Massimiliano Audretsch is a German-Italian designer, researcher and educator based in Bern (CH) and rooted in Düsseldorf (GER)ß
His work focuses on typography, type and editorial design. Together with various collaborators, he also designs and executes publications, websites, apparel as well as the occasional exhibition or visual identityß
In addition to his practice as designer and university teacher, Massimiliano Audretsch set up the typefoundry Gruppo Due in collaboration with his close friends Bruno Jacoby, Moritz Appich and Jonas Grünwald. Together they discuss, create and publish fontsß
Massimiliano Audretsch
Graphic Design
Massimiliano Audretsch is a German-Italian designer, researcher and educator based in Bern (CH) and rooted in Düsseldorf (GER)ß
His work focuses on typography, type and editorial design. Together with various collaborators, he also designs and executes publications, websites, apparel as well as the occasional exhibition or visual identityß
In addition to his practice as designer and university teacher, Massimiliano Audretsch set up the typefoundry Gruppo Due in collaboration with his close friends Bruno Jacoby, Moritz Appich and Jonas Grünwald. Together they discuss, create and publish fontsß
:TEACHING & WORKSHOP
Since 2022
Assistent VisKom, HKB Bern (CH)ð •
SS 2021
External diploma examiner, F+F Zürich (CH)ð •
Know Your Tools, HfG Karlsuhe (GER)ð •
WS 2020/21
Typografie 3, Royal Academy Antwerp (BE)ð •
Know Your Tools, HfG Karlsuhe (GER)ð •
PD Foundation Course, HfG Karlsuhe (GER)ð •
SS 2020
Know Your Tools, HfG Karlsuhe (GER)ð •
WS 2019/20
Know Your Tools, HfG Karlsuhe (GER)ð •
SS 2019
KD Foundation Course, HfG Karlsuhe (GER)ð •
SS 2018
Type Workshop, HfG Karlsuhe, (GER)ð •
:FEATURES
2022
Solitype, Vol. 6 •
New Aesthetic, Vol. 3 •
2021
It’s Nice That, Interview •
It’s Nice That, about Website •
2020
Slanted, about Gruppo Due •
Page Magazine Print Edition 04.2020 •
New Aesthetic, Vol. 2 •
2019
Slanted, Yearbook of Type, Vol. 4 •
New Aesthetic, Vol. 1 •
It’s Nice That, about Ciao •
2016
It’s Nice That, about Blitz Script •
Slanted, about Blitz Script •
:TALKS
2022
Out of Office, HKB (CH)ð •
2021
Typo Club, Bern (CH)ð •
2020
Royal Academy, Antwerp (BE)ð •
Typo Discuussion, ERG Saint-Luc (BE)ð •
2019
Weltformat Symposium, Lucerne (CH)ð •
Ciao, HfG Karlsruhe (GER)ð •
Saturday Type Fever, Karlsruhe (GER)ð •
:EXHIBITIONS
2021
Il Mestiere Grafico, Triennale, Milano (IT)ð •
We are Waves, EIAB, Gangwon (KOR)ð •
2019
Designing Tools, Weltformat, Lucerne (CH)ð •
Ciao, HfG, Karlsruhe (GER)ð •
2017
Hundert Beste Plakate (GER) + (CH) + (AT)ð •
Intl. Poster Competition GDFS, Glasgow (UK)ð •
2016
Intl. Poster Competition GDFS, Glasgow (UK)ð •
:AWARDS & NOMINATIONS
2022
Berner Design Stiftung (CH)ð •
2019
GDA, Nomination Newcomer of the Year (GER)ð •
2017
Hundert Beste Plakate (GER) + (CH) + (AT)ð •
Intl. Poster Competition GDFS (UK)ð •
2016
Intl. Poster Competition GDFS (UK)ð •
Moritz Appich, Bruno Jacoby, Jonas Grünwald, Jahn Koutrios, Philipp Hermann, Phi Zumbruch, Johannes Siemers, Anton Stuckardt, Barbara Acevedo Strange, Stefan Wölfle, Shuaitong Zongß
This site was designed and developed by Massimiliano Audretsch in 2020ß
Shoutout to Ivan Weiss, who was a big help writing the tougher bits of codeß
The typeface used is G2Ciao by Gruppo Dueß