/// Motivation

I am a graphic designer currently living in Frankfurt, Germany. I enjoy many facets of graphic design, especially Poster Design, Editorial Design, Corporate Design, and most of all typography.

My hobby is working with blackletters. I like to read about their history and spend time getting familiar with their beautiful letter shapes.

I enjoy working in a team, which I think is important to achieve excellence. I am interested in things that have passed and things that will come. I like to be challenged.

/// Work history

After I left school, I completed three years of vocational training to become a drafts­person. I worked in this job for four years, three of them in Atlanta, USA.
I enjoyed the detailed work, but everything was specified by DIN Norms. As time went by I found that I prefer to do more creative work, so I decided to go into graphic design.

I studied in Cologne, Germany, to get my bachelor’s degree. After moving to Frankfurt, I worked as a graphic designer for over a year. As Junior Art Director I was responsible for all steps of a design process from concept to final printed work.

Recently I spent one year in Helsinki, Finland, working as a graphic designer for Activeark Ltd. There my projects involved web sites, print materials and high-end interactive presentations for major clients, primarily Nokia Siemens Network, but also Hartwall Jaffa and others.