Tadaaa - the new design of 59 Perlen is taking shape and since yesterday my updated website is live! After about 5 years of musical development, I thought it was the time to reflect this development visually as well. The old appearance seemed increasingly static to me - but my music has developed in the opposite direction.

The pearl in the shape of a circle is still at the center of the new concept. From now on, this element will be at the center of all my communication and will be used again and again in different ways. I´ve used this symbol many times in the past and it seemed to me like a natural follow-up to keep "my" shape but put more life into it.

The logo, for example, will be constantly varied and shows the circle in many styles, sometimes hand-drawn, sometimes as an inkblot, sometimes solo, sometimes as a group. But the circle stays consistent.

I´ve also changed my font. The new face is a very new and modern font family called "Qioba". It comes in a couple of variations and has absolutely beautiful glyphes - they give the entire design a touch of middle east flavors which I so love - also in my music. It no longer looks quite as static as my old font, the solid Qanelas. The web font doesn´t show these decorative glyphs yet as I worked with a demo version and I need to swap it with the licensed file soon.

In general: my website is far from finished in this sense! It is a first version that I will continue to expand and refine in the upcoming days. I´m sure there are some design glitches or pages that I forgot to edit - if you find such a bug, please let me know. I would also be interested in your opinion about the new design elements.

Cheers xxx

Mat