Herbert W. Kapitzki

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Herbert W. Kapitzki (born February 24, 1925 in Danzig ; † April 22, 2005 in Berlin ) was a German graphic and graphic designer , known for his poster art . He was also a type designer working.

life and work

Herbert W. Kapitzki studied from 1941 to 1943 in Danzig with Fritz Pfuhle (* 1878 in Berlin; † 1969 in Hamburg ), from 1946 to 1948 in the working group for fine arts in the Bernstein School with Hans Ludwig Pfeiffer and from 1949 to 1952 at the Academy of Arts in Stuttgart with Willi Baumeister .

Kapitzki has been working as a freelance designer in the field of visual communication since 1953 , for many years with a studio in Magstadt near Stuttgart. From 1956 to 1968 he worked for the Baden-Württemberg State Trade Office - Design Center Stuttgart as a designer. Since 1957 he has won several awards for “ The Best German Poster ”. In 1958 Kapitzki became a member of the Alliance Graphique Internationale (AGI). In 1964, his works were shown in the graphics department at documenta III in Kassel . His work has taken part in numerous solo and group exhibitions in Germany and around the world.

From 1964 to 1968 he was a lecturer (from 1965 as head) at the visual communication department at the Ulm School of Design . In 1967 he participated in the design of the German Pavilion at the World Exhibition in Montreal . In 1968 he founded the Institute for Visual Communication and Design . In 1969 Kapitzki became Vice President of the Association of German Graphic Designers (BDG) .

In 1970 he was appointed professor for visual communication at the State University of Fine Arts in Berlin, he became deputy director of the university in 1974 and was department head for a few years until his retirement in 1990. In 1984 he was visiting professor at the university Al-Minya in Egypt .

Herbert W. Kapitzki was also responsible for the design of the City of Frankfurt am Main from 1970 to 1973 for the Historical Museum Frankfurt , from 1973 to 1975 for the corporate identity of Schering AG in Berlin and in 1981 for the information system in public service buildings in the city of Berlin. At the HfG Schwäbisch Gmünd he worked as a guest lecturer in the communication design course from 1992 to 1995.

Herbert W. Kapitzki was the founding board member of the Association of German Graphic Designers (VDGD) in Stuttgart in 1993 and one year later, in 1994, he was also co-founder of the “ Forum for Design. Initiative for use-oriented design and design-relevant sciences eV ”in Ulm.

tomb

He is buried in the Dahlem forest cemetery.

Literature and Sources

  • documenta III. International exhibition ; Catalog: Volume 1: Painting and Sculpture; Volume 2: Hand Drawings; Volume 3: Industrial Design, Graphics; Kassel / Cologne 1964
  • Herbert W. Kapitzki: Visual design. On educational work 1964–1990, Hochschule der Künste, Berlin 1990
  • Herbert W. Kapitzki: Findings on the causes of a later effect - à propos: Visual design, self-published (without naming), 1993
  • Herbert W. Kapitzki: Design - Method and Consequence. A biographical report, Edition Axel Menges, Berlin / London 1997
  • Herbert W. Kapitzki: Moving times - blown traces, human stories from two centuries, self-published, Wildberg o. J. (1999), ISBN 3-00-002398-4
  • Literature by and about Herbert W. Kapitzki in the catalog of the German National Library

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Friedrich Reister (editor): Hans Ludwig Pfeiffer, visual artist . Neuenbürg 1987
  2. ↑ CV. Retrieved July 19, 2018 .
personal data
SURNAME Kapitzki, Herbert W.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German graphic artist
DATE OF BIRTH February 24, 1925
PLACE OF BIRTH Danzig
DATE OF DEATH April 22, 2005
Place of death Berlin