HALLO! I’M MAX.
I’m a freelance illustrator and graphic designer,
working primarily in the fields of editorial illustration and album artwork.
However, I’m basically curious about everything
that needs some smart and concept-driven or atmospheric imagery.
Apart from that I’m a highly trained Kochkäse* wallower and part-time
eyebrow-raiser trying to seize this weird thing called modern life
in my personal work like DAYMARE BOOGIE or THE PSYCHIC VAULT.
Photo by Hannes Meier.
*Traditional Franco-Hessian cheese dish with caraway.
SELECTED CLIENTS
& BANDS
Variety Magazine
Gruner+Jahr
Folio Society
Tame Impala (for Secret 7”)
Arte
fritz-kola (for Rocket&Wink)
Daptone Records (for High Tide)
Der Weg einer Freiheit
Donots (for Rocket&Wink)
Ef
Fjort
GOOD INC.
Long Distance Calling
Pelagic Records
Rocket & Wink
Schleegleixner
Season of Mist Records
Slanted
Spirit Level Records
Wasted Talent Entertainment
AWARDS
2018:
Folio Society x House of Illustration BIC Winner
2017:
3x3 Award - Gold
2016:
Joseph Binder Award - Distinction
2016:
ADC Award - Silver
Folio Society x House of Illustration BIC Winner
2017:
3x3 Award - Gold
2016:
Joseph Binder Award - Distinction
2016:
ADC Award - Silver
SOME FACTS ABOUT ME
Born 1989 in Aschaffenburg, Germany.
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My favorite bands include Ceremony, Future Islands, Japandroids, Radiohead, Amenra, Basement and Emma Ruth Rundle.
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I was so happy about landing my first kickflip, i stopped skateboarding.
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I drink beverages way too fast.
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Wes Anderson and Hayao Myazaki are my favourite directors.
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Everything tastes better topped with Kochkäse.
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Loving all things post & punk.
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Glass is the best book of the Dark Tower Series.
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I never played in a band nor an instrument at all.
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My dream workspace is a hut on a hill.
EDUCATION
2009 - 2012:
Media designer apprenticeship
at Publikat.
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2012 - 2017:
Graphic design studies
at Hochschule Darmstadt (Diploma)
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Sep. 2014 – Mar. 2015:
Internship at Rocket & Wink
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Jan. 2016 – now:
Freelance Illustrator & Graphic Designer
Media designer apprenticeship
at Publikat.
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2012 - 2017:
Graphic design studies
at Hochschule Darmstadt (Diploma)
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Sep. 2014 – Mar. 2015:
Internship at Rocket & Wink
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Jan. 2016 – now:
Freelance Illustrator & Graphic Designer