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:



MAIL


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


Activision
Apple
Bandcamp
BARRON’S
Bloomberg Businessweek
BMW 
Bonnaroo Festival
British Film Institute
COPENHELL Festival
Creative Review
Discord
DIE ZEIT
Disney
Duvin
ELEKTRON Music Machines
EMPIRE Magazine
Folio Society
GLOBE Skateboards
Google
GQ Magazine
HAYDENSHAPES
Jägermeister (w/HERE Design)
kurzgesagt
Liquid Death
MARCELO BURLON
MIT Review
MONDO (pre-FUNKO)
National Geographic
NBC News
Newport Folk Festival
New York University
Penguin RandomHouse
Playboy Magazine
PORSCHE
RollingStone Magazine
Santoni
The Economist
The Globe and Mail
The Hollywood Reporter
The Lakes Distillery
The New Yorker
The New York Times
TOR.COM
Vans
Vanity Fair
Variety
Visions Magazin
Volcom
Wall Street Journal
Warner Bros.
Wizards of the Coast / MTG
ZEITMagazin












AWARDS



2025:
Clio Music Awards - Silver


2022:
Communication Arts 64 - Best-in-Show Award
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Society of Illustrators 65 - Silver


2021:
Society of Illustrators 64 - Winner
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World Illustration Awards - Shortlist
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AMERICAN ILLUSTRATION 40 - Winner


2020: 
Society of Illustrators 63 - Gold 
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3x3 Award - Merit
3x3 Award - Honorable Mention
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World Illustration Awards - Longlist
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AMERICAN ILLUSTRATION 39 - Winner


2019:
Society of Illustrators 62 - 2x Winner
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ADC Young Guns 17 - Winner
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3x3 Award - Merit
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World Illustration Awards - 2x Shortlist
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AMERICAN ILLUSTRATION 38 - Winner


2018:
Society of Illustrators 61 - Winner
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Joseph Binder Award - Distinction
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German Design Award
Newcomer Nominee
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Folio Society x House of Illustration BIC Winner


2017:
3x3 Student Award - Gold


2016:
Joseph Binder Award - Distinction
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ADC Award - Silver




PRESS



Communication Arts Insights

It's Nice That (1,2)

200 Best Illustrators 2018/2019 by Lürzer's Archive

Hypebae

The Design Kids

Ballpit Mag

Visual Melt

Novum Magazine

Be Creative Magazine 

Freistil #6

PAGE Online (1,2)

Supersonic Electronic (1,2)

Design Made in Germany




SELECTED BANDS


A Perfect Circle ♬
AC/DC ♬
Atreyu ♬
Billy Talent ♬
Billy Strings ♬
Blink-182 ♬
Circle Jerks ♬
Cypress Hill ♬
Dave Matthews Band ♬
Death Cab For Cutie ♬
Def Leppard ♬
Der Weg einer Freiheit ♬
Eddie Vedder ♬
Elton John ♬
Foo Fighters ♬
Future Islands ♬
Gentle Giant ♬
Grateful Dead ♬
Graveyard ♬
Greta Van Fleet ♬
Judas Priest ♬
Kadavar ♬
King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard ♬
KISS ♬
Liam Gallagher ♬
Long Distance Calling ♬
Milky Chance ♬
Modest Mouse ♬
Monophonics ♬
Mumford & Sons ♬
NOFX ♬
Paul McCartney ♬
Paul Weller ♬
Pearl Jam ♬
PHISH ♬
Pixies ♬
Pretty Lights ♬
Primus ♬
PUSCIFER ♬
QOTSA ♬
Red Hot Chili Peppers ♬
REFUSED ♬
Slipknot ♬
System of a Down ♬
The 1975 ♬
The Cure ♬
The Dirty Nil ♬
The Doors ♬
The Hellacopters ♬
The Lumineers ♬
The Midnight ♬
The National ♬
The Rolling Stones ♬
The Smashing Pumpkins ♬
The Shrine ♬
The War on Drugs ♬
The Who ♬
Touché Amoré ♬
Turbonegro ♬
Turnstile ♬
Whitechapel ♬
Wu-Tang Clan ♬



SOME RANDOM FACTS ABOUT ME




Born 1989 in Aschaffenburg, Germany.
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My favorite bands include
Alcest, Idles, Ceremony, Thou,
Nick Drake, Pearl Jam, Allah-Las, Escapado, Amenra and The National.
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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.
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2012 - 2017:
Graphic design studies
at Hochschule Darmstadt (Diploma)
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2012 - 2018:
Internship & part-time graphic designer at SchleeGleixner
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Sep. 2014 – Mar. 2015:
Internship at Rocket & Wink
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Jan. 2019 – now:
Freelance Illustrator & Graphic Designer





SHOWS


2021: VANGUARD Outré Gallery Invitational
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