This is my portfolio of personal and non-profit work.

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Corporate identity and photography for a himalayan trekking agency based in Sikkim, the magical part of the Indian Himalaya. »Svayatra« is a nepalese coinage. The brand name associates the terms »own« and »trip«. The young company develops tailor-made treks. For every client his own trip through Indian Himalaya. 

Svayatras Erscheinung strahlt eine hochwertige Roughness á la Jack Wolfskin aus und bleibt hierbei doch asiatisch-märchenhaft wie Sikkims entlegene Klöster.
Der Imagekatalog »Mein Trek« beschreibt eine Reise durchs Himalaya Sikkims.

Svayatra’s image appears unadorned with a premium touch. But nevertheless it keeps the asian magic like Sikkim’s far-flung monastries.
The Catalog »Mein Trek« describes a trip through Sikkim’s Himalaya.

Part of the corporate design for the sikkimese trekking agency Svayatra. A font matching Sikkim’s character: Asiatic, rough, magical. If you use Svayatra, I’d be happy if you send me a reference.

Download: Svayatra.ttf

Ein interaktiver Modekatalog.
Forschung zur userorientierten Nutzbarkeit von Headtracking am Beispiel des Modelabels Selma – in Zusammenarbeit mit Malte B. Blanken (Hochschule Osnarbrück)

An interactive fashion catalogue.
Research of the applicability of headtracking using the example of the fashion label Selma. In collaboration with Malte B. Blanken (Hochschule Osnabrück)

Leporello. My parents have been married for thirty years – for 10958 days. I put the pictures of the family history in a grid of 10958 dots. The dot of the day the particular picture was taken is colored in blue.

Auf der Party konnten die Gäste über eine Webcam ein Foto von sich im 10958-Raster schießen. Das Bild bekamen sie später als Danksagungskarte.

At the party the guests had the possibility to take a picture of themselves with a webcam in the 10958-grid. The image served as a thank you card afterwards. 

It’s not only meant ecologically, when Sikkim goes green. The whole region seems to love the color as a symbol for hope and growth: The houses in the new pedestrian area in Gangtok (the capital) gleam in light green. Sikkimese people paint their bridges and balconies in their favorite color and even the clothes seem to go with this trend. For example the waiters in the modern Baker’s Café wear green exclusively. Also the future of Sikkim’s business could be symbolized by the color. The unique biota attracts more and more tourists to the region. The green tourism forms the backbone of Sikkimese business.
But it would be to easy to flatten the smallest Indian state to this monochromy. The well-kept cultural heritage is dominated by another color: red. It’s the color of the different religion, that are celebrated peacefully side by side. The robe of the buddhistic monk or the Bindi one the forehead of a Hindi woman. In Sikkim red is the color of luck – so that for example most trucks are painted in this color or are decorated with a red svastika.

»Keep Gangtok green!«, »Keep Sikkim green!«, »Pick up litter!« − das sind Parolen, die auf Plakaten und Schildern überall in Sikkim zu lesen sind. Sikkims Bewohner scheinen diese Aufforderung auf vielfältige zu beherzigen: Die Plastiktüte ist in Sikkim verboten. An Sauberkeit auf überbietet Sikkim den Rest Indiens bei weitem. Und stoßen Einheimische in der Natur auf Abfälle werden diese umgehend aufgesammelt.

»Keep Gangtok green!«, »Keep Sikkim green!«, »Pick up litter!« – you can read these slogans everywhere in Sikkim. The Sikkimese people seem to embrace this request: Plastic bags are forbidden. If you compare the cleanness, Sikkim surpasses the rest of India by far. And if locals come across litter in nature, they don’t hesitate to remove it.

Das Filmforum zeigt in der Veranstaltungsreihe FKK (FH Kult Kino) Kultfilme und Geheimtipps. Plakat und Flyer illustrieren das Kultige der Filme in einer praktischen Bedienungsanleitung zum Nachmachen.

The Filmforum of the University RheinMain organizes movie nights with cult movies and insiders’ tips. Poster and flyer illustrate the most iconic scene of every movie in manual style.

Images for a calender.

Mercedes Benz Technology sind Pioniere in der Welt des Automobils. Um diesen Pioniergeist darzustellen, fotografierten wir Details im und am Auto als Architektur und Landschaften und setzten in diese »Welt des Autos« Forscher und Entwickler im klassischen Sinne.

Mercedes Benz Technology are the pioneers in the world of automobiles. To picture this pioneering spirit we photographed details of cars as architecture and landscapes. In this »world of automobiles« we put little explorers and developers in the classical sense.

Lino print, stamp.

A good friend has been initiated as a priest. I designed his stoles in the four liturgical colors.