I am an illustrator, author, artist, and designer working for book and magazine publishers around the world. Specializing in drawings and mixed-media collage, I work mainly from Berlin, but also from New York City at times where I used to live a few years back.
ILLUSTRATION CLIENTS
My editorial clients include The New York Times, Süddeutsche Zeitung, Die Welt, Kiplinger, Rowohlt, New Scientist, Die Zeit, Penguin Random House, The Christian Science Monitor, Der Spiegel, Johns Hopkins University, Focus, Prospect Magazine, Sierra Club, Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, American Automobile Association, National Geographic, Scientific American, The Writer, New Scientist, Ritzenhoff, CBS, and Deutsche Bank.
MAKING BOOKS
FOR CHILDREN & ADULTS
In vollen Zügen (Full Steam Ahead: A Typology of Train Travelers), a satire for adults, has been published by Riva. An illustrated edition of Francis of Assisi’s Canticle of the Sun will come out next spring (Barbara Fiore Editora), as will my doodle book on heartbreak for HarperCollins. I am also working on another satire for Ellert & Richter due next fall.
My children’s book Die Öblings kommen! (The Öblings Are Coming!) won me the “Meefisch” Award for Best Picture Book (Fischer Sauerländer). Other books for kids include The ABC Zoo: Beastly Facts from A to Z (Chronicle Books), Zwei rote Glühwürmchen (Two Red Fireflies/Don Bosco), Buonvento ti porta a scuola (Taking the School by Storm/Mondadori), and La gara di canto (The Singing Contest/Minibombo). More from Familius, Hatje Cantz, and Minibombo are on the way.
BOOK COVERS
In the field of book design, I have created over 150 jacket cover designs and interior illustrations. Notable bestselling titles range from Penguin Random House’s Who Am I—And If So, How Many? by Richard David Precht to Yuval Noah Harari’s A Brief History of Humankind. Others publishers include Rowohlt, Süddeutsche Zeitung Edition, Piper, Klett-Cotta, Carl Hanser, Kiepenheuer & Witsch, Atrium, Hoffmann und Campe, and dtv.
CORPORATE DESIGN & PACKAGING
My design work includes corporate identities, conference brochures, posters for concert promoters, educational infographics, German postage stamps, and kitchenware. Clients include Ritzenhoff, Die Zeit, and Ravensburger.
RECOGNITIONS
Among other awards, I received the grand prize in the Munich Oktoberfest design competition, the first prize for corporate design from the German Bar Association, and second prize in the Year of Mathematics cartoon contest. My work has been recognized by European Newspaper Award, American Illustration, Society of Illustrators, 3×3 Illustration Magazine, Novum World of Graphic Design magazine, and Lürzer’s 200 Best Illustrators Worldwide annual.
