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About

I Like Birds is a studio located in the city of Hamburg, founded in 2010 by the two designer André Gröger and Susanne Kehrer. Since then the team works on turning designs into creations. They take great pleasure in experimenting with various mediums to develop customized and individual solutions.

 

The studios activities focus on transforming numerous types of information into a visual language which conveys the content in a more fluid and effective manner - putting a lot of time and effort into creating a wide range of photography based images or graphic design related print products, including posters, books, illustrations, corporate identities and other visual works for cultural and public purposes.

 

Beside their day-to-day work I Like Birds is also teaching art-direction and editorial design in Hamburg, giving workshops and lectures in Germany and throughout Europe.

 

Services

Art Direction, Branding, Concept Development, Editorial Design, Exhibition Design, Identity, Illustration, Photography, Print, Set Design, Visual Communication

 

clients (SELECTION)

Freitag Bags, Deichtorhallen Hamburg, Die Zeit, Der Spiegel, Sueddeutsche Zeitung, Berliner Zeitung, Gruner + Jahr, Mercedes Benz, Robert-Bosch-Stiftung, Dummy Verlag, Wirtschaftswoche, Weleda, Hofmann & Campe, Loved Agency, Kirchhoff Consult AG, Ligalux, Brand Eins, Arte, Capital, Deutsche Bahn, Page, Ebner Media Group, KNSKB+, Uniplan, Wort und Bild Verlag, Tempus Corporate, Territory Publishing, SZ Scala, Compass, Ergo, RWE, Hochschule Mainz, HAW Hamburg, Galerie Ahrensburg, Galerie Trittau, Sparkassen-Kulturstiftung, Strichpunkt Design, Nido, Neon Magazine, Manager Magazine, Missy Magazine, Working Woman, Graphic Design Festival Breda …

 

TALKS

BAUHAUS UNIVERSITÄT, Weimar

ZÜRCHER HOCHSCHULE DER KÜNSTE (ZHDK), Zürich

HOCHSCHULE FÜR GESTALTUNG UND KUNST, Basel

KUNSTHOCHSCHULE WEISSENSEE, Berlin

TRANSLATION 05 SYMPOSIUM, Mainz
GRAPHIC DESIGN FESTIVAL BREDA, Breda
ABOUT LECTURE, Mainz
FACHHOCHSCHULE DÜSSELDORF, Düsseldorf
STILVORLAGEN, Hamburg
HOCHSCHULE AUGSBURG, Augsburg
BEYONDERGROUND FESTIVAL, Hasselt

FACHHOCHSCHULE BIELEFELD, Bielefeld

 

EXHIBITION

PINAKOTHEK DER MODERNE, Munich

DEICHTORHALLEN, Hamburg
MUSEUM FÜR ANGEWANDTE KUNST, Frankfurt
SHANGHAI//HAMBURG:PUBLIC SIGNS, Hamburg
MUSEUM OF COMMUNICATION, The Hague
CLASKA GALLERY, Tokyo
NINA SAGT. GALERIE, Düsseldorf

FUTURA – TRIBUTE TO A TYPEFACE, Mainz
ISLAND Artspace, Hamburg
GUTENBERG MUSEUM, Mainz
VOID EDITION Exhibition, Düsseldorf
BEACH GALLERY, London
DESIGNXPORT, Marseille
ZIRKUMFLEX GALLERIE, Berlin
LEVANTEHAUS, Hamburg
INTEF Institut für technische Form, Darmstadt
TDC 53rd Type Directors Club Show, Mainz
ART DIRECTORS CLUB, Munich

 

WORKSHOPS/TEACHING

HAW HAMBURG, Department Design 
BAUHAUS UNIVERSITÄT WEIMAR, Fakultät Gestaltung
FH BIELEFELD, University of Applied Sciences
ZHDK, Hochschule für Gestaltung Zürich
HS AUGSBURG, Fakultät für Gestaltung
THE JOY OF GRAPHIC DESIGN, Festival Hamburg
HOCHSCHULE MANNHEIM, Fakultät Gestaltung
HOCHSCHULE MAINZ, University of Applied Sciences

