Yago Hortal

http://www.yagohortal.com
http://yagohortal.blogspot.com/

When finding these paintings for a moment I wondered if they were a new series of Gerhard Richter's overpainted photographs. The colors used were much more striking though. They were made by Yago Hortal (1983), a spanish painter based in Berlin who happens to have a very rich and fluid use of acrylic.

Frau Franz

http://www.fraufranz.com/

Aisha Franz also known as "Frau Franz was born in Fürth, Germany in 1984 where she was named after an elephant from TV. Now she lives in Kassel where she studies Visual Communication at the Art School. She wants to become an illustrator and comic artist." Follow her latest projects on Flickr.

Clemens Jahn

http://clemensjahn.de/
via butdoesitfloat.

Ariane Spanier

http://www.arianespanier.com/

"Ariane Spanier is a graphic designer living and working in Berlin, Germany. After graduating from the Weissensee Kunsthochschule Berlin School of Art and spending some time in New York City including work at Stefan Sagmeisters design studio, Ariane works since 2005 for a wide range of international clients, most of them situated in the cultural field, as galleries, artists, publishers or architects. The main field of activity is design for all kind of printed matters."

via wefindwildness.

Spaceship

http://www.flywiththespaceship.com/

Spaceship is two 24 year-old graphic artists from germany who decided to found their personal playground in form of a small designstudio this year. 'We focus on custom Typography, experimental Illustration and projects in the sector of music and fashion. With completely different backgrounds in art and graphic we thought it 'd be best to put our skills together to fill the gaps.'

—Christoph Ruprecht (Art Direction, Vector Illustration, Typography)
—Nikita Milukovs ((Analog) Illustration, Design, Custom Typography)

Twitter.com / Behance.net

Tilman Faelker

Pop & Christmas. Musikexpress Magazine Germany Issue 01/10

http://www.tilmanfaelker.com

Tilman Faelker is a freelance illustrator from Germany. "I studied communication design with emphasis on film, new media and sound -a lot of theoretical stuff was involved, which was good in many ways but didn't gave me that sort of direct creative output I needed. After graduation I decided not to go down that route any longer and started with illustration. It felt weird not to have studied illustration and to compete with those who did, but i'm starting to think that this might be an advantage."—Interviewed by shinysquirrel.

Marek Haiduk

http://marekhaiduk.de/

Illustrator and designer from germany, currently living and working in Vienna. Flickr / Deviantart.

Yury Ustsinau

http://ustsinau.com/

Yury Ustsinau is a designer, artist and illustrator who lives in Frankfurt, Germany. He was born in Vitebsk, Bielorrusia, the hometown of Marc Chagall. via Elastika.

Tanja Szekessy

http://www.szekessy.net/

Tanja Székessy (1969) studied Visual communication at the UdK Berlin. She works since 1997 as an independent illustrator. Her work shows fanciful scenarios with an aesthetic reminiscent of the style of early illustrators.

Stephan Lomp

http://www.lomp.de/

Stephan Lomp (b.1973) is a german illustrator who is based in Düsseldorf, Germany. He studied visual communications at the Fachochschule Düsseldorf. "I am a co-founder of the award winning underground comic anthology “Herrensahne” and published 10 issues with fellow illustrators like Max Fiedler, Tobi Dahmen, Roman Klonek, Leo Leowald and others. Together we had exhibitions in Luxemburg, Luzern and Cologne. Just recently I published my first childrens book, the ZOO ABC at the Ausnahmeverlag."

Adrian Riemann

http://www.soleils.org/

16 Redesigns of the Masters of the Universe imagined as somewhere in the indie/hipster/fashion-scene. Follow the latest projects of Adrian Riemann on Behance.
via sprayblog.

Heiko Müller

http://www.heikomueller.de/

Heiko Müller lives and works in Hamburg. He studied at the Hamburg University of Applied Sciences, Faculty of illustration and design.—"My art comes from an urge to explore. I like the countryside. I like a good view. And once I’m face to face with a lovely scenery, I feel immediately tempted to find out what it’s concealing. The dark goings-on behind the façade of nature, you might say, or the hidden machinations of the animal kingdom".

Find him on Twitter / Flickr
via 200-70.

