Constanze Hein

My interest lies in exploring "beyond commercialized design," a concept that goes beyond the exclusive emphasis on commercial and profit-driven aspects of design. It involves an artistic, experimental, and socially conscious approach to the design process, valuing creativity, innovation, and meaningful expression.

I am particularly interested in how design intersects with other fields to produce innovative solutions. The outcomes of this approach can vary, including publications (both printed and digital), digital applications, exhibitions, or identity design. Graphically, this approach is guided by a focus on typography.

From April 22 I was substitute professor for Editorial Design at FH Potsdam. Workshops and lectureships were expanded to include the following institutions: University of the Arts Berlin, University of the Arts Bremen, University of Applied Sciences Technical University of Kaiserslautern, specializing in teaching typography.

I studied Graphic Design at the Leipzig Academy of Visual Arts and later studied Integrated Design at the University of the Arts Bremen. Along the way, I worked in design studios in London and New York, with designers such as Sarah Boris, Fraser Muggeridge, Zak Kyes, and Prem Krishnamurthy.

Along with partners Felix Walser and Jan Blessing, I ran the design studio "Book Book" in Berlin-Kreuzberg, with a strong emphasis on designing publications and unwavering dedication to typography.

Please visit Book Book Studio

↝ T∑ȺCHİหǥ ⨢ ಎorķ§hops

↝ Impact – Convincing through Design Practice | 2022/23 winter semester, FH Potsdam / Communication Design

↝ Think Big – Narrations in Space | 2022/23 winter semester, FH Potsdam / Communication Design

↝ Kleiner Anschlag – Micro-posters and Animation | 2022/23 winter semester, FH Potsdam / Communication Design

↝ Foil It – Graphic Experiments in the Bookbinding Workshop | Project week, 2022/23 winter semester, FH Potsdam / Communication Design

↝ The Future of Design – Zukunftsszenarien der Designarbeit | 2022 summer semester, FH Potsdam / Communication Design

↝ Design, Art & Conflict | 2022 summer semester, FH Potsdam / Communication Design

↝ Buch, Buch, Buch… Gestaltung | 2022 summer semester, Berlin University of the Arts / Visual Communication

↝ Communicating Vaccination | 2021/22 winter semester, seminar + research group Berlin University of the Arts + University of Oxford / Visual Communication

↝ Alphabet – Letter, Script, Format | 2020 summer semester, Berlin University of the Arts / Visual Communication

↝ Klasse Klima – Klimakrise in Lehre und gestalterischer Praxis | 2019/20 winter semester, Berlin University of the Arts / Visual Communication

↝ Berlin 100 – exhibition design | 2019/20 winter semester, Berlin University of the Arts / Visual Communication

↝ Fall 89 – Newspaper Design and Journalism on the 30th Anniversary of the Fall of the Wall | 2019 summer semester, Berlin University of the Arts / Visual Communication

↝ Berlin 100 – Logotype | 2018/19 winter semester, Berlin University of the Arts / Visual Communication

↝ Schrift, Schreiben und Drucken | 2018 summer semester, Berlin University of the Arts / Visual Communication

↝ Gedichte über die Stadt | 2017/18 winter semester, Berlin University of the Arts / Visual Communication

↝ Schrift und politische Plakate | 2017 summer semester, Berlin University of the Arts / Visual Communication

↝ Gute Buchstaben – Research about Jan Tschichold | 2016/17 winter semester, Berlin University of the Arts / Visual Communication

↝ Schrift im öffentlichen Raum | 2016 summer semester, Berlin University of the Arts / Visual Communication

↝ Pantograph – Representation and Production Techniques | 2016 summer semester, Berlin University of the Arts / Visual Communication

↝ Manifesto Poster | 2015/16 winter semester, Berlin University of the Arts / Visual Communication

↝ Techniques – Manual | 2015/16 winter semester, Berlin University of the Arts / Visual Communication

↝ Professionalisation 2 and 3 | 2015 summer semester, Berlin University of the Arts / Visual Communication

↝ Professionalisation 1 | 2014/15 winter semester, Berlin University of the Arts / Visual Communication

↝ Super Dutch Reloaded – Magazine Workshop | 2021 summer semester, fatuk – Department of Architecture / TU Kaiserslautern

↝ Negotiation Matters – Poster Project | Goethe Institut Tel Aviv, Shankar College Tel Aviv, Israel and University of the Arts Berlin

↝ Büro-Offset: Arbeits … Druck | 3-day workshop, 2019 summer semester Hochschule für Künste Bremen / Integrated Design

⇝ Ť@lkś

⇝ September 2022: Fokusgruppe Gestalterische Forschung | Lecture with Pascal Kress, Henrike Uthe and Ruven Wiegert | Symposium Gesellschaft für künstlerische Gestaltungslehren in der Hochschulausbildung at the University of Applied Sciences Darmstadt.

⇝ July 2022: Berlin 100 – Berliner Senatsverwaltung zum 100. Jahrestag des Groß-Berlin-Gesetzes 2021 | Lecture at the symposium Die Medienhaus-Show, University of the Arts Berlin

⇝ June 2022: Das Berufsbild der grafischen Gestaltung – Ein Diskurs zur Designlehre an Design und Kunsthochschulen | Lecture at the Berlin University of the Arts, Berlin Centre for Advanced Studies in Arts and Science.

⇝ March 2022: Communicating Vaccination | Presentation with Dr. Sally Frampton and student group, Arts and Humanities research project, Hopscotch Reading Room, Berlin

⇝ May 2021: Was Bücher können | Lecture with Jan Blessing | Lecture Series Einwurf, Department of Architecture, University of Siegen

⇝ May 2019: Gute Lehre / Gute Arbeit: Eine dialogische Bestandsaufnahme aus Perspektive des Mittelbaus | Lecture with Dr. Katrin Köppert, Jan Spiekermann and Anna Volkland | Symposium Künste Lehren VI: Teil und Ganzes: Haltungen & Handlungen im Umkreis der Künste, Berlin University of the Arts

⇝ March 2018: Laudation Walter Tiemann Prize for Kerstin Landis and Jonas Voegeli, Pierre Pané-Farré, and Ludovic Balland, Academy of Visual Arts Leipzig

⇢ ȺwarȡՏ

⇢ 2023: Most beautiful german books Japan Guide, Stiftung Buchkunst (Publisher: Textem, Hamburg)

⇢ 2021: 2nd prize special stamp 50 Jahre Deutsches Kinderhilfswerk (50 years of the German Children’s Fund)

⇢ 2020: 1st prize special stamp: Gefahren des Klimawandels – Wald ist Klimaschutz (Dangers of Climate Change)

⇢ 2016: Walter-Tiemann-Prize with Jan Blessing (innovative typographic design ideas) for the publication TUTTI (Publisher: Edition Taube, Munich/Zurich)

⇢ 2015: Longlist Stiftung Buchkunst for the publication SINN via Tonäherung (Publisher: Lubok, Leipzig) with Jan Blessing