Hi! I’m Franzi.
I’m a Toronto based multidisciplinary designer, educator and all-season cyclist from Germany.
EXPERIENCE
Sid Lee, Design Director, Toronto, 2020 – present
York University, Instructor, Toronto, 2013 & present
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, 2011–2013
University of Applied Sciences, Berlin
BA, Communication Design, 2006–2010
ESB Mediencollege, Dresden
Diploma, Graphic Design, 2001–2004