alorenz, berlin/vienna

graphic designer with a substantial technical background in pre-press. freelancing since 1993, from 1998 on mainly for clients in music and culture.

clients: record labels

2009
louisville, berlin

cd/lp sleeve and poster for maximilian hecker

2008
avant garden, love da, pastel music, pocket records (taiwan, south korea, china)

dcd/cd and cdm for maximilian hecker

2007
weiser music, berlin

dvd sleeve for rechenzentrum

2007
agf productions, berlin

cd sleeves for agf and laub

2006
V2 records, berlin

a cd/lp sleeve, cdms and poster for maximilian hecker

2006, 2007
combination, düsseldorf

12”es for the vulva string quartett

2005, 2008
trikont, munich / ritchie records, freiburg

cd/lp sleeves for bernadette la hengst + a compilation cd

2004 ff.
KYO, berlin

website and some cd and 12” sleeves

2004, 2005
labels, hamburg

a cd/dlp sleeve for kante and a cd sleeve for nmfarner

2003 ff.
silke maurer, berlin

visual identity; design concept and production of cd/lp/12” sleeves, posters etc.

2003 ff.
data error, berlin

12” sleeve for håkan lidbo

2002–2006
mitek, stockholm/berlin

lots of things, from invoice forms to live performances – flyers, posters, CD and vinyl sleeves, web site design and implementation, and live visuals for several label showcases since early 2003.

2002
sony music/epic/columbia, berlin

cd, lp, picture-12”, and some promotion material for peaches, 2002.

2001 ff.
lowercase recordings, san diego

a contribution to the 1-bit gallery on their website; a piece for a track by stephan mathieu

2001 ff.
tigerbeat6, oakland

cd sleeves for electric company, kid606, pimmon, and the “good night” label compilation

2000–2003
force inc./mille plateaux, frankfurt/main

cd/lp sleeves for donnacha costello, kid606, uusitalo, and rechenzentrum

2000 ff.
fällt publishing, belfast

design co-conception of the “invalidObject” cd series (2000) and the fällt sub-label “ferric” (2002); co-production of “35mm – design in miniature”, a portable/on-line design exhibition (2001); catalogue design and research for the “invisible cities” exhibition (2002). all of these are collaborations with fällt designers fehler.

2000
motor music, hamburg

promo campaign for surrogat, summer 2000

2000 ff.
orthlorng musork, san francisco

cd, lp, and 10” sleeves for agf and full swing

1999
digitalnarcis, osaka

a cd sleeve for kim cascone

1999–2001
ritornell, frankfurt/main

visual identity; design concept and production of a monthly cd series (1999-2000), plus a few individual cds after the series was terminated in 2000.

1998 ff.
kitty-yo int., berlin

production (and sometimes design) for more than 60 releases since 1998, including sleeves, posters, and promotion material for a wide range of releases by gonzales, maximilian hecker, laub, peaches, preed, raz ohara, rechenzentrum, stol, tarwater, and others.

1998 ff.
staalplaat, amsterdam

cd/lp sleeves, mostly within the “mort aux vaches” series, for artists such as goem, ryoji ikeda, kreidler, stephan mathieu/ekkehard ehlers, pan sonic vs. charlemagne palestine, piano magic, tin foil star, and others.

clients: periodicals

1999–2001
xyz | literature magazine, berlin

layout (with sebastian fessel, berlin), alternatingly with visuelle kommunikation, berlin

1997 ff.
artefakt | music fanzine, berlin

design concept, layout and production

1994–2000
haz (later on “motz”) | street magazine, berlin

design concept (with stefan stefanescu, berlin), layout and production

1993–1995
scheinschlag | local experimental newspaper, berlin

layout and production of a bi-weekly newspaper. the design concept was by cyan, berlin.

clients: others

2008
bel alvarado | fashion label, berlin

website, business cards

2007–2008
garnitur | design studio, vienna

folder, foldout poster, foldout poster, poster, several book productions, website design and implementation

2007 ff
qi.tv | moving image publisher, berlin

identity, stationery, flyer, website, dvd series

2006
lanificio leo | textile mill, soveria mannelli (italy)

pattern series (print), max patch

2005
visomat inc | video artists, berlin

screen design for a video installation (“raw data”, installed in february 2005, berlin)

2000
bdi | bund der deutschen industrie || association of german industry, berlin

design concept, layout and production of catalogue, poster and invitation for the prizewinners’ exhibition “ars viva 2000/2001”; co-layouters: stefan stefanescu, priska wollein, tjoss may

1997, 2002
zkm | center for art and media, karlsruhe

layout and production of “Hardware Software Artware”, a book retrospective on the occasion of the re-opening of ZKM; design concept: moniteurs, berlin

1997–1998
rec.mail | audio mailorder, hamburg

monthly mail-order catalogues, advertisements etc. (with anke fesel, berlin)

1997
musikraum | music festival, berlin

poster series and program/invitation cards (with kai dieterich, berlin)

1996, 1998
laut + luise | concert agency, berlin

posters, flyers (with sebastian fessel, berlin)

live visuals:

2004, 2006
for/with andreas bertilsson:

studiosüd, berlin 2004 m12, berlin 2006

2003
for silke maurer:

watergate, berlin 2003

2003-2006
for mitek/mikael stavöstrand:

zkm, karlsruhe 2003
zagreb music biennale, zagreb 2003
OFFF, barcelona 2003
LKTRD, göteborg 2003
norberg festival, norberg 2003
vis-onic, belfast 2004
berns club, stockholm 2004
popaganda festival, stockholm 2004
dinamismi museali, soveria manelli 2004
and other venues

