Prof. Klaus Hesse
T +49 (0)69.800 59-217
T 0160.8200 240
F +49 (0)69.800 59-218
West wing, room D301/D302
Consultation
by appointment
Discipline
Conceptual Design
Subject/Area
Communications Design
Faculty
Vita
Klaus Hesse (born in Elberfeld) studied Photography and Typography at Bergische Universität Wuppertal. After his graduation he worked as an art director in Hamburg, Munich and Düsseldorf. Together with Christine Hesse he founded Hesse Design in Düsseldorf in 1988, and in Berlin in 2001. Hesse Design is the brain behind the countless corporate designs of reputable German companies. In 2004 specialist media lauded Hesse Design as Germany’s most creative design firm. In 2006 Klaus Hesse won the “Kieler Woche” design competition.
In 1993, Klaus Hesse was appointed Professor for Communications Design in Dortmund, and in 1998 at Essen University. He has held a Chair at HfG Offenbach since 1999. In 2011, the School of Art (formerly Department of Visual Communications) elected him Dean. For many years now he has had regular teaching assignments at universities in China, Australia and South Africa. He co-initiated »11 Designers« (2003), the »1st Graphic Design Biennale Germany China« (2010) and has been Editor-in-Chief of »sushi« magazine since 1998. Klaus Hesse has won more than 200 international awards and is a member of the Type Directors Club of New York (TDC).
Projects
Brand Design for AAP Bio Implants
Corporate Design for Bewag Berlin, Energy Provider
Brand Design for the State Capital Düsseldorf
Event Design for the Kieler Woche 2006
Corporate Design for the Robert Bosch Stiftung
Corporate Design for Zapp Metallic Solutions
Posters
Lobe_König_Gessmann_Rebentisch
Poster for inaugural lectures at the HfG, 2012
Atak – Georg Barber
Poster for lecture and workshop at the HfG, 2007
Boom
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Character as a Strategy for Success
Posters for the series of HfG lectures, 2007
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Character as a Strategy for Success
Posters for the series of HfG lectures, 2007
Folded Boxes
Poster for the lecture by Andreas Schwindt, 2009
Peter Campus_Bill Viola_Nam June Paik
Event poster for the MMK Frankfurt
Hotel Hotel
2010
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Lost Gender
Posters for the series of lectures at the HfG, 2006
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Lost Gender
Posters for the series of lectures at the HfG, 2006
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Stop across the border – Narrative Kunst jenseits der Disziplinen
Posters for lectures at the HfG, 2006/07
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Stop across the border – Narrative Kunst jenseits der Disziplinen
Posters for lectures at the HfG, 2006/07
Plakate zum Wort
Poster for the exhibition in the Ölhalle Offenbach, 2012
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Portfolio
Posters for the series of lectures at the HfG, 2012/13
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Portfolio
Posters for the series of lectures at the HfG, 2012/13
Print lives
Poster for the lecture by Franziska Morlok and Till Beckmann about print finishes, 2010
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Salon Digital
Posters for the series of lectures at the HfG
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Salon Digital
Posters for the series of lectures at the HfG
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Anders: Ungewöhnliche Strategien
Posters for the series of lectures at the HfG, 2006/07
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Anders: Ungewöhnliche Strategien
Posters for the series of lectures at the HfG, 2006/07
No Action Without Teamwork
Poster for the media Jour fixe »Salon Digital« with Dirk Quasten, 2009
News
Something in the eye – Young political poster art
Students at the class of Prof. Klaus Hesse at the Hochschule für Gestaltung Offenbach from China, Korea, South Africa, Brazil and Europe have tackled pressing contemporary political and social issues at the Institut für Stadtgeschichte Frankfurt am Main.
Exhibition »Keeping Face«
Together with the art department of Hochschule für Gestaltung, Klingspor-Museum presents an exhibition of current trends in Chinese packaging design.
Last edition of »sushi«
In July the last edition of »sushi« will be published. Since 1998, the yearbook has been conceived, designed and produced by a host of different student groups from Academy of Art and Design Offenbach (HfG).
DeTao Academy
Klaus Hesse, professor for Conceptual Design and Dean of Department Visual Communication at the Hochschule für Gestaltung in Offenbach has been elected to join the ranks as DeTao Master of Identity, Design and Communication.
It's time for China 2030
Prof. Klaus Hesse, together with Prof. Huang Jun, staged an identity workshop for students at the GXNU School of Design in Guilin for a 2030 World Cup in China.
Clumpy - an exhibition on a million stories
On 5 December, 2014, the Schaufensterinstallation opens in Rüsselsheim featuring works by Nikolas Brückmann, Fabia Matveev and Yuriy Matveev (HfG students). Prof. Klaus Hesse (HfG) will talk about the work..
In September 1914, Klaus Hesse, Professor of Conceptional Design at HfG Offenbach, conducted a two-week workshop at Nanjing University of the Arts (NUA) and at GXNU School of Design - to kick off the "Outlandish" project..
Calendar
30 October 2015 until 11 February 2020Making Crises Visible Opening
until 2 June
Bloody Blue
until 26 June
Blue Monday
10:00 AM, Raum D-301, Westflügel
The Kids Want Communism!
until 30 June
Polis – Posters by Uwe Loesch
10:00 AM, Isenburger Schloss, linke Kapelle
