Bei Körnig wird der Kaffe kalt

Once bitten by the book bug, Gustav Körnig has soon been seen working on several at the same time. Thus he never got round to drinking his coffee, and thus the title of his first woodcut book, Coffee's getting cold at Körnig's, came about – also inspired by the East German children's book classic Coffee's getting cold at the fire station (Hannes Hüttner, 1969).

Typical for Körnig's original print books are different plates for figures and patterns, whose strongly contrasting colours create an independent negative form when overlaid. If there is a plot, it's suggested at best by the book titles.