his is a selection
of really neat projects which have crossed my path over the
years.
These projects
include my award-winning Oktoberfest poster design, cover art
for DER SPIEGEL magazine, a self-published legal magazine, my music score to a Felix the Cat
silent movie, a set prop for CBS, the jacket design for Europe's
bestselling nonfiction book, and work for DIE ZEIT newspaper.
I have created this
full-page illustrated infographic for DIE ZEIT, Germany's
largest weekly newspaper.
The page provides an
outline of the four main fields in psychotherapy which have
evolved over the years – from Sigmund Freud's psychoanalysis
and Wilhelm Reich's humanistic psychology up to the streams of
systemic psychology and behavioral psychology.
My artwork takes a
whimsical approach, and incorporates a large number of fun
illustrations. >more
Jacket Design for Europe’s
Bestselling Nonfiction Book
I have created the
jacket design for Richard David Precht's bestselling book,
Wer bin ich - und wenn ja, wie viele? ("Who am I - and if
so, how many?").
Published by Goldmann Verlag (Random
House), the book has meanwhile skyrocketed to 1 mill. sold copies, which makes it not only the bestselling nonfiction book in
Germany, but in all of Europe.
The author has
meanwhile published another book called Love, which I
have also designed, and which has
sold 200,000 copies in the first four weeks of its
release.
>more
| >Jacket
Design for Precht's Latest Book on Love
Grand Prize, Oktoberfest
Poster Design Competition
I have won the grand prize in the 2008 offical Oktoberfest poster design
competition. The competition has been organized by the city of
Munich to celebrate the largest beer festival worldwide, the
famous Oktoberfest. My pop art design was shown on posters, in
brochures, and on memorabilia ranging from beer bugs to
glasses, t-shirts and caps. >more
| >Media
Coverage | >Photos
from the Venue in Munich | >Oktoberfest
Kitchenware | >Handelsblatt
Newspaper "Face of the Week"
Felix the Cat Silent Movie Music Score
I have composed a soundtrack for Felix the Cat in Two-Lip
Time, a black and white animated cartoon from 1926.
Originally a silent movie, it now features music performed by
a jazz combo and an orchestra. I have deliberately not used
any sound effects for the score but have instead tried to
emulate a real orchestra using traditional instruments. This
applies also to the final scene where the orchestra gets crazy
using a whole arsenal of percussion instruments like the
marimba, the celesta, timpani, cymbals, chimes, bells, wood
blocks, and a wind machine. Felix is my largest
composition to date. >more
DER SPIEGEL
Cover Art
DER
SPIEGEL, Germany's largest and most influential weekly news
magazine, contracted a cover illustration on the topic of
East-German disintegration in 2004 and included the process of
creating the art in a TV documentary accompanying the art
exhibition, "The Art of DER SPIEGEL." >more
Set Prop Illustration
for CBS TV Show, NUMB3RS
US broadcasting
network CBS has contracted a wall clock design of mine to use
as a set prop for their TV show, NUMB3RS. The illustration
shows a woman hanging the wash. The sheets have mathematical
symbols printed on them.
NUMB3RS is a crime show
from CBS. Rob Morrow stars as FBI agent Don Eppes, who
recruits his mathematical genius brother, Charlie (David
Krumholtz), to help the Bureau solve a wide range of
challenging crimes in Los Angeles. From two very different
perspectives, the brothers take on the most confounding
criminal cases. >more
DIE ZEIT Poster
In
the summer of 2005, DIE ZEIT, Germany's largest weekly
newspaper, has contracted a poster art illustration on the
topic of political parties in Germany. The 20.5" x 25" poster
illustrates the historical development of the parties from
1848 until today.
The respective parties are visualized by
streams and rivers, while historic landmarks such as the fall
of the Berlin Wall in 1989 and key figures like Otto von
Bismarck are illustrated by symbols, vignettes and statues.
I have a history of
creating variations of US cartoonist Saul Steinberg's "View of
the World from 9th Ave", his most famous work created as a
cover for "The New Yorker" magazine.
Clients
for such hommage variations include DER
SPIEGEL magazine and Axel Springer publishers. >more
LEGAmedia, Self-published
Legal Online Magazine
After years of
experience with building web sites for law firms and mingling
with legal publishers, it seemed only logical to start my own
online legal magazine. Targeting lawyers and entrepreneurs,
LEGAmedia offered in-depth features on topics from law,
business and politics.
Within five years, LEGAmedia had grown
into one of the largest suppliers of legal resources worldwide
and a household name in Germany. Authors included major
international law firms and outstanding experts like former New
York city mayor, Ed Koch. >more
Marketing Award for Best Law
Firm Web Site in Germany
1999's
legal web site competition won me the grand prize for my web
site for Haarmann Hemmelrath, at the time one of Germany's
largest law firms. Jointly initiated by a legal search engine
provider and Otto Schmidt Verlag, a major legal publisher, the
award ceremony for the 1999 "Legal Marketing Award" was held
in Cologne by the German Bar Association on November 25th,
1999.
With over 500 members, Haarmann Hemmelrath was then
among Germany's top five law firms. >more
Illustrations
from 2010
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