Dirk Wachowiak is a graphic designer with
a focus on typography, type design and visual systems.
Besides his design practise he is a lecturer
at different design institutions (see teaching section).
In 2016 he was appointed professorship in
Communication Design at the Faculty of Creative Arts
in Freiburg (Fine Arts, Design & Music).
Since 2022 he holds a professorship in Typography
and Corporate Design at Trier University of Applied Sciences.
Together with Stefanie Schwarz he founded
the Typographic Research Lab Open2Type.
instagram: open2type
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worked for/with (selection)
L2M3 Kommunikationsdesign, Stuttgart
Projekttriangle Designstudio, Stuttgart
Seidldesign, Stuttgart
Staatliche Akademie der Bildenden Künste Stuttgart
ifa Gallery, Stuttgart/Berlin
Milla & Partner, Stuttgart
Hochschule für Technik Stuttgart
CHK Design, London
Indian Type Foundry, Ahmedabad
Acme Fonts, London
Fontworks UK, Cheltenham
Pforzheim University, School of Design
Creative Review, London
Sheila Levrant de Bretteville, New Haven
Seidlcluss, Stuttgart
Plan B Zentrale, Stuttgart
Stefanie Schwarz Graphic Design, Stuttgart
Weissenhof Museum
Freunde der Weißenhofsiedlung e.V.
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Education
2003 - 2005
Postgraduate study
Master of Fine Arts in Graphic Design,
Yale University School of Art, USA
1999
Lamar Dodd School of Art,
University of Georgia, USA
1997 - 2001
Study of Visual Communications,
Pforzheim University, School of Design