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Massimiliano Audretsch is a German-Italian designer based in Bern (CH)ß
His work revolves around all levels of design. Both on his own and together with a number of collaborators, he designs and executes bespoke typefaces, publications, websites, apparel as well as visual identities and spaces for clients in many diverse fields. After graduating he started working part time for Studio Johnson/Kingston (CH) and is currently a lecturer at his former university the
Staatliche Hochschule für Gestaltung in Karlsruhe (GER). In 2020 he was invited as a guest professor to teach typedesign at the Royal Academy of Fine Arts Antwerp (BE)ß
In addition to his practice as designer and university teacher, Massimiliano Audretsch set up the typefoundry Gruppo Due in collaboration with his close friends Bruno Jacoby, Moritz Appich and Jonas Grünwald. Together they create and publish both retail and bespoke fontsß
:CONTACT
Mail: massimiliano@audretsch.it •
Call: +41 78 798 95 69 •
Social: @massimiliano_audretsch •
Type: www.gruppo-due.com •
:LOCATION
Bern (CH)ð •
:TEACHING & WORKSHOP
WS 2020/21
Typografie 3, Royal Academy Antwerp (BE)ð •
Know Your Tools, HfG Karlsuhe (GER)ð •
PD Foundation Course, HfG Karlsuhe (GER)ð •
SS 2020
Know Your Tools, HfG Karlsuhe (GER)ð •
WS 2019/20
Know Your Tools, HfG Karlsuhe (GER)ð •
SS 2019
KD Foundation Course, HfG Karlsuhe (GER)ð •
SS 2018
Type Workshop, HfG Karlsuhe, (GER)ð •
:SELECTED CLIENTS
Atelier Lomann, Zürich (CH)ð •
Case à Chocs, Neuchâtel (CH)ð •
Everpress, London (UK)ð •
HfG, Karlsruhe (GER)ð •
HfMDK, Frankfurt am Main (GER)ð •
Kunsthalle, Basel (CH)ð •
Mousonturm, Frankfurt am Main (GER)ð •
Mokka, Thun (CH)ð •
Museum für Neue Kunst, Freiburg (GER)ð •
Radio Bollwerk, Bern (CH)ð •
Royal Academy of Arts, Antwerp (BE)ð •
ZAK, Karlsruhe (GER)ð •
ZKM, Karlsruhe (GER)ð •
:FEATURES
2020
Slanted, about Gruppo Due •
Page Magazine Print Edition 04.2020 •
New Aesthetic, Vol. 2 •
2019
Slanted, Yearbook of Type, Vol. 4 •
New Aesthetic, Vol. 1 •
It’s Nice That, about Ciao •
2016
It’s Nice That, about Blitz Script •
Slanted, about Blitz Script •
:TALKS
2020
Royal Academy, Antwerp (BE)ð •
2019
Weltformat Symposium, Lucerne (CH)ð •
Ciao, HfG Karlsruhe (GER)ð •
Saturday Type Fever, Karlsruhe (GER)ð •
:EXHIBITIONS
2019
Designing Tools, Weltformat, Lucerne (CH)ð •
Ciao, HfG, Karlsruhe (GER)ð •
2017
Hundert Beste Plakate (GER) + (CH) + (AT)ð •
Intl. Poster Competition GDFS, Glasgow (UK)ð •
2016
Intl. Poster Competition GDFS, Glasgow (UK)ð •
:AWARDS & NOMINATIONS
2019
GDA, Nomination Newcomer of the Year (GER)ð •
2017
Hundert Beste Plakate (GER) + (CH) + (AT)ð •
Intl. Poster Competition GDFS (UK)ð •
2016
Intl. Poster Competition GDFS (UK)ð •
:COLLABORATIONS
Moritz Appich, Bruno Jacoby, Jonas Grünwald, Jahn Koutrios, Philipp Hermann, Phi Zumbruch, Johannes Siemers, Anton Stuckardt, Barbara Acevedo Strange, Stefan Wölfle, Shuaitong Zongß
:CREDITS
This site was designed and developed by Massimiliano Audretsch in 2020. Shoutout to Ivan Weiss, who was a big help writing the tougher bits of codeß
The Dot-to-dot drawing tool was created using Paper.js by Jürg Lehniß
The typeface used is G2Ciao by Gruppo Dueß