Michael Keller (designer)
Michael Keller (born May 2, 1963 in Glendale , United States ) is a German designer . He lives and works in Munich .
Life
Michael Keller studied in Munich and at the Parsons School of Design in New York, where he received a Cooper Union scholarship. From the mid-1980s to 2011, he and Knut Maierhofer managed the design agency KMS Team, the second largest agency for corporate identity and corporate design in Germany. With the founding of KMS Blackspace in 2012 (which he runs together with Christoph Rohrer, Marc Ziegler and Hannes Dölker), Michael Keller is further focusing his work on the development of brand experiences.
Keller developed corporate identity for numerous brands, companies and events, including Audi , Vodafone , Lamborghini , Mercedes and the World Trade Center .
Michael Keller's well-known works include the conception for the Audi Museum in Ingolstadt (“ museum mobile ”, 2000), the appearance of the Munich Pinakotheken (2002), the installation “Medienwolke” for O 2 (2005) and the Voestalpine company museum in Linz (2008) and the temporary mirror installation “Qube 3” for Audi in the port of Barcelona (2011) and the hanging city for Audi (2013). Overall, Michael Keller designed more than 85 national and international trade fair appearances, including a. at the IAA Frankfurt , the Mondial de l'Automobile Paris , the International Geneva Motor Show , the Tokyo Motor Show , the Detroit Auto Show and Auto China .
In May 2013 the exhibition at the Pinakothek der Moderne presented an installation by Michael Keller entitled “Blackspace. Two views on the creative mind ".
Keller is a member of the Art Directors Club Germany and a founding member of the International Patrons of the Pinakothek. With Corinna Thierolf and Franz von Bayern , Keller launched the first pop-up museum in Bavaria: the exhibition series “Royal Class” at the Pinakothek der Moderne in the New Herrenchiemsee Palace .
Keller was a founding member of the “Munich needs an Otl-Aicher-Strasse” initiative, which in 2010 achieved the naming of a street by the city of Munich after the famous designer Otl Aicher .
Awards (selection)
Since 1999, Michael Keller's work has received numerous national and international awards, including awards such as gold at Cannes Lions , gold at ADC New York , 4 × gold at ADC Germany, gold at ADC Europe , the Grand Prix and 8 × " Best of the best "at the Red Dot Design Award , 6 × gold at the FAMAB Award (until 2014 ADAM Award), 5 × gold at the iF communication Design Award and gold at the Golden Award of Montreux .
Exhibitions
- Opening ceremony of the “ Pinakothek der Moderne ”; Munich, September 2002
- "MUSTERRAUM Club + Video Art Project"; Pinakothek der Moderne ; Munich, 2002–2004
- "Myths - Automobili Lamborghini"; Pinakothek der Moderne ; Munich, July 2004
- “Tiefendesign”, Red Dot Design Museum ; Essen, 2009/2010
- "Black Space. Two views on the creative mind “, The New Collection in the Pinakothek der Moderne ; Munich, May 2013
- “Audi Design Wall”: The New Collection in the Pinakothek der Moderne ; Munich, July 14, 2013 for five years
- “Royal Class I”: Modern Art Gallery in the New Herrenchiemsee Palace ; Herrenchiemsee, from July 13th to September 29th, 2013
- “Royal Class II”: Modern Art Gallery in the New Herrenchiemsee Palace ; Herrenchiemsee, from July 12th to September 28th, 2014
Publications
- with Christoph Ingenhoven: 1/1 Architecture and Design: New Synergies. Birkhäuser, Basel et al. 2001, ISBN 3-7643-6466-1 .
- KMS - 12 chapters on a design office. Conway Lloyd Morgan, avedition, Ludwigsburg 2002, ISBN 3-929638-69-X .
- From attitude to form. Posture becomes shape. In: Jürgen Rautert: HQ - high quality. Best of advertising, art, design, photography, writing. Heidelberg 2008, ISBN 978-3-89904-330-3 .
Web links
- KMS BLACKSPACE website
- Portrait via Keller Süddeutsche Zeitung from January 8, 2016
- Interview with Keller Forbes Magazine from June 1, 2015
- KMS BLACKSPACE on Vimeo
- KMS BLACKSPACE on designmadeingermany.de
- KMS BLACKSPACE at the Red Dot
- Website of the International Patrons of the Pinakothek ev
Individual evidence
- ↑ Current sales ranking from September 2015, horizont.net
- ↑ Profile KMS Blackspace, markenlexikon.com ( Memento of the original from April 15, 2016 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.
- ↑ Award for the museum mobile, presseportal.de
- ^ First birthday of the Pinakothek, Ganz-muenchen.de
- ↑ O2 Germany's appearance at CeBIT 2005, famab.de ( Memento from July 3, 2009 in the Internet Archive )
- ↑ Stahlwelt Voestalpine, mamilade.at
- ↑ The Audi Qube 3 , Red Dot Design Award 2011
- ↑ Hanging City, designmadeingermany.de
- ↑ Two views on the creative mind, schaustelle-pdm.de
- ↑ Michael Keller ( Memento of the original from August 16, 2016 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. , Art Directors Club
- ^ Munich has an Otl-Aicher-Strasse, page-online.de
- ↑ Awards, kms-blackspace.com
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Keller, Michael |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German designer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | May 2, 1963 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Glendale , Arizona , United States |