Olaf Leu

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Olaf Leu (born July 28, 1936 in Chemnitz ) is a German graphic designer and creator.

biography

Olaf Leu completed his training as a typesetter . He worked as a typographic designer in the artistic studio of the Bauer foundry , and also as assistant to the creative director in the Hanns W. Brose advertising agency in Frankfurt am Main . In 1959 he started his own business as a graphic designer and art director . From 1971 to 1991 he was general secretary of the German section of the International Center for the Typographic Arts (ICTA). In 1971 he founded the Olaf Leu Design studio in Frankfurt am Main, which existed until 1991.

During this time, one of his priorities was the typographic design of calendars, among others for the clients Porsche , Farbenfabrik Gebr. Schmidt , Zanders Papier and Gebr. Klingspor . From 1975 to 1976 he taught visual communication at the Chilean University of Valparaiso and from 1982 to 1984 at the Central Saint Martins College of Art and Design typography. From 1986 to 2003, Leu was a lecturer at the Mainz University of Applied Sciences for corporate identity and corporate design . German poster museum Essen

Since 1991 he has been mainly active internationally, e. B. Speaker of the Goethe Institute and a sought-after jury member. He gives lectures and seminars in Europe, South and North America, India, Australia and New Zealand. As a university lecturer, he has shaped a number of designers to this day.

For his life's work he was awarded honorary membership of the German Designer Club in 2000, of which he was a founding member in 1989.

Functions / activity

  • 1965 co-founder and consultant of graphic galleries in Germany.
  • 1965 Organization of the first Type Directors Show and Art Directors Club Show in Germany
  • 1965 to 1990 Chairman of the German Liaison Committee of the Type Directors Club of New York
  • 1989 co-founder of the DDC - German Designer Club
  • 1996 to 2003 head of the optics test segment in the annual competition “The best annual reports” manager magazin.
  • 1992 to 2003 jury member of the annual competition »The best balance« of the Swiss business magazine »Bilanz«

Exhibitions

Individual evidence

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personal data
SURNAME Leu, Olaf
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German graphic designer and designer
DATE OF BIRTH July 28, 1936
PLACE OF BIRTH Chemnitz