H ier einige berufliche Eckpfeiler aus meiner Arbeit in den Bereichen Illustration, Corporate Design, Webdesign, Multimedia und Journalismus in zwei Jahrzehnten.		T his is a brief list of milestones in my professional career in illustration, corporate design, web design, multimedia and journalism over the past two decades.

2008

First prize in Oktoberfest poster design competition on behalf of the city of Munich

Designed book illustration and jacket design for Germany's number one bestselling nonfiction book (Goldmann / Random House)

Book designs for Rowohlt and Campus

2007

Approached by the world's largest design agency, Euro RSCG, to create a Christmas postcard for Axel Springer in the style of Saul Steinberg's famous "The New Yorker" cover and other projects

Regular book designs for Random House

Regular cover designs for LatinFinance magazine, the definitive US resource on Latin American business

Soundtrack for Felix the Cat silent movie

2005

Large poster illustration on the development of political parties for DIE ZEIT, Germany's largest weekly newspaper

2004

Approached by DER SPIEGEL, Germany's largest newsmagazine, to develop a cover illustration; film documentary produced by SPIEGEL TV

2003

Refocusing on illustrations and corporate design; regular commissions from international organisations  and publishers such as The Writer, Euromoney, European Union, and Hong Kong Tatler

1999

Founder, editor-in-chief and designer for LEGAmedia, my e-zine and portal site for lawyers and entrepreneurs; one of the world's largest legal resources (up to 2005)

First prize for best German legal web site for Haarmann Hemmelrath law firm web site

1998

Editor-in-chief and designer for Computer & more, e-zine within AOL CompuServe's Channel "Law & Tax" (up to 2000)

1996

Corporate Designer, predominantly for enterprises, law firms, and publishers

Web Designer (Internet / Intranet), mostly for large-scale projects (major law firms, publishers, online magazines)

Editor and online editor for NJW-CoR Computerreport, a computer supplement to the Neue Juristische Wochenschrift (C.H. Beck), Germany's largest legal weekly (up to 1998); freelanced until 2000

1995

Poster art projects in Munich (sponsored by German Trade Union) and New York (sponsored by New York Times and The Village Voice)

Became first-ever regular cartoonist / 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 (Axel Springer), Germany's number four daily paper
(up until 1996)

1989

Cartoonist and illustrator for papers, magazines, and book publications (e.g., Süddeutsche Zeitung, Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, German Trade Union)

Freelance journalist

Training

Resided in London, Rome, Paris, New York and Ottawa  (total of two years in Canada and the US where I went to school)

Training: Seminars 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 Electrical Engineering and Information Engineering at University of Technology, Munich ("Diplom-Ingenieur" / master's degree)