application, a document of over 200 pages, with sole responsibility for layout, visual identity, and stakeholder communication.

The ECCC funding-application cover: a large olive ‘ECCC’ wordmark over the full title and five partner-university logos.
2.1 There were going to be graphics; the client preferred this cover.
A two-column research document spread with the underlying baseline grid and guides exposed.
2.2 The grid held. Every researcher needed to be typographically more important than every other researcher.
A type-and-colour specification page: Bebas Neue heading hierarchy and a five-swatch palette with CMYK and hex values.
2.3 The original colour scheme, later reconsidered in the direction of the CI of the Einstein Center.
A dense multi-year Gantt chart of deliverables across work packages, colour-coded by research project.
2.4 So many tables…

With a non-negotiable submission deadline, I had three weeks to design the entire document from scratch. The workflow required building a complete design system first — typography hierarchy, five-colour scheme, grid, and chapter templates — before any content could flow in.

Coordinating simultaneous contributions from multiple research groups across five institutions demanded precise version management and the ability to make fast, clear design decisions under real pressure. All deadlines were met.