Horst F. Neumann and Gerda M. Neumann

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Horst F. Neumann and Gerda M. Neumann are a graphic couple with a joint design studio.

Vita

Horst F. Neumann (born December 22, 1950 in Wuppertal ) completed his studies of fine art (painting) at the Werkkunstschule and that of visual communication also at the comprehensive university in Wuppertal.

Gerda M. Neumann (born February 2, 1953 in Geldern ), with a classic, practical and graphic education, completed her studies as an industrial designer. During her graduation, she dealt with the interdisciplinary development and design for the digitization of complex measurement methods for conception control.

Both met while studying at the GH University of Wuppertal, today's Bergische Universität Wuppertal (BUW). They have been married since 1991 and have one daughter.

Work (selection)

They cultivate their common preferences for art , design , ballet , music and interdisciplinary work. Your design office has been in existence for over 30 years. During this period numerous and different projects and a. Realized for the DGB , the WDR , Amnesty International , Kunstmuseum Düsseldorf, the Gutenberg Book Guild and for the Federal Ministry of Finance .

Both have taken part in the postage stamp design competitions since they started working independently. Your current draft for the special postage stamp “250. Birthday Alexander von Humboldt ”honors the multi-layered, global work of the universal scholar Alexander von Humboldt with a graphic that is appropriate to the time. In the small format, it grants the viewer an insight into his comprehensive work and beyond that as a documenting and empirically working researcher, who always attached great importance to the truthful, aesthetic and outstanding preparation of his results.

The first special postage stamps printed according to the drafts of the graphic artist couple was the motif (Germany) “100 Years of Kraftpost” (2005), followed by the motif “German and Austrian Philatelists Day ” (2006) , which was also published on the day of the postage stamp . The duo's successful designs from more recent times are: “125 Years of Narrow Gauge Railways in the Harz Mountains” (2012), “100 Years of Mittenwald Railway” (2012), and “100 Years of Möhnetalsperre” (2013).

Awards and prizes (selection)

  • Wicküler brewery, Wuppertal 1982
  • Kodak Photo Calendar Award, Stuttgart 1983
  • 66th Art Directors Club NY, First Annual international Exhibition 1987
  • International poster Biennale Lathi, (Finland) 1988

literature

  • Volker Wachs: PHOTOGRAPHY 11/83 . In: The Swiss monthly magazine for photography and film . No. 11/83 . PHOTOGRAPHY, Schaffhausen / Düsseldorf November 1983, p. U1 and 57-68 .
  • Peter Zec (Ed.): Who's who in German Design . red dot edition, Essen 2001, ISBN 3-929227-50-9 , pp. 360-361 .
  • Ministry for Science, Medium-sized Enterprises and Technology and Transport NRW Düsseldorf and Design Zentrum NRW (Hrsg.): Handbook for multimedia design, industrial design, photo design, communication design in North Rhine-Westphalia . Design Zentrum NRW, Essen 1996, ISBN 3-929227-26-6 , p. 414-415 .
  • Ministry for Science, Medium-sized Enterprises and Technology NRW Düsseldorf and Design Center NRW (Ed.): Handbook for industrial design, photo design, communication design in North Rhine-Westphalia . Verlag Design Zentrum NRW, Essen 1993, ISBN 3-929227-05-3 , p. 374-375 .
  • 66th Art Directors Club NY, First Annual international Exhibition 1987 . ADC Publications, New York, 1987, ISBN 0-937414-07-7 , No. 2,086th .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ special stamp "250. Birthday of Alexander von Humboldt ” , on bundesfinanzministerium.de
  2. ↑ 125 years of narrow-gauge railways in the Harz Mountains , presentation of the special postage stamp by Finance Secretary Koschyk
  3. ↑ 100 years of Mittenwaldbahn , Merkur.de
  4. ↑ Special stamp with symbolic power on soester-anzeiger.de