Lorenz Klingebiel is a graphic designer & art director. He lives and works in Berlin, Germany and sometimes in London, UK.

He designs books, catalogues, visual identities, posters, record covers and websites. He works with activists, architects, artists, curators, designers, illustrators, musicians, photographers, publishers and writers and is always open for new connections.

Lorenz studied at the University of Art and Design Offenbach and graduated in Sascha Lobe's class 2012. After working for different design studios in London, he set up his own practice in 2014.

Lorenz is Art Director of frieze Magazine and founder of *akʷā.

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Artists, Clients & Institutions
2020
Josef and Anni Albers Foundation
Ancient Future Now
Polly Braden
C.A.R.
Contrast Trio
Deutsche Bank Arts, Culture & Sports
Elmgreen & Dragset
E-WERK Luckenwalde
frieze
Groove Magazine
I Travel to You (ITTY)
Margaret Howell
Hoxton Mini Press
William Kentridge
LOWER.GREEN
mosaik education
Multistory West Bromwich
Aliza Nisenbaum
Okra
Planet Akwa
Paula Rego
Emily Richardson
Thomas Ruff
Shadow Heroes
Tate Britain
Tate Liverpool
Typography Museum Klingspor
Universal Works
University of Art & Design Offenbach
Jonathan P. Watts
Vitra Design Museum
Whitechapel Gallery

Talks
German University in Cairo (GUC), Faculty of Applied Science and Art, Makhzan Lectures Series, '(Re-)designing frieze Magazine, December 2020

London College of Communication (LCC), BA Graphic and Media Design, 'Practice!', May 2019

Camberwell College of Arts (UAL), FdA course, ‘Lorenz Klingebiel, Design and Art Direction’, February 2018

Camberwell College of Arts, FDA course, ‘Lorenz Klingebiel, Graphic Designer’, March 2017

Host of ‘Copy Shop #3 – Raus Kopieren!’ at Klingespor Museum Offenbach, speakers included: Europa, London (UK), Hi –Visuelle Gestaltung, Lucerne (CH), Pixelgarten, Frankfurt (GER) and Alexander Lis, Frankfurt (GER), February 2011

Academy of Visual Arts Frankfurt, ‘6 × 2 – 2006 bis 2012’, May 2013

Collections
Kunstbibliothek Staatliche Museen zu Berlin

Selected press
Süddeutsche Zeitung, 'Garden Futures', March 2023
frieze magazine, 2020 redesign, fonts in use, November 2022
Architectural Review, EW, October 2022
RA, Currents 2022, August 2022
Creative Boom, EW Kickstarter Campaign, March 2021
FAD magazine Christmas gifts, December 2020
it's nice that on bespoke type by Jakub Samek, November 2020
Solidarity Shirts on frieze.com, June 2020,
etapes.com
, June 2013
it's nice that, June 2012
trendlist.org, May 2012
it's nice that, May 2012
dasauge, February 2012
stylepark, October 2011
manystuff, June 2011
Frankfurter Rundschau, February 2011
Offenbacher Post, February 2011
manystuff, February 2011
Neues Deutschland, July 2009

Awards
Shortlisted for 'Cover of the Year' Stacks Awards 2017
Certificate of typographic excellence tdc new york 2012
Certificate of typographic excellence tdc new york 2012
Judge's choice tdc new york 2012
:output award 2012
100 best posters Austria, Germany and Switzerland 2011
100 best posters Austria, Germany and Switzerland 2010
100 best posters Austria, Germany and Switzerland 2008


Exhibitions
Swimming Pool – Troubled Waters, Künstlerhaus Bethanien, 2021
The Annotated Reader, 2018
Contribution for 3 DARTBOARD (CONSTELLATION) GIORGIO SADOTTI, Thames-Side Studios Gallery, April – May 2017
24th International Poster and Graphic Design Festival Chaumont 2013, 'Ecoles Au Travail', May – June 2013
Museum Klingspor, 2011
Chaumont 2011, International Competition
First Issue, Frankfurt 2011

Published work in
‘Type Only’, Unit Editions, London 2013
TDC New York, 'Typography 33', 2013
Page, 'Trends 2012', 02/2012
Not For Sale / For Promotion Only // New Directions in Promotional Design by Victionary
slanted 'EXPERIMENTAL' Nr. 15
GROOVE magazine Nr. 132
Waterfall magazine summer 2011

Workshops
Assistance at Fraser Muggeridge's Typography Summer School 2012 in London, UK

Podcast
Interview with Edward Aboagye for Diablo Social, May 2019

Reproduction photography: Philotheus Nisch (2022), Jack Hems (2022) and Jose Gomez (2019)

Website built by Kenn Hartwig, 2019

Contact
post[at]lorenzklingebiel.com
@lorenzklingebielofficial