I had a certain Brian Eno as my tutor at the Royal College of Art.
One day I brought in all my stuff for him to look at.
Drawings, films, paintings, designs, photos, sculptures, fonts, books, posters, ads … everything.
I piled it all on a desk in front of him and asked: “What am I? A designer? A creative? An artist?”
He replied: “Who cares, you are all of those things.”
I love ideas. Big powerful ideas. Small powerful ideas.
Ideas that can be advertised and advertising ideas.
Ideas that come in all different shapes and sizes.
Ideas that can be shared. Ideas that can become popular culture.
This site is a collection of ideas like that.
They range from global campaigns for NIANTIC and COCA COLA to an AR experience for KRAKEN RUM, Brand and Logo development for 8BARS app, Campaign and brand work for WILDFARMED, Campaign for the NATIONAL TRUST, Campaigns and content for BREWDOG, a book with Magnum Photographer MARTIN PARR and Social campaign for SERIOUS PIG with comedian Joe Wilkinson.
I’ve worked as a CD at Gravity Road, Wieden + Kennedy, ECD at the Studio of Art and Commerce, ECD at DARE, CD at Razorfish and screen designer at Scholz & Volkmer.
Right now I run ZOOPERHEISS with my creative partner James Cooper.
I'm a creative leader and a very hands-on creative director who has been named in Creativity Magazine's Top 50 list of category defining innovators, Campaign Magazine's top ten creative directors. Some would even go so far to say that I'm one of the UK’s most experienced CDs.
I’ve won Campaign's Digital Agency of the Decade, Fast Company's World's Most Innovative Company, One Show Pencils, Clios, LIAs and Cannes Lions.
I studied graphic design in my native Germany, at the I.S.I.A Urbino in Italy and at the Royal College of Art in London. I hold a diploma in graphic design from the Augsburg University of Applied Sciences in Germany and an MA in graphic design from the Royal College of Art, London.
I hold a dual British and German citizenship and speak fluent English, German and Italian.
I sat on the D&AD Board of Trustees and have chaired and judged on pretty much every major international award scheme including D&AD, LIAs, The One Show, ADC NY, Drum Creative Awards, Campaign BIG Awards, BTAA, Creative Circle and the Cannes Cyber Lions.
Here is my LinkedIn and Twitter.
I take a sketchbook with me everywhere I go and keep a record on Tumbler and on my Insta.
(I also have a “friend” who paints sustainable non-property-damaging graffiti.
His name is FLOWOFLONDON and I have no idea who he is.)