Philipp zurmoehle about

Get in touch → mail@​philippzm.​com

I am Philipp Zurmöhle, a Visual Artist, Illustrator and Graphic Designer living in Portland, Oregon USA. As a Creative Director I run my own brand design agency called Transatlantika.

Growing up in Hannover, Germany I studied Visual Communication at Hochschule Hannover. I spent a semester at Hiroshima City University in Japan as an exchange student.

I lived in Oslo, Norway for two years to work for the branding agency Mission Design. After that I moved to Nürnberg, took a job at adidas in Herzogenaurach and designed apparel graphics for three years.

Going solo, I started my own design business in Nürnberg and opened an art and design book shop called VON & ZU BUCH.

In 2016 I moved to Portland, Oregon. Apart from working independently with my own clients I collaborated with some of the local agencies like Jolby, Supermorebetter or Upswell and taught typography and brand design classes at Portland State University School of Art and Design.

My design experience ranges from branding projects to illustrative work. I designed a new logo for Leonardo, one of Europe’s market leaders in glassware. I developed a comprehensive identity for the Italian organic fine food brand MIA VIA and realized packaging designs for brands like Covey skincare or HABA toys. With illustration as a passion I created intricate scenic illustrations for the German brand Pure Tea.

I was commissioned for several design projects with adidas, a comprehensive illustrative concept for the German Telekom Group and editorial illustrations for Rolling Stone Magazine.

CV:

  • 2021 – present / Creative Director and Founder of Transatlantika
  • 2019 – 2021 / Adjunct Instructor at Portland State University School of Art and Design
  • 2012 – 2021 / Independent Illustrator and Designer
  • 2013 – 2015 / VON & ZU BUCH Book Shop Owner in Nürnberg, Germany
  • 2009 – 2012 / Illustrator and Graphic Designer at adidas in Herzogenaurach, Germany
  • 2007 – 2009 / Graphic Designer at Mission Design in Oslo, Norway
  • 2007 / Graduation at Hochschule Hannover in Hannover, Germany / Title: Dipl. Des. (→ M.A.)
  • 2006 / Internship at Mission Design in Oslo, Norway
  • 2005 – 2006 / Graphic Designer at Treibwerk Design in Hannover, Germany
  • 2005 / Studies at Hiroshima City University, Japan → 6 months, DAAD Scholarship
  • 2004 – 2007 / Freelance design work for Codelab in Kassel, Germany
  • 2002 – 2007 / Communication Design studies at Hochschule Hannover
  • 2001 / Academic high school graduation in Hannover, Germany
  • 1981 / Born in Hannover, Germany

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Exhibitions and Events:

  • Gathering Fortunes Solo Show → Raum für zeitgenössische Kunst, Laurentiu Feller – Nürnberg, Germany 2015
  • Jagdfieber Group Exhibition → Die Kunstagentin – Cologne, Germany 2012
  • Compressed Group Exhibition → Neonchocolate Gallery / HBC – Berlin, Germany 2012
  • Stroke Artfair → Postbahnhof – Berlin, Germany 2011
  • adidas Urban Artist Series Exhibition → Westberlin Gallery – Berlin, Germany 2011
  • Happiness and other Monkeys → Neonchocolate Gallery – Berlin, Germany 2011
  • Konkrete Utopien Art Project → Bäckerei – Innsbruck, Austria 2010
  • Home Group Exhibition → Artelier Gallery – Nürnberg, Germany 2010
  • Out of Office Group Exhibition 2009 → Artelier Gallery – Nürnberg, Germany 2010
  • YDMI Days → Ambiente – Frankfurt, Germany 2009
  • Threesome Group Exhibition → Nice Nice Exhibition Space – Hannover, Germany 2009
  • Custom Kicks Event → Spui Plein – Amsterdam, Netherlands 2008
  • Landliebe Group Exhibition → HCU – Hiroshima, Japan 2005

Selected Clients:

Magazine Features:

  • Co&Co Magazine 2016 – Schaltraum Identity
  • Co&Co Magazine 2011 – Ding 3000 redesign
  • Novum 5/08 – Works showcase
  • Slanted Magazine #5 – Generate Magazine feature
  • Novum 6/07 – Generate Magazine feature
  • DE:BUG 111 4/07 – Generate Magazine feature
  • Plugged 3/07 – Generate Magazine feature
  • Novum – Diet Riot article
  • Design Report 4/05 – Past Forward article
  • Novum – Past Forward article
  • Design Report 6/04 – Designsport feature

Book Features:

  • Behind Illustration by Index Books
  • “Fresh 3 – Cutting Edge Illustrations, Print“ by daab Books
  • Custom Kicks – Sneaker Book by Laurence King Publishing
  • OFFF conference catalogues 2008 & 2009
  • Zeixs ​“Graphic Design, Logos 1 & 2, Illustration”

Awards:

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