Thomas Nagel (graphic designer)

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Thomas Nagel

Thomas Nagel (* 1962 ) is a German graphic designer who is best known as a typographer .

Life

Nagel completed his studies in visual communication (1982–1987) at the Hochschule für Gestaltung in Offenbach am Main under Friedrich Friedl . He is a member of the German Design Council and the ICSID "Roster of Experts" (International Council of Societies of Industrial Design).

  • 1985–1988 designer at Olaf Leu Design Frankfurt.
  • 1988–1994 project manager and designer at MetaDesign in Berlin and San Francisco ( Erik Spiekermann ).
  • 1998 foundation of mind21 factory for knowledge engineering, together with Alexander Branczyk and Georg Flachbart .
  • 1994 Foundation of the experimental typography collaboration Face2Face
  • Since 1994 partner and managing director of the design company xplicit in Frankfurt am Main / Berlin
  • 2000 teaching position at the Merz Academy Stuttgart
  • 2008 teaching position at the State Academy of Fine Arts in Stuttgart
  • 2009/2010 teaching assignment at the AVA, Academy of Visual Arts, Frankfurt

Nagel designed a number of electronic alphabets such as F2F El Dee Cons, F2F HogRoach or F2F Pixmix. He is one of the modern representatives of experimental typography in the field of new techno fonts. Art Projects, Performances (Face2Face): "The Screen Scream" (Fuse 95 Berlin), "Attitudes for the next millennium" (Int. Design Conference, Aspen / USA, 1996); »Type vs. Typo vs. Text «(Typo96 Berlin), Hybrid WorkSpace ( documenta X , 1997 Kassel ); "Radio Dazed" (German Radio Prize, Stuttgart, 1998)

Publications

  • F2F, type and typography magazine (1994–1998, co-editor)
  • HyperTypeLust, typographic folder, published by HfG Offenbach / Klingspor-Museum , 2003
  • The typographic feature film by Face2Face. Mainz 1998, Director, ISBN 3-87439-464-6

References / quotes

GDC (Graphic Designers of Canada) British Columbia Chapter: "World reknowned German designer and typographer Thomas Nagel of xplicit.de is GDC / BC's special guest speaker on September 21."

Mark Busse , President of the GDC: “So Germany did not win the World Cup. No, they were ousted by Italy in the semi-finals. But Germany does have Thomas Nagel. And he is coming to Vancouver to talk to us about design inspiration and typography on Thursday September 21 at the Emily Carr Institute Theater. "

Opening speech for the exhibition "Dimension of the Surface" about outstanding German communication design in the Thailand Creative & Design Center (TCDC) on behalf of the Goethe Institute and the German Design Council in Bangkok (2009) and Belgrade (2010).

Included in the international overview:

  • Friedrich Friedl (Ed.): Typography: when who how . Ott & Stein, Könemann Verlag, 1998, ISBN 3-89508-473-5

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ mind21.net
  2. ↑ typeface2face.com
  3. ↑ xplicit.de
  4. ↑ ava-frankfurt.de
  5. ↑ goethe.de
personal data
SURNAME Nagel, Thomas
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German graphic designer and typographer
DATE OF BIRTH 1962