Fons Hickmann

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Fons Hickmann at the Typo Berlin conference 2010 in Berlin

Fons Matthias Hickmann (born 1966) is a German graphic designer and professor of Communication Design at the Berlin University of the Arts.

Life and career

Hickmann was born in the German city of Hamm and studied photography and communication design combined with philosophy in Düsseldorf, and aesthetics and media theory in Wuppertal. He directs the studio Fons Hickmann m23 in Berlin which was founded in 2001 by Hickman and Gesine Grotrian-Steinweg. The emphasis of the studio's work is on the development of complex communication systems and corporate design as well as book, poster, magazine and web design. The studio has received numerous international awards, and its works have been represented at every international design biennial.[1][2][3]

Hickmann was professor at the University of Applied Arts, Vienna, from 2001 to 2007, before taking over the professorship in Graphic Design in the Berlin University of the Arts Faculty of Design in 2007.[2] Previously, he had taught at the Universities of Essen and Dortmund, and gave lectures and seminars in, among other places, London, Ljubliana, Istanbul, Beijing and Shanghai. He is an appointed member of the Type Directors Club of New York and the Art Directors Club Germany, as well as of the Alliance Graphique Internationale.

Hickmann and his colleagues promoted the initiative "11 Designers for Germany" which tried to bring a consciousness of graphic design into the public sphere and received large scale media attention in their effort to prevent the adoption of an embarrassing logo for the soccer world cup in Germany in 2006.[4]

Hickmann and his studio were invited to exhibit at the opening of Museum of the Image (MOTI), the world's first graphic design museum, in Breda in the Netherlands. The exhibition, European Championship of Graphic Design was opened by the Dutch Queen Beatrix in June 2008.[5][6]

The first comprehensive monograph of his work was published in 2005 under the title Touch Me There by dvg Berlin/London/Tokyo.[7] The book Beyond Graphic Design, published in 2007 documents his work with students.[8]

Publications

References

  1. ↑ Foster, John (2008). New Masters of Poster Design: Poster Design for the Next Century, pp. 84-91. Rockport Publishers
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Morlok, Franziska and Beckmann, Till (2013). Extra: Encyclopaedia of Experimental Print Finishing, p. 118. De Gruyter
  3. ↑ Jong, Cees de; Burger, Stefanie; Both, Jorre (2008). New Poster Art, p. 225. Thames & Hudson
  4. ↑ Fishel, Catharine M. and Gardner, Bill K. (2010). LogoLounge 4: 2,000 International Identities by Leading Designers, pp. 57-60. Rockport Publishers
  5. ↑ Museum of the Image. Past exhibitions: European Championship of Graphic Design. Retrieved 21 June 2013.
  6. ↑ Bos, Ben (July 2008). "Dutch open first Graphic Design Museum". Alliance Graphique Internationale. Retrieved 21 June 2013.
  7. ↑ Stiftung Buchkunst (Book Art Foundation) (2005).Die schönsten deutschen Bücher (The Most Beautiful German Books), p. 20
  8. ↑ Heller, Steven and Talarico, Lita (2009). Design School Confidential. p. 208. Rockport Publishers

Further reading

  • 5 x Berlin. Designfestival Chaumont. Pyramid Press, Paris 2006,
  • AREA, Phaidon Press, New York (2003) p. 140 – 143
  • Black & White Graphics Gingko Press, Corte Madera (2004) p. 08 – 09, 134 – 139
  • Graphic Design for the 21st Century, Taschen Verlag Cologne (2003), p. 266 – 271

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