HALLO! I’M MAX.

I’m a freelance illustrator and graphic designer
who enjoys creating artwork for LPs and gig posters, skate- and surfboards,
as well as for newspapers and magazines.
However, I’m basically curious about everything
that needs some smart and concept-driven or simply atmospheric imagery.
Apart from that I’m a highly trained Pasta glutton and over-worried dog parent,
a landlocked ocean lover and part-time grump trying to understand this weird thing called modern life in my personal work like DAYMARE BOOGIE or THE PSYCHIC VAULT.
Photo by Hannes Meier.
FOR COMISSIONS, HAIKUS OR SAYING HALLO PLEASE CONTACT:
hey@maxloeffler.com
AGENTS
US Rep: Closer&Closer
hello@closerandcloser.com
World (ex. DE,AT,CH) Rep: Début Art
info@debutart.com
SOCIAL
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IMPRINT
PRIVACY
SELECTED CLIENTS
& ARTISTS
Activision
Atreyu ♬
Bandcamp
Billy Talent ♬
BMW
British Film Institute
Bonnaro Arts+Music Festival ♬
Daptone Records (w/High Tide)
DIE ZEIT
Dave Matthews Band ♬
Def Leppard ♬
Eddie Vedder ♬
Elton John ♬
GLOBE Brand
Google
Greta Van Fleet ♬
HAYDENSHAPES
Jägermeister (w/HERE Design)
Kadavar ♬
Jägermeister (w/HERE Design)
Kadavar ♬
MÄDNESS ♬
Milky Chance ♬
MONDO
MONDO
Monophonics ♬
NBC News
New York University
NOHOURS Brand
Playboy Magazine
RollingStone
Santoni
The Dirty Nil ♬
The Economist
The New Republic
Pearl Jam ♬
Penguin RandomHouse
PHISH ♬
PHISH ♬
Pixies ♬
Santoni
The Dirty Nil ♬
The Doors ♬
The Globe and Mail
The Hollywood Reporter
The Lakes Distillery
The Midnight ♬
The National ♬
The Hollywood Reporter
The Lakes Distillery
The Lumineers ♬
The National ♬
The New Yorker
The New York Times
The Shrine ♬TOR.COM
TRULY Hard Seltzer (w/ 360i)
Turnstile ♬
The Shrine ♬
The Who ♬
TRULY Hard Seltzer (w/ 360i)
Turnstile ♬
Vanity Fair
Visions Magazin
Volcom
Wall Street Journal
Warner Bros.
Whitechapel ♬
WirtschaftsWoche
ZEITMagazin
Wu-Tang Clan ♬
AWARDS
2022:
Society of Illustrators 65 - Silver
2021:
Communication Arts 64 - Best-in-Show Award
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2021:
Society of Illustrators 64 - Winner
World Illustration Awards - Shortlist
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AMERICAN ILLUSTRATION 40 - Winner
2020:
Society of Illustrators 63 - Gold
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3x3 Award - Honorable Mention
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2019:
Society of Illustrators 62 - 2x Winner
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Society of Illustrators 61 - Winner
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Newcomer Nominee
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Folio Society x House of Illustration BIC Winner2017:
3x3 Student Award - Gold
2016:
Joseph Binder Award - Distinction
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ADC Award - SilverPRESS
Communication Arts Insights
It's Nice That (1,2)
200 Best Illustrators 2018/2019 by Lürzer's Archive
Freistil #6
It's Nice That (1,2)
200 Best Illustrators 2018/2019 by Lürzer's Archive
Freistil #6
Design Made in Germany
SOME FACTS ABOUT ME
Born 1989 in Aschaffenburg, Germany.
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My favorite bands include Idles, Ceremony, Thou, Pearl Jam, Pist Idiots, Escapado, True Widow, Amenra, The National and Emma Ruth Rundle.
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I’m well versed in spending time in a German Wirtschaft.
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I’m constantly struggling with being landlocked.
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I’m always acquiring more books than I could ever read.
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I’m living with a black & a white dog.
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Glass is my favourite book of the Dark Tower Series.
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Unfortunately I never played in a band nor can I play any instrument at all.
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My dream workspace is a hut on a hill. (or in walkable distance to waves.)
EDUCATION
2009 - 2012:
Media designer apprenticeship
at Publikat.
Graphic design studies
at Hochschule Darmstadt (Diploma)
Internship at Rocket & Wink
Freelance Illustrator & Graphic Designer
2021: VANGUARD Outré Gallery Invitational
Media designer apprenticeship
at Publikat.
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2012 - 2017:Graphic design studies
at Hochschule Darmstadt (Diploma)
Internship at Rocket & Wink
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Jan. 2019 – now:Freelance Illustrator & Graphic Designer
SHOWS
2021: VANGUARD Outré Gallery Invitational