
SFM is the practice of Berlin-based multifaceted designer Florian Mecklenburg. Within the fields of graphic design and art direction, he develops visual strategies for both commissioned projects and self-initiated explorations across printed matter, moving image, and digital experiences. He is also co-founder of the publishing platform Current Matter® and teaches visual storytelling at the Royal Academy of Art — The Hague.
Clients & Collaborations (selection)
Adidas, ALLAPOPP, Autotelic Foundation, Bundeskunsthalle Bonn, Center for Spatial Technologies, FIBER Festival NL, Gallery Vriend van Bavink, Hackers & Designers, Hardeman, Joey Holder, Juicy Gang Records, LAS (Light Art Space), Li-Ning, MU Hybrid Art House, Nadim Samman, NXS World, OMSK Social Club, Reeperbahn Festival, Royal Academy of Art — The Hague, Sandberg Institute, Schwules Museum Berlin, Selin Davasse, Speedmaster Records, SPUR, The Latvian Pavilion at the Venice Architecture Biennale, VITAtijme, World Press Photo House.
Florian Mecklenburg (M.Des.)
hello@florianmecklenburg.com
TALKS (Selection)
2024
THE C.A.T.E. LUNCH TALK, Hochschule für Künste Bremen, Bremen (DE)
Studio visit, Faculty of Design – Estonian Academy of Arts, Tallinn (EE)
Work Presentation, Academy of Fine Arts Nuremberg, Nuremberg (DE)
2022
Double Practice, KABK, Den Haag (NL)
Crossroads, Soho House, Berlin (DE)
2021
Typo Talks, Peter Behrens School of Arts, Düsseldorf (DE)
Chaos & Care, London College of Fashion, London (UK)
2020
Chaos & Care, HKU University of the Arts, Utrecht (NL)
2019
Paid Life After, Gerrit Rietveld Academie, Amsterdam (NL)
Digital Affects, Offprint, Paris (FR)
Break the rules, AGI Open, Rotterdam (NL)
Chaos & Care, Rhode Island School of Design, Rhode Island (US)
Entangled Systems, FIBER Weekends, Amsterdam (NL)
The Autonomous Self, Decoratelier, Brussels (BE)
2018
Growing a new internet, Indiecon, Hamburg (DE)
Portfolio review, Art Academy Weissensee, Berlin (DE)
S03E06, Progress Bar, Amsterdam (NL)
Break the rules, Peter Behrens School of Arts, Düsseldorf (DE)
Design und Dasein, L60, Amsterdam (NL)
Design und Dasein, American University of Beirut, Beirut (LBN)
TEACHING
Lecturer – since 2019
Visual Storytelling (I/M/D/ Department)
The Royal Academy of Art, The Hague (NL)
2025
HS Düsseldorf – Peter Behrens School of Arts
"NEW RULES" Seminar in Graphic Design
Summer Semester 2025
Invited by Prof. Holger Jacobs
HfK Bremen
"NEW RULES" Seminar in Graphic Design
Summer Semester 2025
Invited by Prof. Andrea Rauschenbusch
HfK Bremen
"Bloomer & Doomer" Seminar in Graphic Design
w/Sophia Krasomil
Summer Semester 2025
Invited by Prof. Andrea Rauschenbusch
2024
Bauhaus-Universität Weimar
"Typographic Survival Guide" Seminar in Editorial Design
Winter Semester 2024/25
Invited by Prof. Stephanie Specht
Bauhaus-Universität Weimar
"3 in 1"Seminar in Graphic Design
Summer Semester 2024
Invited by Prof. Charlotte Rohde
WORKSHOPS
2024
Bloomer & Doomer, w/Sophia Krasomil, Hochschule für Künste Bremen, Bremen (DE)
NEW ROUTINES, Elementares Gestalten – Form und Prozess, FH Potsdam, Potsdam (DE)
NEW RULES, Stand-in School for Graphic Design, Estonian Academy of Arts, Berlin (DE)
Bloomer & Doomer, w/Sophia Krasomil, Academy of Fine Arts Nuremberg, Nuremberg (DE)
2020
SURGENCIES/ ARTeZ Arnhem – Urgent Publishing, Arnhem (NL)
2019
Algorithmic Anxiety, Sandberg Institute, Amsterdam (NL)
Algorithmic Anxiety, commissioned by Sandberg-Institut, The Grey Space, The Hague (NL)
Post-Truth, Willem de Kooning Academy, Rotterdam (NL)
Synthetic Selves, Sandberg Institute (RCU), Amsterdam (NL)
Digital Campfire, w/DDG, commissioned by Graphic Design Festival Scotland, Glasgow (SC)

SFM is the practice of Berlin-based multifaceted designer Florian Mecklenburg. Within the fields of graphic design and art direction, he develops visual strategies for both commissioned projects and self-initiated explorations across printed matter, moving image, and digital experiences. He is also co-founder of the publishing platform Current Matter® and teaches visual storytelling at the Royal Academy of Art — The Hague.
