Rainer Groothuis

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Rainer Groothuis (* 1959 in Emden ) is a German book and media designer, photographer, author, agency and publisher founder who lives and works in Hamburg.

Life

After graduating from high school and an apprenticeship as a bookseller in the Krebs bookstore in Emden, Groothuis went to Berlin in 1982 for an internship at the Klaus Wagenbach publishing house , where he took over the production management in 1984 and management in 1989. In 1996, Groothuis went self-employed with Victor Malsy and in 1999 founded his own agency Groothuis and Consorten in Hamburg. After the expansion into the Groothuis, Lohfert, Consorten. Gesellschaft für Formfindung und Sinneswandel mbh In 2002 he headed the agency as a managing partner. In 2010 Rainer Groothuis founded corso Verlag with his long-time partner Christoph Lohfert . The publisher was taken over from bankruptcy by Lothar Wekel in 2013 and is now part of the Römerweg GmbH publishing house; Groothuis is the program manager and art director at corso. In January 2013, Rainer Groothuis and most of his old employees founded a new agency under the name Groothuis. Society of Ideas and Passions in Hamburg.

Awards

Groothuis is one of the most award-winning German book designers and has received a number of national and international awards, including the Premio Internazionale Felice Feliciano . In 2008 he was the first non-member to be awarded the Golden Needle of the Börsenverein des Deutschen Buchhandels for his services to the book industry and the KulturMerkur of the city of Hamburg. In January 2013, the Hanseatic City of Hamburg honored Rainer Groothuis for his services to art and culture with the title “Professor”. Rainer Groothuis collected awards in the following competitions for his agency:

Publications

literature

  • Rainer Groothuis: How do books come to earth? About publishers and authors, manufacturers, sellers and designers, the calculation and the retail price, the beautiful book and related things. In addition to a small product knowledge. Revised and expanded new edition. DuMont Verlag, Cologne 2008, 2016, ISBN 978-3-8321-8046-1 .
  • Rainer Groothuis: Papperlapapp: Answers to some of the eternal questions about books and their sale. For book people and curious readers. Verlag Hermann Schmidt, Mainz 2004, ISBN 3-87439-666-5 .

Contributions

  • German Library, Leipzig, Frankfurt a. M., Berlin and Stiftung Buchkunst, Frankfurt a. M., Berlin (ed.): The perfect reading machine. From German book design in the 20th century. MVB, Frankfurt 1997, ISBN 3-7657-2023-2 .

photography

  • Rainer Groothuis: East Frisia. Attempt to approach. Preface by Ewald Christophers. Krebs / Edition Kranich, Emden 1981, ISBN 3-922688-01-2 .
  • Hans-Joachim Augst (text), Rainer Groothuis (photography): Im Watt = Op het wad = I vadet. Krebs / Edition Kranich, Emden 1981, ISBN 3-922688-04-7 .
  • Rainer Groothuis, Karl-Heinz Janßen: Black and white. Pictures from East Frisia. Christians, Hamburg 1995, ISBN 3-7672-1238-2 .
  • Rainer Groothuis, Manfred Sack: Trees - companions. Christians, Hamburg 1997, ISBN 3-7672-1274-9 .
  • Ulrich Sonnenberg : Hans Christian Andersen's Copenhagen. A travel and reading book. With photographs by Rainer Groothuis. Schöffling, Frankfurt am Main 2004, ISBN 3-89561-583-8 .
  • Ulrich Sonnenberg: Het Copenhagen van Hans Christian Andersen: een wandelgids & leesboek. Met photos from Rainer Groothuis. Donker, Rotterdam 2005, ISBN 90-6100-583-3 .
  • Henry Scott Holland: Death means nothing. With photographs by Rainer Groothuis. Knaur, Munich 2006, ISBN 3-426-66589-1 .
  • Rainer Groothuis, Christoph Lohfert: Venice. With contributions by Elke Heidenreich. Collection Rolf Heyne, Munich 2006, ISBN 3-89910-345-9 .
  • Rainer Groothuis: Youth is a state of the soul: the text of the Stone of Youth in Parco Giardino Sigurtà . Knaur, Munich 2007, ISBN 978-3-426-66597-8 .
  • Where the land ends: by the sea: our longing for space. With a foreword by Matthias Politycki. Edel Germany, Hamburg 2009, ISBN 978-3-941378-34-6 .
  • Rainer Groothuis, Christoph Lohfert: Lisbon. The bright, sad paradise. With an introduction by Rafael Chirbes. Edel Germany, Hamburg 2010, ISBN 978-3-941378-79-7 .
  • Rainer Groothuis, Christoph Lohfert: Venice. With contributions by Elke Heidenreich. Edel Germany, Hamburg 2011, ISBN 978-3-8419-0073-9 .
  • Rainer Groothuis: Paths by the Sea. Photo art calendar 2002. DuMont calendar publishing house , Cologne 2001. Further photo art calendars followed annually. The last ones were:
  • Rainer Groothuis: Paths by the Sea. Photo art calendar 2013. DuMont calendar publisher, Cologne 2012, ISBN 978-3-8320-2152-8 .
  • Rainer Groothuis: Paths by the Sea. Photo art calendar 2014. DuMont calendar publisher, Cologne 2013, ISBN 978-3-8320-2513-7 .

Co- / editor

  • Rainer Groothuis, Christoph Lohfert (Ed.): Barcelona, ​​avant-garde in the north of the south. Hosts: Heinrich von Berenberg, Rafael Argullol. Corso, Hamburg 2011, ISBN 978-3-86260-019-9 .
  • Rainer Groothuis, Christoph Lohfert (Ed.): Istanbul, "dying beauty" between Orient and Occident? Host: Wilhelm Genazino. Corso, Hamburg 2011, ISBN 978-3-86260-021-2 .
  • Rainer Groothuis, Christoph Lohfert (Ed.): Copenhagen, small town and royal house, mermaid and metropolis. Host: Ulrich Sonnenberg. Corso, Hamburg 2011, ISBN 978-3-86260-020-5 .
  • Rainer Groothuis, Christoph Lohfert (Ed.): London, signals from the world machine. Host: Matthias Politycki. Corso, Hamburg 2011, ISBN 978-3-86260-015-1 .
  • Rainer Groothuis, Christoph Lohfert (Ed.): Paris, love, fashions, tête-à-têtes. Host: Georg Stefan Troller. Corso, Hamburg 2011, ISBN 978-3-86260-016-8 .
  • Rainer Groothuis, Christoph Lohfert (Ed.): Vienna, kiss the hand, modernity. Hostess: Eva Menasse. Corso, Hamburg 2011, ISBN 978-3-86260-018-2 .
  • Rainer Groothuis, Christoph Lohfert (ed.): Rome, Eternal City, Longing in the Cliché? Host: Martin Mosebach. Corso, Hamburg 2011, ISBN 978-3-86260-005-2 .
  • Rainer Groothuis (ed.): Venice, beloved of the eye. Hostess: Elke Heidenreich. Corso, Hamburg 2015, ISBN 978-3-73740-714-4 .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Senate honors Groothuis with the honorary title “Professor” , hamburg.de, accessed on August 15, 2013
personal data
SURNAME Groothuis, Rainer
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German book and media designer, photographer, author, agency and publisher founder
DATE OF BIRTH 1959
PLACE OF BIRTH Emden