Massimiliano Audretsch’s design portfolio is replete with symbology, code and “secret language”
The Italian-German graphic and type designer talks us through his recent body of work, including the development of his updated graduate thesis, Ciao.
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Since we last heard from Massimiliano Audretsch, one of the most significant events is that he graduated from University of Arts and Design in Karlsruhe, Germany. And with it came a change of design approach, following the finalisation of an extensive and research-heavy final project named
Ciao – a formulaic display of a publication, typeface and a selection of installations. After which, the Italian-German designer moved to Switzerland to “complete a card blanche”, working part-time for Studio Johnson/Kingston and taking on a variety of clients on the side, gradually building up his portfolio and all manner of personal projects too. A month into the move, he was asked to become a lecturer at his former place of education. “All this happened very quickly, and so I found myself working on three ends at once,” he tells It’s Nice That, which includes working for established designers, building his own business and teaching a new generation at university. “This had a big influence on me personally and consecutively on my work.”