Eike König (born 1968 in Hanau) studied Graphic Design at Darmstadt University of Applied Sciences. He is the Art Director of Logic Records and has been running his own office for visual communication, HORT, since 1994. He has held various endowment and visiting professorships at German universities, including Bauhaus Universität Weimar, HfG Offenbach and Hochschule Mainz University of Applied Sciences. The work by HORT is regularly published in the leading international publications on the subject area. In 2011, Lead Academy named Eike König Visual Leader of the year. He has been Professor for Illustration and Graphic Design at HfG Offenbach since 2011.