SFM is the practice of the Berlin based designer and art director Florian Mecklenburg.
Within his work he develops intermedial visual strategies–commissioned and self-initiated–across graphic design, moving image, interactive experience, and art direction within physical and digital environments.
Each project evolves from an in depth research and offers a unique and multi-angled view on contemporary visual culture. In his work, he explores new and radical ways for design to be an active participant within the cultural sphere that represents a social and ethical value system.
Florian Mecklenburg further teaches visual communication at the KABK Den Haag.
Clients & collaborations (Selection)
Adidas, ALLAPOPP, Bundeskunsthalle Bonn, Center for Spatial Technologies, Gallery Vriend van Bavink, FIBER Festival NL, Hackers & Designers, Joey Holder, LAS (Light Art Space), Li-Ning, NXS World, Royal Academy of Art The Hague, OMSK Social Club, Schwules Museum Berlin, Selin Davasse, SPUR, Hardeman, MU Hybrid Art House, Sandberg Institute, Venice Architecture Biennale’s Latvian Pavilion, 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 – Summer semester 2024
Graphic Design (Professorship Typography and Type Design)
Bauhaus University, Weimar (DE)
Lecturer – since 2019
Visual Communication (I/M/D/ Department)
The Royal Academy of Art, The Hague (NL)
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 the Berlin based designer and art director Florian Mecklenburg.
Within his work he develops intermedial visual strategies–commissioned and self-initiated–across graphic design, moving image, interactive experience, and art direction within physical and digital environments.
Each project evolves from an in depth research and offers a unique and multi-angled view on contemporary visual culture. In his work, he explores new and radical ways for design to be an active participant within the cultural sphere that represents a social and ethical value system.
Florian Mecklenburg further teaches visual communication at the KABK Den Haag.
Clients & collaborations (Selection)
Adidas, ALLAPOPP, Bundeskunsthalle Bonn, Center for Spatial Technologies, Gallery Vriend van Bavink, FIBER Festival NL, Hackers & Designers, Joey Holder, LAS (Light Art Space), Li-Ning, NXS World, Royal Academy of Art The Hague, OMSK Social Club, Schwules Museum Berlin, Selin Davasse, SPUR, Hardeman, MU Hybrid Art House, Sandberg Institute, Venice Architecture Biennale’s Latvian Pavilion, 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 – Summer semester 2024
Graphic Design (Professorship Typography and Type Design)
Bauhaus University, Weimar (DE)
Lecturer – since 2019
Visual Communication (I/M/D/ Department)
The Royal Academy of Art, The Hague (NL)
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)