Markus Caspers

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Markus Caspers (born January 28, 1960 in Koblenz ) is a German designer, author and university lecturer. He is professor for the field of design and media at the faculty for information management at the Neu-Ulm University of Applied Sciences and lecturer for design theory at the Folkwang University of the Arts in Essen.

Life

After graduating from Görres-Gymnasium Koblenz , Caspers studied art education, German and English at the Johannes Gutenberg University in Mainz. After the first state examination, however, he did not start teaching, but as a graphic designer in the advertising agency GGK in Frankfurt.

At the end of 1988 he moved to Cologne and worked in various Düsseldorf advertising agencies as an art director and copywriter, and from 1993 also as a freelancer for agencies in Frankfurt, Stuttgart and Hamburg. In 1999 he founded the Indianapolis Communication agency in Cologne. From 1989 to 1994 Caspers taught semiotics and goods aesthetics as a lecturer at Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz . Since then, his publications have been increasingly concerned with semiotic issues and the product form as a carrier of social meanings. In 2009 he was awarded a Dr. phil. PhD.

Since 2009 Caspers has been teaching at the Neu-Ulm University of Applied Sciences a . a. Basics of design and various design disciplines. Since 2017 he has also been a lecturer at the Folkwang University of the Arts in the field of design theory.

Work: art, design and science

During his studies, Caspers was already involved as a graphic designer and photographer in the artist collective SELEKTION , to which the groups P16.D4 and SBOTHI belonged. Caspers was active in copy art, made films and designed performances for P16.D4 (1985–1993). From 1993 he worked with various Cologne artists, including a. Peter Bömmels , Theo Lambertin and Michael Kampert. Together with Ralf Wehowsky aka RLW, he conceived the project "Pullover" in 1994 with texts and photos by Caspers as a starting point for the musical adaptation by Wehowsky and other musicians. He has published numerous books on the subjects of design, pop culture, style and semiotics. While at the beginning of the publications there were mainly epochs and their styles, Caspers' work in the last few years has concentrated on specific fields of industrialized design (advertising, automobile design, pop culture) and on imparting analytical methods.

Publications (selection)

  • Designing motion. Automotive Designers 1890 to 1990. Basel 2016, BIRKHÄUSER
  • 70s. Once the future and back. Dumont, Cologne 1996, ISBN 3-7701-4011-7 .
  • Set design at the Grand Prix d'Eurovision. In: "L'Allemagne deux points". Ed .: Fessmann / Topp / Kriegs. Ullstein, Berlin 1998.
  • Youth culture, pop and design. In: »Der Designerpark«, published by Institut Mathildenhöhe, Darmstadt 2004.
  • Germany Decade Series (50s-90s) in five volumes, Naumann & Göbel, Cologne 2006–2008.
  • Life in Germany - then and now. Komet, Cologne 2009, ISBN 978-3-89836-882-7 .
  • I'm bathing. German politicians on vacation. Torch bearer, Cologne 2010, ISBN 978-3-7716-4451-2 .
  • Induced movement. History and theory of automotive design. Anabas Verlag, Wetzlar 2011, ISBN 978-3-87038-395-4 .
  • Advertising. A crash course. Dumont, Cologne 2009, ISBN 978-3-8321-9115-3 .
  • Pop. A crash course. Dumont, Cologne 2011, ISBN 978-3-8321-9320-1 .
  • Sign of time. An introduction to semiotics. Cologne 2013, ISBN 978-1-4818-1993-0 .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Interview with R. Wehowsky from P16.D4: http://www.nonpop.de/nonpop/index.php?nav=1&area=1&p=articles&action=showdetails&id=2341&artpage=2&type=special
  2. ^ Website of the art collective Selektion: http://www.selektion.com/history/1985/default.htm
  3. ↑ Participation in the exhibition by Markus Caspers and others: Archived copy ( Memento of the original from May 27, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.portikus.de
  4. ↑ Description of sweater: http://www.allmusic.com/album/pullover-mw0000048390
  5. ↑ Detailed criticism of the book "70er - once future and back": http://www.hinternet.de/buch/c/caspers.php
  6. ^ Caspers, Markus .: Designing Motion: Automotive Designers 1890 to 1990. Birkhäuser, Basel / Berlin / Boston 2016, ISBN 978-3-0356-0784-0 .
personal data
SURNAME Caspers, Markus
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German designer, author and university lecturer
DATE OF BIRTH January 28, 1960
PLACE OF BIRTH Koblenz