2001–2003
for stephan mathieu (aka full swing):

podewil, berlin 2001
dutch electronic arts festival, rotterdam 2001
frequenzen [Hz] festival, schirn kunsthalle frankfurt/main 2002
sonar festival, barcelona 2002
mutek festival, montreal 2002
vis-onic, belfast 2004
and other venues

other public appearances:

2008
template (sightsonic festival, york, uk)

group exhibition, march 2008

2007
stilvorlagen #3 (hamburg)

lecture/presentation at HAW Hamburg, may 30, 2007

2006
festival international de l’affiche et des arts graphiques (chaumont)

group exhibition “5 x berlin”, may 13 – june 25, 2006

2006
a.bertilsson, a.lorenz: two abstract paintings (berlin)

m12, berlin, april 2006

2006
a.bertilsson, a.lorenz: two abstract paintings (malmö)

galleri ping pong, malmö, march 2006

2005
field special program: “weaving the euro-mediterranean net” (riace)

workshop, october 13–22, 2005

2005
dinamismi museali #8 (soveria mannelli)

installation, august 2005

2005
kitty-yo 1994-2005 (neu! record store, berlin)

cover artwork exhibition by kitty-yo, april/may 2005

2005
university of brighton, faculty of arts and architecture

presentation, april 18th, 2005

2005
D&AD (london)

jury member, april 2005

2004
grafic europe (berlin)

“musical dialects” panel, october 14th, 2004

2004
dinamismi museali, settima edizione (soveria mannelli)

installation, presentation, live performance; august 2004

2004
back catalogue | design for music 1996—2004 (berlin)

solo exhibition at studio süd, may/june 2004

2000
35mm | design in miniature (sheffield, belfast, montreal)

contribution to a portable design exhibition

works online:

2008
qi.tv

website design, HTML/CSS implementation

2008
hogerzeil.de

website design and implementation

2007
belalvarado.com

website redesign, implementation, maintenance

2005
lahengst.com

website redesign, implementation, maintenance

2005
static-music.com

website, design and implementation

2004
kyo-records.com

website, design and implementation

2004
txtn010

digital artwork for a net-only release by mikael stavöstrand

2003, 2008
maximilian-hecker.com

website design, implementation, maintenance

2003–2008
silkemaurer.com

website, design and implementation

2003–2007
mitek-web.net

website, design and implementation

2001
6.45KB

contribution to a 1-bit online gallery

2001
convert_to_ascii.xeo: mac | win

plug-in for signwave’s auto-illustrator™

2001
flake

16 .gif files accompanying a track by stephan mathieu on the lowercasesound02 compilation (bremsstrahlung, 2002)

2001
256

icon set (mac only)

2001–2003
bitsteam.de

website, design and implementation

2000
35mm – design in miniature

portable/on-line exhibition on design in the music industry

other published works:

2008
tweed

giclée print, edition of 20

2006
procedure#09

silkscreen print, edition of 40

2005
two abstract paintings

limited edition prints, series of 20

reviews/reprints:

2009
glitch: designing imperfection (ed. iman moradi; mark batty, london)

some contributions; interview

2009
frankfurter allgemeine zeitung ("bilder und zeiten", 2009-05-23)

interview/feature [german]

2008
contemporary album cover design (rockbuch/edel, hamburg)

a contribution

2008
1000 supreme cd designs (maomao/page one, barcelona/singapore)

some contributions

2008
mise en page(s) (ed. damien gautier; niggli)

some contributions

2008
1000 music graphics (ed. c. stoltze; rockport, beverly, MA)

a couple of entries

2008
grids | creative solutions for graphic designers (rotovision, london)

some contributions

2007
materials, process, print | creative solutions for graphic design (ed. daniel mason; laurence king, london)

a couple of entries

2007
print magazine (new york)

a few entries, jan/feb edition

2007
supersonic | visuals for music (dgv, berlin)

a couple of entries

2006
showcase @ luerzer’s archive (salzburg/new york)

quick overview -- nothing new, but has larger images than this site. they are heavily jpegged though.

2006
étapes #132 (paris)

small feature

2006
5 x berlin (pyramyd, paris)

feature

2006
IDEA | international graphic art (tokyo)

small feature, #316

2005
perspectives on max/msp/jitter (cycling’74, san francisco)

video interview

2005
studio voice (tokyo)

small feature

2005
bant dergi (istanbul)

interview, #12

2005
glitch art and design aesthetics

contribution

2005
IdN magazine (hong kong)

interview, #02.2005

2004
how to be a graphic designer without losing your soul (ed. adrian shaughnessy, laurence king, london)

interview

2004
groove #89 (berlin)

special: album cover design | featuring silke maurer

2004
influences (ed. anja lutz, anna gerber; dgv, berlin/london)

contribution

2004
dos logos (dgv, berlin)

a couple of entries

2004
sonic | visuals for music (berlin)

a couple of entries

2004
s-book 2 (southampton)

interview

2004
page | digital design and media production (hamburg)

brief presentation of the silke maurer packaging concept / visual identity, #02.2004

2003
cd-art | the cutting edge of packaging design (ed. charlotte rivers; rotovision, london)

a couple of entries

2003
eye | the international review of graphic design (croydon)

8-page feature + title, #49

2003
berliner style (ed. carolin kurz; booth-clibborn, london)

6-page feature

2003
sampler 3 | contemporary music graphics (laurence king, london)

10-page feature

2003
lürzer’s archive | special: design for music 2 (salzburg)

4 pages

2002
XLR8R | accelerating music and culture (san francisco)

1 page, #59

2002
IDEA | international graphic art (tokyo)

4-page feature, #292





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