Uli Knörzer

Advertising—ADC Annual, Hesse Design, 2008 (detail).
http://www.uliknoerzer.com/

Uli Knörzer (b. 1975) is an Illustrator. He is a graduate from the National School of Paris, and his work has been exhibited in the Schmidt Gallery in Berlin and in Nora Pan in Darmstadt.—source.
via thelittlebirdproject.

Sarah Illenberger

1. Chilli con carne recipe. Enroute Magazin. Photo by Ragnar Schmuc.
2. Breakfast. Süddeutsche Magazin. Photo by Sarah Illenberger. Buy here.
3. McForrest. Die gestalten verlag's Sideways. Photo by Ragnar Schmuc.
The red background of McForrest was expanded on the top to fits this blog's format.

Born in Munich in 1976. She studied at the Chelsea College, and at Central Saint Martins. Since 2003 she works as a freelance stylist & art director, and since 2007 has her studio based in Berlin.

http://www.sarahillenberger.com/

via ffffound.

Paul Paetzel

http://biografiktion.blogspot.com/

Paul Paetzel is also known as dankemama on Flickr. He co-founded in 2008 the Berlin-based independent publication "Édition Biografiktion", together with the illustrators Till Hafenbrak and Ana Albero. Previously he has exhibited with Stephanie Scholz as the illustration duo Saigen, "where inspired by movies, books and commissioned topics they created fantastic and associative visuals that manage to tell whole stories in only one picture."—MFK Galerie für Fotografie & Grafik.

Biografiktion will be exhibiting at the B.Z-P gallery in Berlin until November the 30th.

Silja Goetz

1. Personal pieces.
2. From Books and Type. Originally: A—L / M—Z.

http://www.siljagoetz.com/
http://www.behance.net/SiljaGoetz

Silja Goetz was born 1974 in Regensburg, Germany. She studied communication design at the GSO College in Nurnberg and after that worked at Allegra Magazine for 2 years. She currently lives and works in Madrid, Spain. "My preferences are constantly changing, right now come this to mind: Maurice Sendak, René Gruau, Jenny Bowers, Sara Fanelli, and Klaus Voormann, for making the Revolver-Cover, for me one of the most beautiful record sleeves of all times." Interviewed by makedo-and-mend.

Christoph Niemann

*Brush and toothpaste background extended by thescienceofdesign to fit the blog format. Find the original here.

http://www.christophniemann.com/

Christoph Niemann (born 1970 in Waiblingen, Germany) is an illustrator, graphic designer, and (co)author of several books including some children's books. After his studies in Germany he moved to New York City in 1997. His work has appeared on the covers of The New Yorker, Atlantic Monthly, The New York Times Magazine and American Illustration, and has won awards from AIGA, the Art Directors Club and American Illustration. After 11 years in New York City, he nows lives and works in Berlin. Since July 2008, Niemann has been writing and illustrating Abstract City, a New York Times blog.

"I don’t have aspirations of creating a new style, rather I want to use what’s already out there. I want to be able to use them to communicate certain ideas. That’s why I love 20th century advertising graphics, that’s why I love Renaissance painting."—Interviewed at Xymara.

Watch his Aiga Lecture and follow him on Facebook, Myspace and his Blog.

Ana Albero

http://www.ana-albero.com/

Born in 1979 in Alicante, Spain, where she attended a french school. From 2002 to 2008 she studied Visual Communication at the University of the Arts (UdK) in Berlin, Germany. She specialized in Illustration, which was also her focus during her 5 months stay at the École Nationale Supérieure des Arts Décoratifs in 2006. Together with the illustrators Till Hafenbrak and Paul Paetzel she founded "Édition Biografiktion" in 2008. She currently works as a freelance Illustrator and graphic designer based in Berlin.

Follow her latest projects on Etsy / Flickr / Tumblr/ Blogger

Madame Peripetie

Pugh-atory Series, 2009.

http://www.madameperipetie.com/

Madame Peripetie is Sylwana Zybura, a fashion and conceptual photographer. Holding a Master Degree in Applied Linguistics, she currently studies Photography at the University of Applied Sciences and Arts in Dortmund/Germany. Her work has appeared in: H-magazine, Glass photo, Computer Arts China, Beijing Art Magazine.