Start:
October 14, 1978 in Eschwege, Germany.
Studies:
2006: Graduated from the Postgraduate course Type]Media at the Royal Academy of Fine Arts (KABK), The Hague, Netherlands.
2005: Graduated from the Graphic and Typographic Design course of the KABK.
2004: Exchange to the KABK in the framework of the Erasmus exchange programme.
2001—2004: Studied communication design at the Hochschule für Gestaltung (University of Applied Arts and Sciences) Schwäbisch Gmünd, Germany.
Professional Experience:
Formation of the Atelier Carvalho Bernau collaborative work space in The Hague with Susana Carvalho.
2003—2004: Internship at Atelier Bernd Kuchenbeiser, Munich, Germany.
2001—2003: Freelance work for mps Mediaworks design studio, Munich, and Neustart Corporate Medialab, Munich and Nürnberg, and other clients in Germany.
1999—2002: Internships and employment in various graphic design (and related) companies
Publications:
»Lyon« Items Magazine (Netherlands) Issue 6/2006, Items selection of best student work.
»Vers bloed: Grafisch« identity matters (Netherlands) design magazine, issue 5,6/2006
Neutral exhibition in W139 shown in: #187;W139, Amsterdam. A Report of an ongoing Journey« Roma publications, 2005
»Die Nicht-Schrift« Page Magazine (Germany) Issue 4/2006
»Neutral« Items Magazine (Netherlands) Issue 5/2005, Items selection of best student work.
Exhibitions:
Lyon
...At the Items Student Award Exhibition in the Krabbedans, Eindhoven, October 2006
...Graduation show at the KABK, The Hague, July 2006.
Neutral
...At the Paraat exhibition of W139, Amsterdam, October 2005
...At the Items Student Award Exhibition in the Krabbedans, Eindhoven, October 2005
...An the tangiential programme of the ExperimentaDesign Biennial, Lisbon, September–October 2005
...At Stroom Den Haag, August 2005
...Graduation show at the KABK, The Hague, July 2005.
Honors:
Items magazine selection, 2006 (Lyon)
Shortlisted for Second prize of the student award of the »Grafische Cultuurstichting«, 2005
Items magazine selection, 2005 (Neutral)
Stroom Den Haag »Aanmoedigingsprijs« (Encouragement Award), 2005
