Hi! I’m Franzi.
I’m a multi-disciplinary designer / creative director and educator
with an aptitude for experimental making and strategic and creative thinking. Curiosity and exploration are what drive my practice.
Design is what grounds me, but I love discovering and exploring the intersection of disciplines.
EXPERIENCE
Haloo, Creative Director (fractional) – 2024 – present
Freelance, Design Director, March 2022 – present
OCAD University, Sessional Faculty, Toronto, 2013 – 2020/22 – present
Sid Lee, Design Director, Toronto, 2020 – March 2022
York University, Instructor, Toronto, WS 2013 & WS 2022
Bruce Mau Design, Senior Designer, Toronto, 2013 – 2020
Kleiner & Bold, Graphic Designer, Berlin, 2011
EINsichten, Lead Designer, Berlin, 2008 – 2010
Eclat, Graphic Designer, Zurich, 2009
FEATURES—PUBLICATIONS—TALKS—EXHIBITIONS
–Featured–
Format.com — Best Portfolio Website
–Conference Talks & Publications–
Slanted Magazine 40, Experimental Type 2.0, Slanted Publisher, 2023
First Annual Design Educators Conference, 2013
Paper presented: The Creative Process in Graphic Design — Breaking Out of Established Work Modes
–Exhibitions–
Group Exhibition: Swash & Serif 5, Northern Contemporary Gallery, Toronto Group Exhibition, 2018
Group Exhibition: In The Round, Graven Feather Gallery, 2016
Solo Show: Break Out, Samuel J. Zacks Gallery, 2013
EDUCATION
York University, Toronto
MDes, Graphic Design
University of Applied Sciences, Berlin
BA, Communication Design
ESB Mediencollege, Dresden
Diploma, Graphic Design