○ What do we have here? ✖
● My steady work in progress ❣ website showing excerpts from my portfolio.
○ Neat. A bit more ☒ information please.
● I’m a graphic designer based in Hamburg ♜, Germany. 15+ years of creative work experience, 5+ years of experience as a design lecturer ⭓ and a keen observer of contemporary culture and aesthetics ▦ since the age of 6.
○ What’s a Pataki™?
● It’s my name. (づ￣ ³￣)づ
○ What do you do ➜ exactly?
● I consider myself a creative generalist ▩ with a concept-driven approach and a focus on type/typography. Visual identities, ▂▃▅ design systems, creative consultancy, campaign visuals, ✔apparel graphics, workshops ⏏ and everything in between.
○ Team player or lone wolf?
● Team wolf. ✘ I do some lone wolf stuff as well. But I usually work in various multidisciplinary teams when it comes to bigger projects. ♺
○ You said «excerpts» earlier. So there’s more to see? ▱
● Plenty. ♨ Let’s schedule a meeting. I will fix my hair.
○ You ✱ do speak German, right?
● Aber ja doch. ℜ
Teaching
Visiting Professor, HS Mainz (GER), 2019–2020, 2016–2017
Guest Lecturer, HS Mainz (GER), 2017–2018
Guest Lecturer, HS Düsseldorf (GER), 2014–2016
Guest Lecturer/Second Assessor, HTW Berlin (GER), 2013
Lectures/Workshops (excerpt)
Workshop Historisches Museum Frankfurt (GER) 2018
Workshop Digitale Welten Frankfurt (GER), 2017
Lecture HS Augsburg (GER), 2016
Lecture and Guest Reviewer, FH Düsseldorf (GER), 2014
Lecture and Workshop, Drawing Club, HfG Offenbach (GER), 2012
Workshop Joy of Graphic Design, Hamburg(GER), 2012
Artist in Residence and Lecture Vienna Design Week, Wien (AT), 2012
Lecture and Workshop Projektil, Bauhaus Universität Weimar (GER), 2012
Lecture and Workshop Raumbesetzung, FH Düsseldorf (GER), 2012
Awards (excerpt)
D&AD Award Wood Pencil, 2022
Art Directors Club Europe, Gold Award Interactive & Mobile »Interactive Design«, 2021
CCA Gold »Mobile« MAK Lab App, 2021
CCA Silver »Digital Craft« MAK Lab App, 2021
Joseph Binder Award, Gold in category Screen Design, 2020
TDC Award, category «Editorial», Type Directors Club New York, 2017
German Design Award, 2017
Transport Media Award, 2015
International Design Award 2013, Bronze in category Corporate Identity
European Design Award 2012, Silver in category Visual Identity
International Design Award 2011, Silver category Corporate Identity
Group Exhibitions (excerpt)
Joseph Binder Award, Designforum, Vienna (AT), 2020
City Factory, MAK – Museum of Applied Arts, Vienna (AT), 2019
TDC63, traveling exhibition, New York (USA), Osaka (JP), Shanghai (CN), Barcelona (ES), London (UK), 2017
10 Years of Vienna Design Week, Austrian Cultural Forum, New York (USA), 2017
New Rule, Tokyo (JP), 2014
SOUND:FRAME Festival (in collaboration with LWZ), Vienna (AT), 2013
Vienna Design Week/Stilwerk, Vienna (AT), 2012/2013
VOID, Düsseldorf (GER), 2013
Music to My Eyes, Ship of Fools Gallery, Den Haag (NL), 2012
HORT Exhibition at Vallery Gallery, Barcelona (ESP), 2011
FourfiveX Edition 001, First Issue: Self Publishing Book Fair for Design and Art, Frankfurt am Main (GER), 2011
Vertrautes Terrain – Aktuelle Kunst in und über Deutschland (with HORT), ZKM Karlsruhe (GER), 2008
Features (excerpt)
Subtext: Typedesign (Niggli-Verlag)
The World’s Best Type and Typography: The Annual of the Type Directors Club #38 (Verlag Hermann Schmidt)
Sushi #15 (ADC Deutschland, HfG Offenbach)
Thought Experiments in Graphic Design Education (Booksformthefuture)
Type Only (Unit Editions)
Page Unlimited #2 (Sandu Publishing Co., Ltd.)
After School Club II — Content or not?! (HfG Offenbach)
Library Paper #2 (Catalogue Library)
Monograph #59 by Creative Review (Centaur Media)
Pretty Ugly—Visual Rebellion in Design (Gestalten)
Design 360°—Concept and Design Magazine issue #26 (Sandu Cultural Media Co., Ltd.)
Field Guide: How to Be a Graphic Designer (Rockport Publishers)
Playful Type (Die Gestalten Verlag)
Grafische Räume (Birkhäuser Verlag); IdN v16n1 (System Design Ltd)
Over the years I’ve been involved in projects for (excerpt): Nike (GER, EMEA, UK, US, CN), Skullcandy (US), Amsterdam Historical Museum (NL), MAK Vienna – Museum of Applied Arts (AT), Microsoft (US), Frankfurter Kunstverein (GER), Digitale Welten (GER), University of Applied Sciences Mainz (GER), Mercedes Benz (GER), Adidas (GER), Matter Of Facts Studio (GER), Grüne Jugend Hessen (GER), BASE Amsterdam (NL), Spiegel Wissen (GER), City of Frankfurt (GER), Universal Music (GER), Rakuten (JP), Zentral- und Landesbibliothek Berlin (GER), Annabelle Magazin (CH), Twitch (US)
○ What do we have here? ✖
● My steady work in progress ❣ website showing excerpts from my portfolio.
