Katharina Drasdo
Katharina Drasdo (* 1985 in Düsseldorf ) is a German designer, artist and lecturer at the Rhein-Waal University of Applied Sciences .
Life
Katharina Drasdo studied communication design at the Bergische Universität Wuppertal and philosophy at the Heinrich-Heine University in Düsseldorf . She studied in Wuppertal with Uwe Loesch , Bernhard Uske and Jürg Steiner , among others , with whom she later also worked as a research assistant at the Chair of Interior and Exhibition Design.
After graduating, she has been working independently with her design studio Drasdos - Form Follows Us in Düsseldorf since 2011, which she radically repositioned together with her father Hagen Drasdo in 2015. The studio's work focuses on branding , corporate design , exhibition design , temporary architecture and new media .
Katharina Drasdo has been teaching experimental design, brand development and temporary architecture at various universities in Germany since 2009. Experimental design has been taught at the Rhein-Waal University of Applied Sciences since 2015.
Katharina Drasdo has won numerous national and international awards for her designs and temporary architecture, including the 100 Best Posters , the Red Dot Design Award , the if design award and the German Design Award . Her work has been exhibited in various museums and exhibition halls, including the Museum for Communication Frankfurt, Museum Folkwang Essen, Museum for Applied Arts (Vienna), designforum Vorarlberg (Dornbirn), the Zurich University of the Arts , and the Korea Foundation Seoul.
Literature (selection)
Publications with texts and / or images by Katharina Drasdo
- Untitled. NRW Forum Düsseldorf, 2019
- Retail Design International . Jons Messedat (Ed.), AV-edition Stuttgart 2017, ISBN 978-3-89986-259-1
- ATLAS 15th 100 Best Posters . Verlag Hermann Schmidt , Mainz 2016,
- agenda design. Identity , Alliance of German Designers (AGD), 2016
- International Yearbook Communication Design. Peter Zec (Ed.), Red Dot Edition 2015, ISBN 978-3-89939-178-7 .
- PLAY! DESIGN FOR KIDS. EIGA Design, 2011
- 100 best posters, NO ART - NO ART . Verlag Hermann Schmidt , Mainz 2006, ISBN 978-3-87439-703-2
Exhibitions (selection)
- 2019 Excellent Communications Design , Museum Angewandte Kunst, Frankfurt
- 2018 2min ago , Düsseldorf Photo Weekend, Düsseldorf
- 2018 Captcha Mannheim , Kunstverein Mannheim
- 2017 100 Best Posters 2015 , Zurich University of the Arts, Switzerland
- 2017 Poster Biennale Ecuador , Centrum Olimpijskie, Warsaw
- 2017 Design On Stage , Red Dot Design Museum, Essen
- 2017 Captcha Mannheim , Kunstverein Mannheim
- 2016 Museum of virtual Aesthetic , the digital festival for art and design, Düsseldorf
- 2015 Yami-Ichi Blackmarket , NRW-Forum, Düsseldorf
- 2009 Graphic Design Biennale Germany China , GDC Qujiang, Xiàn, China
Web links
- Drasdos - Form Follows Us
- katharinadrasdo.com
- Mov @
- "Anatal and Digilog", exhibition with works by students from Katharina Drasdo's class
- Interview: Marion's flair for color. RP-Online, April 22, 2017
Individual evidence
- ↑ Anatal and Digilog - An art exhibition by Rhine-Waal students | Rhine-Waal University of Applied Sciences. Retrieved June 27, 2019 .
- ↑ 1UP - The Live Magazine for Ideas | 100 best posters e. V. Retrieved June 27, 2019 (German).
- ↑ Red Dot Design Award: 1Up - the live magazine for ideas. Retrieved June 27, 2019 .
- ↑ Discover sculpture! Retrieved June 27, 2019 .
- ↑ METAPLAZA - Special Mention - Fair and Exhibition - German Design Award. Retrieved June 27, 2019 .
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Drasdo, Catherine |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German designer, artist and lecturer at the Rhein-Waal University of Applied Sciences |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1985 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Dusseldorf |