MSS is a design studio based in Munich, led by Anna Rosa Schreiber and Carlota Barberán Madruga. With more than six years of collaboration, we have built interdisciplinary experience in developing brand identities, visual systems and supporting clients through thoughtful and responsible design and consulting.
Shortlist Schönste Bücher Deutschlands for Frauen Bauen München, Prize, 2025
Shortlist Schönste Bücher Deutschlands for Upgrade, Prize, 2023
Förderpreis für junge Buchgestaltung, Stiftung Buchkunst, Prize, 2023
2. Prize of Förderpreise 2022 der Landeshauptstadt München, Prize, 2022
Talk for students,CupClub Hochschule Mainz, 2024
Radio Show FÆMME, Radio 80000, 2024
Radio Show about One year FÆMME, Radio 80000, 2022
FÆMME goes Basel, Exkursion, 2021
FÆMME Exhibition at FÆMME Festival, 2021
Visual Dissent. A feminist workroom at Lothringer13, 2024
Visual Dissent. A Protest Room at Kunst+Gender, Workshop, 2024
Analoge Plakatgestaltung at Museum für Konkrete Kunst Ingolstadt, Workshop, 2022
Protestplakatgestaltung at FÆMME Festival, Workshop, 2021
WS 25/26
Teaching assignment for typography project with Prof. Xuyen Dam at Munich University of Applied Sciences
SS 21, WS 21/22, SS 22
Student assistant with Prof. Xuyen Dam for „Typography Basics“, Munich University of Applied Sciences, Faculty of Design (3 semesters, Carlota Barberán Madruga)
We use our practice to support social engagement, focusing on accessibility, equality, and inclusive access, and aiming to create design that is responsible and open to all. As a design studio, we believe it is our responsibility to raise awareness of these issues and consider design a political discipline.
Alongside our client work, we support NGOs by sharing our services and expertise, contributing to projects that promote accessibility, equality, and social engagement.
We have supported organizations such as Mädchentreff Blumenau and Mira Mädchenbildung through our design work. We believe that social organizations and groups, in particular, need support to spread their messages. That is exactly what we aim to support through our work.
If you work for an NGO and are looking for design support, feel free to send us an email, and we’ll be happy to help.
Workshops are another pillar of our work. We combine political and feminist themes with design. In this way, we give people who aren’t designers a tool to express themselves and gain visibility.
We achieve this, for example, through our poster workshops. Posters are an important voice in public space. They give protests power and visibility. Through color, typography, composition, and content (text, image, or illustration) we can shape volume, message, humor, and recognizability.
Design is evolving, especially in the feminist context. The term „feminine“ is changing across different contexts, including design—it’s becoming louder, more inclusive, and more diverse. Feminist principles can help promote greater diversity and inclusion in design and typography. This might involve selecting typefaces from various cultures, representing a range of identities, or considering accessibility in type design.
We offer participants an introduction to the fundamentals of analog poster design as well as feminist design practices. Using various techniques and design principles. Such as typography, stamping, collage, or cutting and engaging in discussions around messaging, phrasing, and content, participants will create powerful posters. They will be encouraged to develop their own visual dissent and bring their issues to the forefront.
In 2021 we founded the Project FÆMME. FÆMME is a women‘s creative network it supports women in creative professions and promotes their visibility. The network provides opportunities for connection, exchange, and a space to come together.
FÆMME Festival in 2021 gave us the opportunity to give female personalities a voice and visibility and to bring together the participants of the network. As part of this festival, discussion panels were held with the feminist collective Ni Una Menos, the KHOR agency, and female students from the Faculty of Design. We also organized the workshop “Designing Protest Posters” together with artist Silvia Schreiber and with the kind support of Boesner Bayern and Bellevue di Monaco. Finally, there was an interactive exhibition at Bellevue di Monaco.
Today, we organize a variety of events and advocate for greater visibility for women in the design world.
Do you want to collaborate with us?