○ Neat. A bit more ☒ information please.
● I’m a graphic designer based in Hamburg ♜, Germany. 15+ years of creative work experience, 5+ years of experience as a design lecturer ⭓ and a keen observer of contemporary culture and aesthetics ▦ since the age of 6.
○ What’s a Pataki™?
● It’s my name. (づ￣ ³￣)づ
○ What do you do ➜ exactly?
● I consider myself a creative generalist ▩ with a concept-driven approach and a focus on type/typography. Visual identities, ▂▃▅ design systems, creative consultancy, campaign visuals, ✔apparel graphics, workshops ⏏ and everything in between.
○ Team player or lone wolf?
● Team wolf. ✘ I do some lone wolf stuff as well. But I usually work in various multidisciplinary teams when it comes to bigger projects. ♺
○ You said «excerpts» earlier. So there’s more to see? ▱
● Plenty. ♨ Let’s schedule a meeting. I will fix my hair.
○ You ✱ do speak German, right?
● Aber ja doch. ℜ
Teaching
Visiting Professor, HS Mainz (GER), 2019–2020, 2016–2017
Guest Lecturer, HS Mainz (GER), 2017–2018
Guest Lecturer, HS Düsseldorf (GER), 2014–2016
Guest Lecturer/Second Assessor, HTW Berlin (GER), 2013
Lectures/Workshops (excerpt)
Workshop Historisches Museum Frankfurt (GER) 2018
Workshop Digitale Welten Frankfurt (GER), 2017
Lecture HS Augsburg (GER), 2016
Lecture and Guest Reviewer, FH Düsseldorf (GER), 2014
Lecture and Workshop, Drawing Club, HfG Offenbach (GER), 2012
Workshop Joy of Graphic Design, Hamburg(GER), 2012
Artist in Residence and Lecture Vienna Design Week, Wien (AT), 2012
Lecture and Workshop Projektil, Bauhaus Universität Weimar (GER), 2012
Lecture and Workshop Raumbesetzung, FH Düsseldorf (GER), 2012
Awards (excerpt)
D&AD Award Wood Pencil, 2022
Art Directors Club Europe, Gold Award Interactive & Mobile »Interactive Design«, 2021
CCA Gold »Mobile« MAK Lab App, 2021
CCA Silver »Digital Craft« MAK Lab App, 2021
Joseph Binder Award, Gold in category Screen Design, 2020
TDC Award, category «Editorial», Type Directors Club New York, 2017
German Design Award, 2017
Transport Media Award, 2015
International Design Award 2013, Bronze in category Corporate Identity
European Design Award 2012, Silver in category Visual Identity
International Design Award 2011, Silver category Corporate Identity
Group Exhibitions (excerpt)
Joseph Binder Award, Designforum, Vienna (AT), 2020
City Factory, MAK – Museum of Applied Arts, Vienna (AT), 2019
TDC63, traveling exhibition, New York (USA), Osaka (JP), Shanghai (CN), Barcelona (ES), London (UK), 2017
10 Years of Vienna Design Week, Austrian Cultural Forum, New York (USA), 2017
New Rule, Tokyo (JP), 2014
SOUND:FRAME Festival (in collaboration with LWZ), Vienna (AT), 2013
Vienna Design Week/Stilwerk, Vienna (AT), 2012/2013
VOID, Düsseldorf (GER), 2013
Music to My Eyes, Ship of Fools Gallery, Den Haag (NL), 2012
HORT Exhibition at Vallery Gallery, Barcelona (ESP), 2011
FourfiveX Edition 001, First Issue: Self Publishing Book Fair for Design and Art, Frankfurt am Main (GER), 2011
Vertrautes Terrain – Aktuelle Kunst in und über Deutschland (with HORT), ZKM Karlsruhe (GER), 2008
Features (excerpt)
Subtext: Typedesign (Niggli-Verlag)
The World’s Best Type and Typography: The Annual of the Type Directors Club #38 (Verlag Hermann Schmidt)
Sushi #15 (ADC Deutschland, HfG Offenbach)
Thought Experiments in Graphic Design Education (Booksformthefuture)
Type Only (Unit Editions)
Page Unlimited #2 (Sandu Publishing Co., Ltd.)
After School Club II — Content or not?! (HfG Offenbach)
Library Paper #2 (Catalogue Library)
Monograph #59 by Creative Review (Centaur Media)
Pretty Ugly—Visual Rebellion in Design (Gestalten)
Design 360°—Concept and Design Magazine issue #26 (Sandu Cultural Media Co., Ltd.)
Field Guide: How to Be a Graphic Designer (Rockport Publishers)
Playful Type (Die Gestalten Verlag)
Grafische Räume (Birkhäuser Verlag); IdN v16n1 (System Design Ltd)
Over the years I’ve been involved in projects for (excerpt): Nike (GER, EMEA, UK, US, CN), Skullcandy (US), Amsterdam Historical Museum (NL), MAK Vienna – Museum of Applied Arts (AT), Microsoft (US), Frankfurter Kunstverein (GER), Digitale Welten (GER), University of Applied Sciences Mainz (GER), Mercedes Benz (GER), Adidas (GER), Matter Of Facts Studio (GER), Grüne Jugend Hessen (GER), BASE Amsterdam (NL), Spiegel Wissen (GER), City of Frankfurt (GER), Universal Music (GER), Rakuten (JP), Zentral- und Landesbibliothek Berlin (GER), Annabelle Magazin (CH), Twitch (US)