Luise F. Pusch
Sonja
Leslie Feinberg
Stone Butch Blues
Alison Bechdel
Dykes to Watch Out For
Audre Lorde
Zami
I think, write and design. My medium is language and its visual form. At the intersection of text and image, I put ideas into words and communicate them with language and custom lettering.
As a designer working for clients, I develop concepts and ideas that use letterforms to make the character of people, brands and products visible and appealing.
As an artist, I am interested in letterform conventions and common language. I push the familiar characters of the alphabet to the limits of legibility, where letters cease to be letters and become random graphic shapes. And I collect things people say in order to examine the ideas behind common manners of speaking and to show that what goes without saying is not always understood.
As a teacher and author, I pass on my knowledge and encourage others to find their own way.
As program director of the Berlin Letters Festival and organizer of the Hamburg Typostammtisch, I create spaces where people can meet and exchange ideas.
As a speaker, I put into words how I see the world so that others can recognize themselves and find inspiration. My openness allows the audience to open up too. I am often told that I am authentic.
Foto: Alexandra Polina
Shooting club
1989
Wuermeling-Pass
1990
Job application
1993
Job application
1993
Driver’s License USA, 1995
Driver’s License Germany
1996
Job application
1996
application for apprenticeship
1997
youth group leader
1998
Student ID
1998
job application (short hair!)
1998
job application
1998
application internship
2000
application art school
2001
International Student ID
2004
Passport
2005
Carte Orange, Paris
2005
Student ID, Paris
2005
application Fulbright grant
2009
Visa USA
2010
?
Visa USA
2011
Student ID SAIC Chicago
2010
Visa India
2012
ID Card
2015
website update
2021
Bookkeeping
Since 2020, I’ve been keeping a reading list of all the books I read.
Chris Campe
Shooting club
1989
Wuermeling-Pass
1990
Job application
1993
Job application
1993
Driver’s License USA
1995
Driver’s License Germany
1996
Job application
1996
application for an apprenticeship
1997
youth group leader
1998
Student ID
1998
job application (short hair!)
1998
job application
1998
application internship
2000
application art school
2001
International Student ID
2004
Passport
2005
Carte Orange, Paris
2005
Student ID, Paris
2005
application Fulbright grant
2009
Visa USA
2010
?
Visa USA
2011
Student ID SAIC Chicago
2010
Visa India
2012
ID Card
2015
website update
2021
