In the case of "Grimm's Fairy Tales," the illustrations are decidedly contemporary, citing the Berlin club scene (Berghain) as well as people (Luisa Neubauer) or buildings ( Elbphilharmonie) on heaven and hell. 

In the book "Die Auswandernden" (The Emigrants) by Peter Waterhouse, the pictures were designed by the artist Nanne Meyer in a completely different way. Here, two word acrobats have joined forces in a game of ping pong.

Finally, Durs Grünbein and Via Lewandowsky have long since created a joint ongoing photo-prose series "Gott macht keine R-Gespräche," which has now led to the photographic/literary reading book "Intercom."