mail (at) emoffermann (dot) de
Waldstraße 37
D–10551 Berlin
Eva-Maria Offermann, who now lives in Berlin, started her studio in 2012. Focusing on typography and collage in its various forms and formats, the studio follows a research based approach to design and carries out a thoughtful practise.
Research Projects
[ > 2018
“The Art of Joining. Designing the Universal Connector,” Lab at Bauhaus Foundation Dessau
[ > 2016/17
“Spielraum – Designing Urban Transformation,” Robert Bosch-Stiftung
[ > 2013
“Local and Global – Climate Change and Climate Protection,” ASA-Program
Teaching
[ > 01.2013–12.2016
Artistic associate in visual communication, Kunsthochschule Kassel
[ > 18.03.2006, 04.11.2006–25.02.2007
“Cicerone“ at Kunstmuseum Stuttgart, art education in dialogues: “Piktogramme – Die Einsamkeit der Zeichen” and “Lange Nacht der Museen”
[ > 09.06–09.07.2006
Children's holiday program, educational service of Foundation Kunstmuseum Stuttgart for the exhibition “Leuchtende Bauten: Architektur der Nacht”
Selected exhibitions, competitions and prizes
[ > 2018
Golden Bee Poster Biennale, Moscow
longlist, Most beautiful German Books of 2018, art book section
Trnava 10th Poster Triennial, Slovakia
Ortstermin 18, art festival in Moabit and Hansaviertel, Berlin
Mess With Your Values, Neuer Berliner Kunstverein n.b.k. Berlin, featured by Jeremiah Day
[ > 2017
Type + Text. The Year of the Avant-garde, Museum Lodz, Polen
The Book Dispersed, Casa das Artes, Porto, Portugal
Poster Quadrennial Bardejov, Slovakia
Artists’ Books for Everything, Zentrum für Künstlerpublikationen, Weserburg Bremen, Germany
[ > 2016
All Gold of the World 2014–2016. Golden Bee, Moscow, Russia
shortlist, Most beautiful German Books of 2016, newcomer section for innovative book design
[ > 2015
Tdc Tokyo 2015, Japan
Prize Nominee Work, Taipei International Design Award, Taipei, Taiwan
Ficciones Typografika, Minneapolis, USA
7th China International Poster Biennial, Hangzhou, China
Graphic Design Festival Scotland, Glasgow, UK
Trnava Poster Triennial, Trnava, Slovakia.
Inside the City, a collaboration of GAK Gesellschaft für Aktuelle Kunst, Künstlerhaus Bremen and Centre for Artists’ Publications, Bremen, Germany
International Poster and Graphic Design Festival, Subsitancesin, Chaumont, France
[ > 2013
100 Beste Plakate Deutschland, Österreich, Schweiz, Berlin (Berliner Kulturforum Potsdamer Platz), Nürnberg (Neues Museum), Essen (Zollverein School Essen), Luzern (Hoschule Design und Kunst), Wien (MAK Wien)
Dialogue-Exhibition, Eichhörnchen und Säge, General Public, Berlin, Germany
[ > 2012
International Poster and Graphic Design Festival, Subsitancesin, Chaumont, France
Es geht um die Welt, Dieselkraftwerk, Cottbus, Germany
Prize Nominee Work, Tdc Tokyo 2012, Japan
[ > 2011
First Prize Winning Work, Artist’s books, Nopx, Torino, Italy
Tdc Tokyo 2011, Japan
[ > 2010
100 Beste Plakate Deutschland, Österreich, Schweiz
Förderpreis Institut für Buchgestaltung und Medienentwicklung SABK Staatliche Akademie der Bildenden Künste, Stuttgart, Germany
[ > 2007
22 Filmplakate, Museum für Film, Frankfurt, Germany
Collections
[ > Museum für Kunst und Gewerbe Hamburg
Talks
[ > 09.08.2018
“The Architecture of Systems – Konrad Wachsmann's Diagram No. 75,” talk as part of the symposium and the opening of the exhibition “The Art of Joining: Designing the Universal Connector,” Bauhaus Lab 2018 at Stiftung Bauhaus Dessau
[ > 09.02.2017
“Notes on Space in Kassel,” edited by Eva-Maria Offermann and Jacob Birken, opening at Neue Galerie Kassel as part of the exhibition “Plakat Kunst Kassel,” lecture by Jacob Birken (theorist), artist‘s talk with Paul Kuimet (artist) and Eva-Maria Offermann (publisher)
[ > reading travel with the book “The Audiovisual Breakthrough,” Cornelia Lund (publisher) and Ana Carvalho (publisher), Eva-Maria Offermann (book design, visual contribution)
25.05.2016 Anfiteatro, ISMAI (Instituto Universitário da Maia), Maia, Portugal
23.05.2016 Auditório do Pav. Carlos Ramos, FBAUP, Porto, Portugal
06.05.2016 Lunch Time Talk, DHBW Ravensburg
31.01.2016 Papiercafé Kunsthochschule Kassel
15.01.2016 Club Transmediale CTM, Berlin
12.11.2015 DokfestLounge, Kassel
[ > reading travel with the book “Design der Zukunft,” Cornelia Lund (publisher) and Holger Lund (publisher), Eva-Maria Offermann (book design, visual contribution)
11.11.2014 Tokonoma, Kassel
21.10.2014 pro qm, Berlin
30.04.2014 Staatliche Akademie der Bildenden Künste, Stuttgart
Education
[ > “I started my education in Fine Arts at Staatliche Akademie der Bildenden Künste in Stuttgart. After two years, I switched to Communication Design, receiving my degree in 2012.”
[ > Printed Press
“Showroom,” Novum Mag. #01.19, München, Germany 2018
“Papierprojekte,” Novum Mag. #10.18, München, Germany 2018
“Infinite Typography,” Sandu Publishing, Guangzhou, China 2016
“Type & Lettering in Posters,” IdN Mag. #v23n3, Hong Kong 2016
“Typeface Inspiration,” Hightone Publishing Limited, Guangzhou, China 2016
“Look, Here! – Poster Show,” Hightone Publishing Limited, Guangzhou, China 2016
“2d3d. 4,” Slanted Mag. #8, Karlsruhe, Germany 2008
[ > Digital Press
https://www.typographicposters.com
https://www.grillitype.com/blog
http://womenofgraphicdesign.org
http://ficciones-typografika.tumblr.com
http://idpure.tumblr.com
http://www.designmadeingermany.de
https://www.slanted.de
http://www.idnworld.com