Hi! I’m Franzi.
I’m a Toronto based multidisciplinary designer, educator and all-season cyclist from Germany.
EXPERIENCE
Ogilvy, Design Director – Freelance, Toronto, May 2022 –present
Sid Lee, Design Director, Toronto, 2020 – March 2022
York University, Instructor, Toronto, WS 2013 & WS 2022
OCAD University, Sessional Faculty, Toronto, 2013 – 2020
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
PUBLICATIONS, TALKS & EXHIBITIONS
–Publications–
Experimental Type—Slanted Magazine #40, 2022
–Conference Talks–
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