born 1962 in Eberswalde, studied from 1982-1987 at the Kunsthochschule Berlin Weißensee in East Berlin, works mainly as an illustrator who does the graphic design for his products himself, designs his own typefaces, understands manual and industrial printing technics as an important part of his design process, lives in Berlin, but lived in Paris and San Francisco too, likes to illustrate and design books, posters, newspapers and magazines, in sizes between postage stamps and giant hangers, between commissioned jobs and his own art projects, between single original drawings and paintings and mass produced objects, undertakes detours into animation film, theater and music, works since 1994 as professor of the illustration class at the University of Arts in Berlin. He gave lectures and workshops in many countries around the world.