- Thomas Manss
Thomas Manss (born
1960 ) is a Germangraphic designer based inLondon . In 2002, the British newspaper "Independent on Sunday " included him in their list of the ten leading graphic designers in theUK .Education
Manss studied Visual Communication at the
Fachhochschule inWürzburg .Career
He began his career at Erik Spiekermann's Metadesign in Berlin where he was involved in the development of the
Berlin Transport information system and designed exhibition catalogues for the Kunstamt Kreuzberg. In 1985, he moved toSedley Place Design , where he ran design programmes for some of Germany’s leading companies includingVolkswagen ,Votex ,Schering ,Deutsche Bundespost andDeutsche Bundesbank .He joined Pentagram in 1989 and worked with
Alan Fletcher on design programmes forScandinavian Airlines ,The Travelstead Group ,The Barbican Centre ,Shakespeare’s Globe and information graphics forStansted Airport . In 1992 he was made an associate and has been responsible for the development of a new corporate identity forShilla Hotels in Korea, exhibition designs for theDesign Council and a competition for a new identity for the City ofBerlin .In 1993 he left Pentagram to start his own studio in London followed by the opening of a German office in Berlin in 1996. Clients include British loudspeaker manufacturer
Bowers & Wilkins , Canadian electronics firmClassé ,Hotel Arts Barcelona ,Meoclinic in Berlin,Tate Modern andTate Britain ,The British Museum , accountancy firmDeloitte, Vitsœ andInternational Design Center Berlin .Clients and work
Thomas Manss has a longstanding affinity with
architecture . His in-depth understanding and passion for the subject has resulted in him becoming the first choice for many leading British architects looking to renew their identity, profile their work or provide wayfinding systems compatible with their architecture. Architectural clients includeFoster + Partners ,Hopkins Architects ,Grimshaw ,John McAslan + Partners ,Squire & Partners ,Zaha Hadid ,Tadao Ando ,Wilkinson Eyre and more.His work has been widely published and his reputation is reflected by invitations to lecture in the UK, Germany and Holland. In 1994 he was appointed Visiting Professor for Corporate Identity at the Fachhochschule Potsdam and was elected a Fellow of the
Chartered Society of Designers . He has been aFellow of the Royal Society of Arts and a member of theD&AD since 1996."Ordnung and Eccentricity", a major survey of his work has been published by
Die Gestalten Verlag .External links
* [http://www.manss.com/ Thomas Manss & Company]
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