Alexander Jordan, France

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Alex Jordan is a graphic designer, photographer and (ancient) professor.

1966: university entrance diploma. 1966–70: studies at the Kunstakademie, Düsseldorf (Academy of Fine Arts). This was followed by his first steps as an artist, husband, father, teacher and photographer.

1976: arrives at the graphic studio Grapus in Paris.

Learns about graphic design, in exchange for his own creative and political talents.

1985: founded the photo collective le bar Floréal.

1989: foundation of the graphic-design-group Nous Travaillons Ensemble in the interior of (1990 self-dissolving) Grapus with Ronit Meirovitz and Anette Lenz. (www.noustravaillonsensemble.fr)

1990: National Graphic design award for Grapus (Pierre Bernard, Gérard Paris-Clavel, Jean-Paul Bachollet, Alex Jordan) after the break up of the group.

1993 - 2013: professorship in the communication- and design department of the academy Kunsthochschule Berlin-Weissensee. (www.kh-berlin.de).

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    Alexander Jordan, France (1989)

    Alex Jordan is a graphic designer, photographer and (ancient) professor. 1966: university entrance diploma. 1966–70: studies at the Kunstakademie, Düsseldorf (Academy of Fine Arts). This was followed by his first...

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    Alexander Jordan, France (1989)

    Alex Jordan is a graphic designer, photographer and (ancient) professor.

    1966: university entrance diploma. 1966–70: studies at the Kunstakademie, Düsseldorf (Academy of Fine Arts). This was followed by his first steps as an artist, husband, father, teacher and photographer.

    1976: arrives at the graphic studio Grapus in Paris.

    Learns about graphic design, in exchange for his own creative and political talents.

    1985: founded the photo collective le bar Floréal.

    1989: foundation of the graphic-design-group Nous Travaillons Ensemble in the interior of (1990 self-dissolving) Grapus with Ronit Meirovitz and Anette Lenz. (www.noustravaillonsensemble.fr)

    1990: National Graphic design award for Grapus (Pierre Bernard, Gérard Paris-Clavel, Jean-Paul Bachollet, Alex Jordan) after the break up of the group.

    1993 - 2013: professorship in the communication- and design department of the academy Kunsthochschule Berlin-Weissensee. (www.kh-berlin.de).

    Look also on www.laforge.org

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    Imagerie

    (2013)

    • Alex Jordan

    Créaphis-editions

    A humorous mix of images from the productions of Grapus, l'atelier Nous Travaillons Ensemble, la Forge and le bar Floréal photographie group, where I spend my professional time (French and German)

    Berlin

    (2013)

    • Klaus Staeck,
    • Olivier Gaudin,
    • Stephan Weitzel ,
    • Alex Jordan

    Créaphis-éditions

    East- and West-Berlin in black and white, from 1978 to 2012. (French and German)

    Alex Jordan

    (2004)

    • Alex Jordan,
    • Janping He ,
    • Rainer Komers ,
    • Jean-Paul Bachollet

    Lingnan Art Publishing House

    One of the DESIGN & LIFE books on graphic designers all over the world

    Rions noir (Lough black)

    (2022)

    • Didier Daeninckx,
    • Alex Jordan

    Créaphis éditions

    Nearly 100 dessins, 16 short stories. It's all about actual times. In French and otherwhere.

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