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Markus Weisbeck

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      Markus Weisbeck, Germany (2011)

      Markus Weisbeck is a designer and professor of graphic design at the Bauhaus University in Weimar and since 2017 at the Paju Typography Institute in Korea. He is a member...

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      Markus Weisbeck, Germany (2011)

      Markus Weisbeck is a designer and professor of graphic design at the Bauhaus University in Weimar and since 2017 at the Paju Typography Institute in Korea. He is a member of the "Alliance Graphique Internationale". In 2013 he founded the "Space for Visual Research" as a workshop and laboratory for experimental research on new graphic and abstract imagery with workshops in China, Taiwan, Korea, Japan, Bolivia, Ecuador and Iran. Weisbeck's artistic works are represented by Kai Middendorff Gallery.
      Studio Markus Weisbeck's projects include work for Museum of Modern Art Frankfurt, Luma Arles, The Forsythe Company, Zumtobel, Städelschule Architecture Class, Fogo Island Art, Federal Ministry of Finance, Arte, Deutsche Bank, documenta12, Venice Biennale (German Pavilion), Manifesta7, German Design Council, Sternberg Press and the German Historical Museum.

      Publications

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      Space for Visual Research

      (2015)

      • Markus Weisbeck,
      • Michael Schmidt,
      • Matthias Ott

      Spector Books

      Space for Visual Research 2

      (2017)

      • Markus Weisbeck,
      • Anna Sinofzik,
      • Adrian Palko

      Spector Books

      The Space for Visual Research was established at the Bauhaus University in Weimar in 2013 as a workshop and laboratory for experimental research into new graphic, abstract, and visual worlds. The Space’s mission is to support the exploratory urge for new aesthetics, in particular by empowering design students to create their own individual imagery.

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      • Professor

        2011 – present