 

AWARDS

LEAD AWARDS, Nominee
»Illustration des Jahres«

 

GERMAN DESIGN AWARD, Winner Gold,
»Excellent Communications Design«
 

GERMAN BRAND AWARD, Nominee
»Excellence in Brand Strategy and Creation«

 

DESIGNPREIS RHEINLAND PFALZ, Winner,
»Editorial Design«

 

LUCKY STRIKE AWARD, Special recognition,
»Editorial Design«

 

PRESS/PUBLICATION (SELECTION)

BRAND MAGAZINE - ISSUE 60

2021, SP Publishing, Shanghai

 

PALETTE MINI 02, MULTICOLOUR

2020, Viction:ary, Hongkong

 

100 BÜCHER, DIE ALLE DESIGNER KENNEN SOLLTEN

2019, av Edition, Stuttgart

 

NOTAMUSE

2019, Niggli Verlag, Schweiz

 

SOIREÈ GRAPHIQUE NO.10 - HALLO DEUTSCHLAND

2017, Komet, Bern


BRAND MAGAZINE - WORLDS SMALL TOP STUDIOS

2017, SP Publishing, Shanghai


MAGICAL GEOMETRY - PATTERNS IN DESIGN

2017, SP Publishing, Hongkong


DESIGN ORIGIN: GERMANY

2016, Viction:ary, Hongkong


ÈTAPES: 229

2016, Pyramyd Edition, Paris


PRINTED PAGES MAGAZINE

2015, It´s Nice That, London


NOVUM WORLD OF GRAPHIC DESIGN

01/2016, Stiebner Verlag, München


PAGE MAGAZINE

09/2015, Page Verlag, Hamburg


PROJEKTIL

2015, Lucia Verlag, Bauhaus Universität Weimar


SOME MAGAZINE

2014, Burg Giebichenstein Kunsthochschule Halle


BASIC TYPE

2013, Index Books, Barcelona


NEUE SCHRIFTEN/NEW TYPEFACES

2013, Niggli Verlag, Schweiz


PAGE UNLIMITED II

2013, Sandu Cultural Media, Hongkong


TYPE ONLY

2013, Unit Editions, London


PAGE Magazine

2013/07, Page Verlag, Hamburg


BRANDING WITH TYPOGRAPHY

2013, Sandu Cultural Media, Hongkong


IDN EXTRA 08: TYPO/GRAPHIC POSTERS

2013, IdN Press, Hongkong


MULTICOLOUR NEW RAINBOW-HUED GRAPHICS

2012, Viction:ary, Hongkong


LIBRARY PAPER 02

2012, Catalogue Library, UK


BASIC STATIONARY

2012, Index Books, Barcelona


IDN PICK OF THE MONTH

2012, IdN Press, Hongkong


COMPUTER ARTS COLLECTION

2012, Future Publishing, London


SLANTED #15 EXPERIMENTAL

2011, Magma Brand Design, Karlsruhe


NOVUM WORLD OF GRAPHIC DESIGN

2011/09, Stiebner Verlag, München


TYPE PLAYER 2

2011, Sandu Cultural Media, Hongkong


FRESH ILLUSTRATION #1 OBJECT

2011, Daab Verlag, Köln


FRESH ILLUSTRATION #3 PRINT

2011, Daab Verlag, Köln


TYPODARIUM A TYPE CALENDAR

2011, Verlag Herman Schmidt, Mainz


FORM THE MAKING OF DESIGN

2009/04, Birkhäuser Verlag, Basel


NOVUM WORLD OF GRAPHIC DESIGN

2009/09, Stiebner Verlag, München


:OUTPUT 12 INTERNATIONAL YEARBOOK

2009, Verlag Herman Schmidt, Mainz