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is a brief list of milestones in my professional career for illustration,
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2012
Doodle book sequel:
Lass los – Kritzeln
statt Klammern (Just Let Go: Don’t Grieve, Doodle;
Carl Hanser)
Book designs for Deutscher Taschenbuch Verlag (dtv),
Atrium, Droemer Knaur
2011
Coffee mug design for
Ritzenhoff
Doodle book: Lass
Lass stecken – Kritzeln statt Qualmen (Just Quit: Don’t Smoke, Doodle;
Carl Hanser)
Regular contributor to Welt am Sonntag
Jury member in
3x3
Magazine's illustration competition
Book designs for Süddeutsche Zeitung Bibliothek, Kösel
(Random House), Piper
Featured in Novum – World of Graphic Design magazine
2010
Work included in
Illustrators 53 illustration annual from the
Society
of Illustrators
Regular contributor to
Süddeutsche Zeitung,
Germany's largest newspaper
Tin packaging product designs for
Huber Decorative
Interviewed by
3x3 Magazine of Contemporary Illustration
DIE ZEIT
infographic illustration on psychotherapy
Work
chosen
by
American Illustration
2009
Stamp designs for Germany on
invitation
from the Ministry of Finance
Art for The Christian Science Monitor
Cartoons for Prospect Magazine
2008
Grand prize in
Oktoberfest poster design competition on behalf of the
city of Munich
Book illustration and jacket design for
Germany's number one bestselling nonfiction book (Wer
bin ich – und wenn ja, wie viele? / Goldmann-Random House),
Europe's highest selling nonfiction book of the year
(more than 1 mill.
copies sold)
Book
designs for Rowohlt
and Campus
Second prize in
mathematics cartoon competition "Jahr der Mathematik"
("Year of Mathematics")
2007
Projects for Axel Springer on behalf of Euro RSCG design agency
Regular
book designs for Random House
Jazz score
for Felix the Cat silent movie
2005
Large
poster illustration on the development of political
parties for DIE ZEIT
2004
Cover illustration
for DER SPIEGEL;
film
documentary produced by SPIEGEL TV
for international cover art exhibition tour
2003
Refocusing
on
illustrations
and corporate design
1999
Founded
LEGAmedia,
online magazine for lawyers and entrepreneurs
(up to 2005)
First
prize for best legal web site in Germany
for Haarmann Hemmelrath law firm web
site
1998
Editor-in-chief
and designer for a
legal e-zine from AOL (up to 2000)
1996
Corporate designer
for enterprises, law firms,
and publishers
Expert reviewer before court
One of Germany's first professional
web designers
for large-scale projects
1995
First-ever regular illustrator for German-Jewish
emigrant newspaper, Aufbau, New York
1994
Special
prize in Satyrykon cartoon contest
in Poland
1993
Created the
Turtle Tales comic strip
during
a two-month stay in Rome
1991
Regular
Saturday cartoons for DIE WELT
(up to 1996)
1989
Cartoonist and
illustrator for papers, magazines,
and books
Freelance journalist
Training
Resided
in San Jose, New York and Ottawa for two years (including
a high school year)
Training: Courses at the Academy of Arts, Munich; Research
Projects at the Laboratoire d’Ethologie at Rennes University,
France; Max-Planck Institute for Behavioral Physiology,
Andechs and Seewiesen; Planckendael Zoo, Antwerp; majored in Information
Technology at Munich's University of Technology (graduated as Diplom-Ingenieur/Master
of Science)
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