Lars Harmsen | |
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| Born | 1964 (age 59–60) |
| Occupation(s) | Graphic designer, Professor |
| Website | larsharmsen |
Lars Harmsen is a Professor of Typography and Design at the University of Applied Sciences and Arts Dortmund since 2011.[1] . He is the co-founder of Slanted Publishers.[2]
Career
After completing an apprenticeship as a silk screen frame manufacturer, Lars Harmsen studied visual communication in Basel and at Pforzheim University. During his studies, he founded the design agency MAGMA in Karlsruhe in 1995.[3]
In 1996, he founded the font publisher Volcano-Type.[4]
In 2004, he co-founded the publishing house Slanted Publishers.[2] It's publications won awards in national and international design competitions. Among others it received the Designpreis der Bundesrepublik Deutschland (Design Award of the Federal Republic of Germany) (Silver, 2009)[5] and the German Design Award (2018) for its book on Helsinki.[6]
The focus of Harmsen's work is on typography, corporate, and editorial design. He worked as a creative director of MAGMA untill 2014[7].
Since 2008, he acted partner and creative director at MELVILLE Brand Design in Munich[8]
In 2018, he was Associate Professor of Art and Design at the American University of Sharjah.[9]
Selected bibliography
- Harmsen, Lars (2023). Collision. Slanted Publishers. ISBN 9783948440466.
- Harmsen, Lars; Misiak, Marian (2020). Support Independent Type. Slanted Publishers. ISBN 9783948440121.
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