Clients & Collaborations (selection)
Adidas, ALLAPOPP, Autotelic Foundation, Bundeskunsthalle Bonn, Center for Spatial Technologies, FIBER Festival NL, Gallery Vriend van Bavink, Hackers & Designers, Hardeman, Joey Holder, Juicy Gang Records, LAS (Light Art Space), Li-Ning, MU Hybrid Art House, Nadim Samman, NXS World, OMSK Social Club, Reeperbahn Festival, Royal Academy of Art — The Hague, Sandberg Institute, Schwules Museum Berlin, Selin Davasse, Speedmaster Records, SPUR, The Latvian Pavilion at the Venice Architecture Biennale, VITAtijme, World Press Photo House.
Florian Mecklenburg (M.Des.)
hello@florianmecklenburg.com
TALKS (Selection)
2024
THE C.A.T.E. LUNCH TALK, Hochschule für Künste Bremen, Bremen (DE)
Studio visit, Faculty of Design – Estonian Academy of Arts, Tallinn (EE)
Work Presentation, Academy of Fine Arts Nuremberg, Nuremberg (DE)
2022
Double Practice, KABK, Den Haag (NL)
Crossroads, Soho House, Berlin (DE)
2021
Typo Talks, Peter Behrens School of Arts, Düsseldorf (DE)
Chaos & Care, London College of Fashion, London (UK)
2020
Chaos & Care, HKU University of the Arts, Utrecht (NL)
2019
Paid Life After, Gerrit Rietveld Academie, Amsterdam (NL)
Digital Affects, Offprint, Paris (FR)
Break the rules, AGI Open, Rotterdam (NL)
Chaos & Care, Rhode Island School of Design, Rhode Island (US)
Entangled Systems, FIBER Weekends, Amsterdam (NL)
The Autonomous Self, Decoratelier, Brussels (BE)
2018
Growing a new internet, Indiecon, Hamburg (DE)
Portfolio review, Art Academy Weissensee, Berlin (DE)
S03E06, Progress Bar, Amsterdam (NL)
Break the rules, Peter Behrens School of Arts, Düsseldorf (DE)
Design und Dasein, L60, Amsterdam (NL)
Design und Dasein, American University of Beirut, Beirut (LBN)
TEACHING
Lecturer – since 2019
Visual Storytelling (I/M/D/ Department)
The Royal Academy of Art, The Hague (NL)
2025
HS Düsseldorf – Peter Behrens School of Arts
"NEW RULES" Seminar in Graphic Design
Summer Semester 2025
Invited by Prof. Holger Jacobs
HfK Bremen
"NEW RULES" Seminar in Graphic Design
Summer Semester 2025
Invited by Prof. Andrea Rauschenbusch
HfK Bremen
"Bloomer & Doomer" Seminar in Graphic Design
w/Sophia Krasomil
Summer Semester 2025
Invited by Prof. Andrea Rauschenbusch
2024
Bauhaus-Universität Weimar
"Typographic Survival Guide" Seminar in Editorial Design
Winter Semester 2024/25
Invited by Prof. Stephanie Specht
Bauhaus-Universität Weimar
"3 in 1"Seminar in Graphic Design
Summer Semester 2024
Invited by Prof. Charlotte Rohde
WORKSHOPS
2024
Bloomer & Doomer, w/Sophia Krasomil, Hochschule für Künste Bremen, Bremen (DE)
NEW ROUTINES, Elementares Gestalten – Form und Prozess, FH Potsdam, Potsdam (DE)
NEW RULES, Stand-in School for Graphic Design, Estonian Academy of Arts, Berlin (DE)
Bloomer & Doomer, w/Sophia Krasomil, Academy of Fine Arts Nuremberg, Nuremberg (DE)
2020
SURGENCIES/ ARTeZ Arnhem – Urgent Publishing, Arnhem (NL)
2019
Algorithmic Anxiety, Sandberg Institute, Amsterdam (NL)
Algorithmic Anxiety, commissioned by Sandberg-Institut, The Grey Space, The Hague (NL)
Post-Truth, Willem de Kooning Academy, Rotterdam (NL)
Synthetic Selves, Sandberg Institute (RCU), Amsterdam (NL)
Digital Campfire, w/DDG, commissioned by Graphic Design Festival Scotland, Glasgow (SC)