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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