Workshop week in summer semester 2023 – Impressions
The exhibition and presentation at the end of the workshop week in the summer semester 2023 was once again super! Two courses presented themselves in our library, then we went...
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Florian Bayer is new Professor of Illustration at the Merz Akademie
The illustrator Florian Bayer will take over the professorship for illustration in the Visual Communication department in the summer semester of 2023. Merz Akademie’s strong focus on educating independent design-authors,...
Anja Weber will become Professor of Photography at the Merz Akademie
Renowned photographer Anja Weber will take over the professorship for photography in the Visual Communication program in the winter semester of 2022/23. For her, critical thinking and the understanding of...
Students Abroad: Semester Abroad Despite Pandemic and Lockdown
Lockdown, curfews, canceled flights, and online teaching: These are all not perfect conditions for a semester abroad, in which the focus is, after all, on exchanging ideas with other students...
Katja Schloz honored with TDC Tokyo Annual Award 2021
We are happy with our guest lecturer Katja Schloz! For her self-initiated poster NOW, Katja received an award at the TDC Tokyo Annual Award 2021. NOW 04/2020, Corona Lockdown When...
Merz Akademie at Kometenparade
Winter Market of Independent Publishers Books could be ordered from the online pop-up store until December 18. The store will be supplemented and accompanied by, among other things, the all-day...
Master student Domenik Gebhardt awarded with Schubart cultural prize
Domenik Gebhardt was honored for his visual essay “In Search of the Ideal Landscape”, this was his bachelor thesis at the Merz Akademie. Domenik describes his work: A visual essay...
hellofarm Design Studio wins pitch for “Marke Rosenstein”
The communication design studio hellofarm of our graduates Bjørn Küenzlen and Anthony Lynch was the winning team in the pitch for the design of the Rosenstein brand. With the opening...
DAAD Study Visit of Jarek Bujny at Merz Akademie
The aim of the “Futurope” project, which will now be continued in the winter semester, is to analyze the visual identity of Europe – as for example on banknotes, campaigns,...
ADC festival campaign 2020 – The Power of No
The ADC campaign 2020 “The Power of No” was designed by our graduate Steffen Vetterle! He won the pitch against 13 other designers. For the first time this year, the...