Schnecken Publishing

White paint symbolises purity, innocence and clarity, until it falls. An overturned bucket, a careless step, an uncontrolled splash and suddenly unexpected marks appear in the urban landscape. Malheur Couleur focuses on these accidental mishaps and transforms them into an artistic project.

Dana Engfer and Moritz Otto invited artists to respond to such mishaps with a keen eye. The resulting collection documents drops, splashes and puddles of white paint captured on smartphones, unintended interventions in the urban landscape that spread across Instagram and now appear as a curated selection in book form.

24 pages

210 x 148 mm

Edition of 100

Silk-screen print cover

The work ‘Walk in the Park am Gleisdreieck’ by artist Dana Engfer consisting of this publication and b/w prints was created for the exhibition „Y“ by artist collective pilote at B-Part Exhibition, Park am Gleisdreieck in Berlin.

During a one-hour walk in the Park am Gleisdreieck on 4 July 2024, equipped with one black and white film, Engfer approached the park and the people in it photographically.

Excerpts from the walk are collected in the zine "Walk in the Park am Gleisdreieck".

16 pages

210 × 148 mm

Edition of 20

Sanpo by Moritz Otto

A little photo book filled with candid shots taken on various strolls. Each step tells a story, every moment a precious picture.

32 pages

210 x 148 mm

Edition of 50

A curated magazine emerging from an open call, bringing together international artists who turn their gaze toward the subtle poetry of everyday life. From fleeting, intimate moments to overlooked details, the works in this publication explore how the ordinary can become extraordinary through attention, perception, and transformation. Spanning diverse geographies and perspectives, the magazine captures a shared artistic impulse: to find meaning, beauty, and tension in the material of daily experience.

Featured Artists:

Claudia Bassier, Betty Böhm, Likana Cana, Mustafa Sarp Danisoglu, Linde Vanhoutte Deraedt, Anne Dyhr, Jeannette Fabis, Natascha Frioud, Richard Hancock, Ulrike Hannemann, Franziska Harnisch, Claudine Hauke, Rui Kai Ho, Katharina Kiening, Jeremy Knowles, Malte Hagen Olbertz, Piotr Pietrus, Lua Ray, Christine Rehders, Georg Spehr, Christina Stark, Katharina Stumm, Ewa Walkowska, Witte Wartena, Ryan Wight

100 pages

148 × 210 mm

Edition of 200

Reykjavík Houses

by Moritz Otto

2025

In Reykjavík, houses do more than line the streets. They seem to look back at you. Each façade feels like a quiet portrait, full of personality and mood. Some appear playful, others shy or stoic, their windows like eyes watching the world go by.

The bold colors—vivid reds, deep blues, soft greens, bright yellows—transform ordinary buildings into visual statements. In the long Nordic winters, these tones do more than brighten the cityscape; they speak of defiance, creativity, and a need to bring warmth to the grey.

Photographing these homes is less about capturing architecture and more about capturing presence. Reykjavík’s houses aren’t just structures. They’re characters in a living gallery of color, light, and emotion.

16 pages

105 x 148 mm

Edition of 50

Hnattferðir

by Dana Engfer

2025

Based on the book Hnattferðir by A. Sternfeld, Dana Engfer weaves together fragments of photographs from the Reykjavik Museum of Photography’s extensive collection and archive with snail shells, creating a captivating dialogue between past and present. This charming zine invites you on a journey through time, transporting us to other worlds and spaces beyond our everyday view.

16 pages

105 x 148 mm

Edition of 50

Gebüsche

by Moritz Otto

2025

“Germanys most beautiful bushes.”

These bushes speak of a quiet struggle between nature and human intent. What we see is the human urge for order, the attempt to impose geometry on what resists it.

They are not only shaped, they are negotiated. Each curve and edge a quiet compromise between growth and will.

Seen through the lens, these bushes become silent symbols of our desire to give the world a shape. And of how that idea both fails and flourishes.

16 pages

105 x 148 mm

Edition of 50

Pustekuchen (blow cake) by Hanno Stecher

This little book brings together a selection of particularly entertaining German compound words and can be used like an associative quiz: First read the German word and then the literal English translation, let it resonate for a moment, and then look up its actual meaning in the index at the back.

Hanno Stecher makes music, writes texts and teaches German language. He is based in Berlin.

24 pages

105 x 148 mm

Edition 250

Mimi knocks everything down by Moritz Otto

Mimi the cat loves to push things. But why does everything always fall down? Join Mimi on her funny little experiments as she discovers how the world works.

20 pages

105 x 148 mm

Edition 150

Dana Engfer & Stefan Klein

In collaboration with VERLAK

With this publication series we want to pay tribute to these interesting beings, discover new aspects and see what we can learn from their way of existence.

Like the circling layers of a snail house we aim to uncover new areas of interest with each edition. This first edition is dealing with the topic of time.

148 × 210 mm

Edition of 150

44 pages

In collaboration with

Katharina und Parm von Oheimb

Kathrin Kotzybik

Detlef Güthenke

studio nagelneu + Prinzessinnengarten Kollektiv

Steinn 石 by Ayumi Rahn and Dana Engfer

The artist book brings together watercolor drawings of stones Ayumi Rahn and Dana Engfer each made in Japan and Iceland. Through different paper transparencies, overlays emerge in which the works enter into a cross-culture dialogue. The starting points are both the specific landscape conditions and the respective mythologies of the places, in which stones play a particular role and reveal surprising parallels between the two islands. The publication also includes an accompanying written dialog between the two artists.

210 x 297 mm

Edition of 50

Release will be June 4th 2026.

The Workers of the Last Journey by photographer Mustafa Sarp Danişoğlu

Every year, thousands of people die in Bologna. Life flows on without ever stopping; some are born, some pass away. There are two sectors that are always at work: the food industry and funeral services.

Release will be in summer 2026.

Ghost of Skagaströnd by Dana Engfer and Moritz Otto.

Full description will be included later.

Release in autumn 2026.