A B o u t
Adrian Bauer is a Berlin-based freelance art director and illustrator with a crush on detailed colorful forms, textures and shades. In 2013 he did his diploma degree in visual communication in the illustration class by Henning Wagenbreth at the University of the Arts, Berlin (UdK) and studied additional for one year illustration at the University of the West of England in Bristol.
As a student he was cofounder of the creative-collective »Freie Radikale« in 2010, which was a loose union of interdisciplinary working designers. Since 2013 Adrian is working as a freelance designer for clients in advertising and economy such as Audi, Bosch and Snapchat, but also for agencies and publishing houses. The main focus of his work is thereby on concept and editorial illustration, illustrative information design and corporate branding.
For his works in the fields of illustration and graphic design he received the »Sigg bottle design prize« in 2007 and the international »output award 2014« for his diploma book project »Berliner Wildtier Fibel«.
c o n t a c t
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S E L E C T E D c l i e n t s
Audi • Almondia • Berliner Volksbank Immobilien • Bosch SI • Crossiety • Etsy • Good Jobs • Handelsblatt • Hawesko • Hermann Schmidt Verlag • Konsole Labs • Librileo • Literaturtest • Multicast Media • Random House Group • Reckitt Benckiser • Rittal • Sigg • Snapchat • Teekanne • Thomas Henry • Union Investment • UVEK • Wajos • Wirtschaftswoche • Würth Elektronik
A G E N C Y C O l l A b o r a t i o n
Attoma • Büro Medienagenten • C3 • CRK Kommunikation • Friedlhampen • Newcast • Nutcracker Webvideo-Communication • Kama Visualisations • Panama • Ressourcenmangel • Schokolade Filmproduktion • Zimmermann Editorial
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a w a r d s
• 2005 — Otto Dill Preis
• 2007 — Sigg Bottle Design Preis
• 2014 — Output Award
• 2018 — iJungle Graphic Design Award
• 2018 — Wolda, Worldwide Logo Design Award
• 2019 — 3x3 International Illustration Annual No.16, Merit Award
S H O R T L I S T
• 2015 — 100 Beste Plakte 2015
F E A T U R E S / R E V I E W S / P u b l i c a t i o n s
• Bastard Magazine | 2012
• Fresh 3: »Cutting Edge Illustrations, Print, Nr.3« | Daab, Ralf / Harmsen, Lars (Hg.), Daab Media GmbH, Köln, 2011
• Fresh 3: »Cutting Edge Illustrations, Print, Nr.3« | Daab, Ralf / Harmsen, Lars (Hg.), Daab Media GmbH, Köln, 2011
• Taschenlexikon der Angst | Hickmann, Fons / Wagenbreth, Henning / Barber, Georg (Hg.), Hermann Schmidt Verlag, Mainz, 2012
• Slanted Monsterbox, 2014 | Harmsen, Lars / Kahl, Julia (Hg.), Slanted, MAGMA Brand Design, 2014
• Output Award Year Book 17 | Pfeffer Frederike & Florian / Nikitas, Kali (Hg.), Output Foundation, 2014
• Errratum Magazine »Cut House« | 2017
• Illustrierter Taschenkalender 2019 | Tapir & Klotz / Drei Grad Verlag (Hg.), Hamburg 2018
• Novum Magazine | »Design for weddings«, 04/2019
S H O W S
• 2007 — Solo show, Bad Dürkheim
• 2007 — »Sigg Bottle Design«, Group show, Designtransfer UdK, Berlin
• 2012 — Solo show, Ori, Berlin
• 2018 — Group show, Enfant Artspace, Hamburg
M e M B E R s h i p
• Illustratoren Organisation (IO)