Frank Rocholl

Frank Rocholl is a German Graphic Designer, Art Director and Typeface Designer. He is also Creative Director and co-editor of the international fashion publication Mirage Magazine.

Frank Rocholl
Occupation Art Director, Editor-in-chief, Typographer
Agent http://www.schierke.com
Website http://www.rocholl.cc

Biography

Rocholl started his career as a designer in the early 1990s, when he established the design agency Landscape in Düsseldorf. From 1996 to 1997 he worked as a creative director for the design agency Meiré und Meiré.[1]

Rocholls work has been featured in international publications about Typography, Logo Design and Graphic Design.[2]

In 2003 he presented his first font family, called Nuri,[3] which is distributed by FontShop International.[4]

In 2008 Rocholl and Henrik Purienne, a fashion photographer and film director from Cape Town, South Africa, established Mirage – a fashion magazine inspired by the photographic aesthetic and hedonistic culture of the 1960s and 1970s. The design language of Mirage Magazine developed by Rocholl has been presented in various print[5] and online publications.[6][7]

In 2010 Rocholl was commissioned executive Art Director for the German car culture magazine Ramp[8] and Gapz,[9] a travel culture magazine from the same publishing group.

In June 2013 Rocholl was responsible for the 1960s influenced Graphic Design of the Glam Rock exhibition at the Schirn Kunsthalle.[10]

Since November 2013 Rocholl has been represented by Schierke Artists.[11]

In February 2014 Rocholl will speak at the Quo Vadis Editorial Design Conference Munich, along with Harry Peccinotti, Mario Lombardo, Mirko Borsche, Wilhelm Vosskuhl and Rolf Müller.[12]

Awards

Publications

Book contributions

Magazine contributions

Sources

References

  1. Identity work, Novum, the world of graphic design, New Media Magazine Publishing, Munich, 01/2001, 6-page biographic article about Rocholl Logo and Broschure Design by Herbert Lechner.
  2. Article in Page Magazine 04.2005, Essay in Type One Book 2004, Feature in Layout Workbook 2005, Feature in Typography Workbook, Nuri Article in Page Magazine 09.2003
  3. Nuri
  4. Fontshop.com
  5. Turning Pages Book
  6. Its nice that
  7. 5 questions to Frank Rocholl
  8. Ramp Relaunch, Interview in PAGE Online, 25.03.2011
  9. Gapz Magazine
  10. Glam! The Performance of Style
  11. Schierke Artists
  12. "These speakers have already confirmed ...". Typographische Gesellschaft München e.V. Retrieved 20 January 2014. Frank Rocholl Rocholl Selected Designs Frankfurt, D
  13. 2 Mercury Gold Awards and Astrid Award for Gapz
  14. If Awards communication 2006 Book
  15. IDN Decade Design Awards Book
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