Klaus Hesse (graphic designer)

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Klaus Hesse (* 1954 in Elberfeld ) is a German graphic designer .

Life

Klaus Hesse studied photography and typography at the Bergische Universität Wuppertal . Together with Christine Hesse he founded Hesse Design in Düsseldorf in 1988 and from 2001 to 2004 in Berlin. In 2016 he founded another studio in Shanghai / China. Among other things, the studios are responsible for the corporate designs of Audi, Bewag, Dekra, State Capital Düsseldorf, Messe Stuttgart, Swarovski and World Heritage Middle Rhine. It has been nominated many times for the design award of the Federal Republic of Germany and has won over two hundred national and international awards. In 2006 Klaus Hesse won the traditional competition for the appearance of the Kiel Week 2006.

From 1993 to 1999 he taught as a professor for communication design at the FH Dortmund and University of Essen (today Folkwang University of Applied Sciences Essen ). From 1999 to 2020 Klaus Hesse heads the communication design course at the Offenbach am Main University of Design . In the 2006 Focus magazine ranking of the creative universities, the specialization he heads took first place. From 2011 to 2018 he was dean of the art department.

Klaus Hesse was one of the initiators of the “ 11 Designers for Germany ” on the occasion of the 2006 Soccer World Cup , the 1st Graphic Design Biennale Germany China 2010 and was editor-in-chief of the annual magazine “Sushi” from 1998 to 2015. He conducted numerous lecture tours and workshops in Krakow , Basel and the Chinese metropolises of Beijing , Hong Kong , Shanghai , Hangzhou , Wuhan , Xi'an , Chongqing as well as in Brisbane, Sydney and Cape Town . Hesse has been a member of the Type Directors Club , New York , since 1995 .

Publications

  • The kids want communism! 200 Years Karl Marx (editor and author), HfG Verlag Offenbach 2018, ISBN 978-3-945365-20-5
  • Next. Sushi 15 (editor-in-chief and author), Verlag AV-Edition 2015, ISBN 978-3-89986-216-4
  • Pointed. (Designer and author), Verlag Hermann Schmidt, Mainz 2010, ISBN 978-3-87439-804-6
  • Over here. (Editor and author), Verlag HfG, Offenbach 2006, ISBN 3-921997-60-7
  • The Helvetica man. (Editor and author), Hermann Schmidt, Mainz 1999, ISBN 3-87439-470-0
  • Sushi - annual magazine for young creativity (editor-in-chief), 1998 to 2013, published by the Art Directors Club Germany

Text publications

  • What is different. Graphic design from China (sushi 12, AV-Edition Stuttgart, ISBN 978-3-89986-143-3 .)
  • At a certain level, gender is a coincidence. (Interview, page 11/2009)
  • Fear of the voter paralyzes all parties. On election advertising for the 2009 Bundestag election (Offenbach Post 22, September 2009)
  • PingPongProjekt , Interview (Autumn 08 China, Spring 09 Germany, Jiangxi Publishing Group, ISBN 978-7-80749-606-9 , Chinese / German)
  • Nice and cons - a plea for the design behind the design (Beef 03/2008)
  • Book reviews for The Most Beautiful German Books / Stiftung Buchkunst, Klaus Hesse u. a. with Roger Willemsen, Max Küng, Eckhard Henscheid, Jost Hochuli and Manfred Sack, March 2007, ISBN 978-3-7657-2877-8 )
  • Drawing stories . Co-author u. a. Klaus Hesse (Modo Verlag Freiburg 2007, German ISBN 978-3-937014-66-1 , English ISBN 978-3-937014-67-8 )
  • Pay attention to the paws . 100 Best Poster Book (Verlag Hermann Schmidt Mainz 2006, ISBN 3-87439-703-3 )
  • The breaks on the Main. A city is newly founded . B-side, Verlag Hochschule für Gestaltung Offenbach, 2005, ISBN 3-921997-50-X
  • In between. The academy of art and design Offenbach . (Letterspace. TDC New York, Winter 2004)
  • What's next? A preliminary résumé of the past decade of digitalized communications . (DM Journal, Boston / USA, Summer 2003)

