Athens-based design studio Sputnik reimagines the printed brochure as a puzzle for a physical rehabilitation practice, cutting four typographic layouts in half, mixing the pieces and placing them inside each other so patients can experience the satisfaction of reassembly.
The idea is precise in its logic. REHAB is a physical rehabilitation practice in Athens whose patients are, by definition, engaged in the process of fixing what is broken. Sputnik’s response was to make the brochure itself enact that experience: eight modular pieces cut in half, randomly mixed and nested inside each other, waiting to be reassembled into complete designs. The printed object becomes a toy, a puzzle, and a small physical metaphor for the practice it represents.
The four base designs work both individually and as parts of a whole. White space is a core compositional element throughout, with each layout defined as much by what is absent as by what is present. Four distinct typographic arrangements in high contrast yellow, pink, black and white produce visibly diverse pieces that entice, engage and educate, clear enough to read as information, bold enough to work as graphic objects, and open enough in their composition to invite the kind of interaction that most printed matter only passively receives.
The material choices reinforce the concept. Digitally printed in CMYK plus neon pink on Munken Lynx 90gsm by Fotolio Athens, the production brings the brightness and tactility the pieces need to function as objects people want to handle. “Bringing physical engagement and gameplay to the printed medium,” as the studio puts it, is both the method and the point: the bond created between a user and a piece of print they have physically reassembled is categorically different from one they have simply read.
The project received a Merit at the Greek Visual Communication Design Awards 2026.
Sputnik is an Athens-based design studio working across branding, print, packaging and objects, translating traditional formats into physically interactive design.
Website: sputnikdesignteam.com
Instagram: @sputnik_design_team
Rehabilitate Modular Brochures, REHAB, Athens. Digitally printed CMYK + Neon Pink on Munken Lynx 90gsm by Fotolio Athens. Photography: Giagkos Papadopoulos. Greek Visual Communication Design Awards 2026 Merit.
People of Print Members
Marios Linakis is a People of Print Member. Membership gives artists, designers and printmakers access to a growing community of creatives, opportunities to be featured across POP’s platforms, and a space to share work with an engaged, print-focused audience. Find out more at members.peopleofprint.com
Want to know more about our membership? Give us an email at members@peopleofprint.com.
