Achim Reichert, France (2025)
Achim Reichert is working as graphic designer and artist in Paris. He studied Visual Communication in Offenbach, Germany, and co-founded the design office Vier5 in 1999. Within this multidisciplinary practice...
Read full biographyAchim Reichert is working as graphic designer and artist in Paris. He studied Visual Communication in Offenbach, Germany, and co-founded the design office Vier5 in 1999. Within this multidisciplinary practice, they developed projects such as orientation systems and visual identities for documenta 12 and documenta 14, as well as poster designs for the CAC Brétigny, often using typefaces from his own typographic production or developed specifically for each project.
Since 2020, after leaving Vier5, Reichert has focused more strongly on drawing in small and large formats, a practice that also informs his commissioned work. He is currently teaching and conducting research as an associate professor in the Arts and Philosophy department at Paris 8 University.
Publications
Fairy Tale Magazine
(2020)
- Giorgio Griffa, Mariano Mayer, Towa Tei, Donald Schneider, Kate Pierson, Romain Kremer, Viola Klein, Barbara Klemm, Jop van Bennekom, Paul Mpagi Sepuya, Jens Risch, Jonathan Maghen, Walter Pfeiffer, Eric Wrenn, Pierre Bal-Blanc, Kengo Kuma, Jean-Claude Moineau, Jo-ey Tang, Ines Doujak, Ed Fella, ...,
Vier5
One of the ideas behind the magazine was to research and to publish knowledge how to succeed in a creative field. Therefore interviews were conducted around us (Vier5) and with already successful artists and creative persons. Around 15 issues were published. http://www.fairytale-magazine.com/
Revue Composite
(2025)
- M. Bernard, A. Lelerre, H. Mostefaoui, É. Pontes
Fonderie de l’image, Bagnolet
Interview about my design work and drawing practice, transformed into an interesting film-inspired layout.
Message/Image
(2025)
- Vanina Pinter
cnap centre nationale des arts plastiques and the cité internationale de langue française
A text about my graphic design practice and the poster developed for a public command designing a poster for general interest.
Histoire du graphisme en France
(2021)
- Michel Wlassikoff
mad
Large overview of french graphic design history. Vier5 is included in the section 2000-2010.
Pour une critique du design graphique, dix-huit essaies
(2013)
- Catherine de Smet
b42
Essay : ‘The graphics of playful uselessness’ – Why I like the work of the group Vier5’. Re-editions in 2020 and 2025.
Art Direction explained, at last!
(2009)
- Steven Heller,
- Véronique Vienne
Laurence King
About the self published magazine Fairy Tale.
How to be a graphic designer, without losing your soul
(2005)
- Adrian Shaughnessy
Princeton Architectural Press
I think the title is self-explaining. About the work of Vier5.
Exhibitions
Drawing from corner to corner
2024
Junbicyu gallery, Tokyo
A solo show with a selection of my drawings, including several events of live drawings.
10 ans
2024
salle principale, Paris
Poster installation on the occasion of the 10th anniversary of the gallery salle principale. Each of the 38 posters was designed in the same way, with the only differences being the letter height, which was adjusted to the length of the text, and the floor plan of the respective exhibition that was provided. During the exhibition, I made drawings without context.
MAD, Musée des arts décoratifs, Paris
Work held in permanent collection: Miriam Cahn, Johann Jacobs Museum, documenta 14, CAC Brétigny
Museum Für Gestaltung, Zürich
Work held in permanent collection: Johann Jacobs Museum, documenta 14, CAC Brétigny, ... www.emuseum.ch
cnap, Centre national des arts plastiques, Paris
Work held in permanent collection : CAC Brétigny
Education
Associated professor
2023 – today
- Université Paris 8 (France)
Teaching artistic practise
Lectures
Modèle(s) (A propos de moi)
(2024)
- École Estienne, institut de la patrimoine, Paris, France
You Don’t Want to Work with the Work of Somebody Else
(2019)
- CalArts California institute of arts, Valencia, USA
Awards
2024
2024
2013