Exhibitions

  • 1996 Design and identity Louisiana Museum of Modern Art (Copenhagen)
  • 1997 Design Innovations Berlin International Design Center (Berlin)
  • 2003 11designer for Germany presentation and exhibition (University of the Arts Berlin)
  • 2005 Ball in the head. Kicking cult. Museum for Art and Industry Hamburg
  • 2005 handmade poster (Museum für Gestaltung Zürich)
  • 2005 T-Goal World Cup 2006 Corporate Design (Associazione italiana progrettazione, Bozen)
  • 2006 Year of Germany International Poster Exhibition Tokushima / Japan
  • 2006 Diseño Editorial , Museo Poblano de Arte Virreinal Puebla, Mexico, a. a. with Ricardo Salas, Isidor Ferrer, Leonel Sagahón, Gabriela Rodriguez
  • 2007 Dimension of the area, worldwide traveling exhibition of the Goethe-Institut
  • 2007 Permanent poster collection, Museum für Gestaltung Zürich
  • 2009 Graphic Design Biennale China / Germany, Xi'an / China
  • 2009 Brands 1989–2009 Ritterstrasse 11, Düsseldorf
  • 2010 Graphic Design Biennale Germany / China, Offenbach
  • 2010 turning point. 20 years later, Cottbus
  • 2012 Identity by doing China Academy of Art, Hangzhou / China
  • 2015 Class Hesse Shanghai / China
  • 2016 Let it grow, Nanjing / China
  • 2016 In the eye, Carmelite Monastery Frankfurt
  • 2017 Kant on the Beach, Nida / Lithuania
  • 2017 The new Blue, Eichenzell
  • 2017 The new Blue, Jingdezhen / China
  • 2018 Making Crisis Visible Berlin, Leibniz Association
  • 2018 Marx - and now? Frankfurt
  • 2018 Marx 200, Trier City Library
  • 2018 Marx 200, Nanjing / China
  • 2019 What's behind the Wall, Fengxian Museum Shanghai / China
  • 2020 Making Crisis Visible, Senckenberg Naturmuseum Frankfurt

literature

  • City of ideas Düsseldorf (Droste Verlag Düsseldorf, 2013, ISBN 978-3-03778-231-6 .)
  • Kiel Week . History of a design competition. (Lars Müller Publishers, CH 2010, ISBN 978-3-03-778231-6 )
  • German graphic style . Hesse Design (Liaoning Science and Technology Publishing House 2006)
  • Corporate identity . Hesse Design (Author Yang Renmin, Southwest-China Normal University Press 2006, ISBN 7-5621-3716-1 / J-395)
  • Loghi alternativi . Hesse Design (Goya, L 'Arte del vivere, Italia, 06.06)
  • The faces of the world cup . Hesse Design (c-design, Beijing / China, 05.06)
  • Hesse Design, from 1988 until now . (360 ° Concept and Design Magazine, Taipai / Taiwan 03.06)
  • Corporate identity for administrations and municipalities . Hesse Design (by Christian Jaquet, Haupt Verlag Bern 2005)
  • Typography Twentyfive TDC NY 2005 . Klaus Hesse u. a. with Milton Glaser, Ed Benguiat, Joe Duffy, Jack Anderson, Paula Scher, Niklaus Troxler
  • Poster series Klaus Hesse . 1000 Graphic Elements, Rockport Publishing, USA 2004
  • Logotype Hesse Design . Around Europe Logos, Index Book Barcelona 2004
  • Poster series by Klaus Hesse . Designs that stand up, Rockport Publishing, USA 2004
  • Corporate designs by Hesse Design . Branding Design, Graphic-sha Publishing, Tokyo Japan 2004
  • Erco Lightcontrol Interface from Hesse Design . Information Design Source Book 2003, Tokyo Japan

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personal data
SURNAME Hesse, Klaus
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German graphic artist
DATE OF BIRTH 1954
PLACE OF BIRTH Elberfeld