Klaus Hesse

Klaus Hesse (* 1954) is a German graphic designer.

Vita

Klaus Hesse studied photography and typography at the Academy of Art in Wuppertal. Together with Christine Hesse he established Hesse Design in Duesseldorf in 1988. The design studio is responsible, among others, for the corporate design of Audi, Bewag, Bosch, Dekra, Landeshauptstadt Düsseldorf, Kieler Woche 06, Messe Stuttgart, Robert Bosch Stiftung, Unesco Welterbe Mittelrhein and Zapp. Hesse Design has been nominated 12 times for the Designpreis der Bundesrepublik Deutschland and is well known through over a hundred awards in Germany and abroad. In 2006 Klaus Hesse has won the competition for the corporate design of the Kieler Woche 2006. From 1993 to 1999 he has hold the chair of communication design in Dortmund and Essen. SInce 2000 is holding the chair for communication design at the Hochschule für Gestaltung Offenbach am Main. There he has also founded the institute for new communication (INK). The field of study which is directed by Klaus Hesse has been ranked on the first place in the ranking of creative academies in 2006 (Focus). On the occasion of the world football championship in 2006 he initialized, together with other creatives, the campaign »11 designer for Germany« that has received great attention by the press. Klaus Hesse is member of the Type Directors Club of New York and Art Directors Club for Germany.

Editions

• Hier vorne. Editor/Author: Klaus Hesse, Verlag HfG Offenbach, 2006, ISBN 978-3-921997-60-4
• Der Helvetica-Mann. Author: Klaus Hesse, Hermann Schmidt Verlag Mainz 1999, ISBN 3-87439-470-0
• sushi - Jahresmagazin für junge Kreativität. Editor-in-chief: Klaus Hesse, publisher: Art Directors Club für Deutschland.

Publications

• Recensions for Die schönsten deutschen Bücher/Stiftung Buchkunst, Klaus Hesse u.a. mit Roger Willemsen, Max Küng, Eckhard Henscheid, Jost Hochuli und Manfred Sack, März 2007, ISBN 978-3-7657-2877-8)
• Zeichengeschichten. Co-author among others Klaus Hesse (Modo Verlag Freiburg 2007, Deutsch ISBN 978-3-937014-66-1, English ISBN 978-3-937014-67-8)
• Achte auf die Pfoten. 100 Beste Plakate-Buch (Publishing house: Hermann Schmidt Mainz 2006, ISBN 3-87439-703-3)
• Die Brüche am Main. Eine Stadt gründet sich neu. B-Seite, Publisher: Hochschule für Gestaltung Offenbach, 2005, ISBN 3-921997-50-X
• In between. The academy of art and design Offenbach. (Letterspace. TDC New York, Winter 2004)
• What's next? A preliminary résumé of the past decade of digitalized communications. (DM Journal, Boston/USA, Summer 2003)

Exhibitions

• 2006 Deutschlandjahr International Poster Exhibition Tokushima/Japan
• 2006 Diseño Editorial, Museo Poblano de Arte Virreinal Puebla, Mexico, u.a. mit Ricardo Salas, Isidor Ferrer, Leonel Sagahón, Gabriela Rodriguez
• 2005 Ball im Kopf. Kult ums Kicken Museum für Kunst und Gewerbe Hamburg
• 2005 T-Goal World Cup 2006 Corporate Design (Associazione italiana progrettazione, Bolzano)
• 2005 handmade Plakat (Museum für Gestaltung Zürich)
• 2003 11designer für Deutschland Präsentation und Ausstellung (Universität der Künste Berlin)
• 1997 Designinnovationen Berlin Internationales Design Zentrum (Berlin)
• 1996 Design and identity Louisiana Museum of Modern Art (Kopenhagen)

Literature

• German Graphic Style. Hesse Design (Liaoning Science and Technology Publishing House 2006)
• Corporate Identity. Hesse Design (Autor Yang Renmin, Southwest-China Normal University Press 2006, ISBN 7-5621-3716-1/J-395)
• Loghi alternativi. Hesse Design (Goya, L' Arte del vivere, Italia, 06.06)
• The faces of the world cup. Hesse Design (c-design, Beijing/China, 05.06)
• Hesse Design, from 1988 until now. (360° Concept and Design Magazin, Taipai/Taiwan 03.06)
• Corporate Identity für Verwaltungen und Gemeinden. Hesse Design (von Christian Jaquet, Haupt Verlag Bern 2005)
• Typography Twentyfive TDC NY 2005. Klaus Hesse u.a. mit Milton Glaser, Ed Benguiat, Joe Duffy, Jack Anderson, Paula Scher, Niklaus Troxler)
• Plakatserien Klaus Hesse. 1000 Graphic Elements, Rockport Publishing, USA 2004
• Logotypes Hesse Design. Around Europe Logos, Index Book Barcelona 2004)
• Plakatserien von Klaus Hesse. Designs that stand up, Rockport Publishing, USA 2004
• Corporate Designs von Hesse Design. Branding Design, Graphic-sha Publishing, Tokyo Japan 2004
• Erco Lightcontrol Interface von Hesse Design. Information Design Source Book 2003, Tokyo Japan

Sources

• Hochschule für Gestaltung Offenbach am Main
• Hesse Design GmbH

External links

http://www.klassehesse.comhttp://www.hfg-offenbach.dehttp://www.11designer.dehttp://www.hesse-design.com