Frank Rocholl Explained
Frank Rocholl is a German graphic designer, art director and typeface designer. He is also creative director and co-editor of the international fashion publication Mirage Magazine.
Biography
Rocholl started his career as a designer in the early 1990s, when he established the design agency Landscape in Düsseldorf. From 1996 to 1997 he worked as a creative director for the design agency Meiré und Meiré.[1]
Rocholls work has been featured in international publications about typography, logo design and graphic design.[2]
In 2003 he presented his first font family, called Nuri,[3] which is distributed by FontShop International.[4]
In 2008 Rocholl and Henrik Purienne, a fashion photographer and film director from Cape Town, South Africa, established Mirage – a fashion magazine inspired by the photographic aesthetic and hedonistic culture of the 1960s and 1970s. The design language of Mirage Magazine developed by Rocholl has been presented in various print[5] and online publications.[6] [7]
In 2010 Rocholl was commissioned executive Art Director for the German car culture magazine Ramp[8] and Gapz,[9] a travel culture magazine from the same publishing group.
In June 2013 Rocholl was responsible for the 1960s influenced Graphic Design of the Glam Rock exhibition at the Schirn Kunsthalle.[10]
Since November 2013 Rocholl has been represented by Schierke Artists.[11]
In February 2014 Rocholl will speak at the Quo Vadis Editorial Design Conference Munich, along with Harry Peccinotti, Mario Lombardo, Mirko Borsche, Wilhelm Vosskuhl and Rolf Müller.[12]
Awards
- 2011 – Mercury Editorial Design Award. Category: Gold Award for Gapz Magazine[13]
- 2006 – If Award. Category: Communication Design for the German State of Hessen[14]
- 2002 – IdN (International Design Network Magazine) Decade Design Award. Best Graphic Design for client I-TV-T AG[15]
Publications
Book contributions
- Turning Pages, Editorial Design for printed Media (Robert Klanten, Sven Ehmann, Kitty Bolhöfer, Floyd Schulze) Die Gestalten, Berlin, 2010, Editorial Design for Mirage Magazine
- Los Logos 4 (Robert Klanten, Hendrik Heilige, Adeline Mollard, Hans Baltzer), Die Gestalten, Berlin, 2008, Logos contributed by Rocholl
- Tres Logos (Robert Klanten, Nicolas Bourquin, Thorsten Geiger), Die Gestalten, Berlin, 2006, Logos contributed by Rocholl
- Layout Workbook (Kristin Cullen), Rockport Publishers, Gloucester, 2005, Case Studies about Möller Design Folder, Area Fashion Magazine, KearneyRocholl Folder and Nuri Promotional Poster.
- 1000 Type Treatments (WilsonHarvey/Loewy), Rockport Publishers, Gloucester, 2005, Logos contributed by Rocholl
- The complete Typographer (Will Hill), New Media Typography, Quarto Publishing London 2005, Case study about Rocholl Website as an example for new media typography.
- Type One (Robert Klanten, Micha Mischler, Silja Bilz, Nik Thoenen), Type Essay, Die Gestalten, Berlin, 2004, . 2-page essay about Font Design by Rocholl, Case Study about the Nuri Font.
- Typograph Workbook (Timothy Samara), Rockport Publishers, Gloucester, 2004 Case Studies about Rocholl website and Packard brand relaunch
- Idn Decade Design Awards.01.02: Kaleidoscopic Age(Systems Design Ltd), 2002 Award presentation I-Tv-T Folder
Magazine contributions
- KearneyRocholl, Novum, the world of graphic design, New Media Magazine Publishing, Munich, 06/2005, 5-page case study about Rocholl Type and Logo Design by Herbert Lechner
- Remixed compilations, PAGE, Magazine for digital design and mediaproduction, Macup Publishing, Hamburg, 04/2005, 3-page essay by Rocholl about the artist Tom Sachs
- Leihgaben, PAGE, Magazine for digital design and mediaproduction, Macup Publishing, Hamburg, 12/2004, 1-page case study about KearneyRocholl Broschure Design
- Nu kid in town, PAGE, Magazine for digital design and mediaproduction, Macup Publishing, Hamburg, 09/2003, 4-page Case Study about the Nuri Typeface by Antje Dohmann
- Helvetica returns, PAGE, Magazine for digital design and mediaproduction, Macup Publishing, Hamburg, 11/2001, 1-page essay by Rocholl for the Type Directors Club
- Identity work, Novum, the world of graphic design, New Media Magazine Publishing, Munich, 01/2001, 6-page case study about Rocholl Logo and Broschure Design by Herbert Lechner.
Sources
References
- Identity work, Novum, the world of graphic design, New Media Magazine Publishing, Munich, 01/2001, 6-page biographic article about Rocholl Logo and Broschure Design by Herbert Lechner.
- Web site: Article in Page Magazine 04.2005, Essay in Type One Book 2004, Feature in Layout Workbook 2005, Feature in Typography Workbook, Nuri Article in Page Magazine 09.2003 . 2014-01-08 . https://web.archive.org/web/20111203014958/http://www.rocholl.cc/rocholl/frontend/media/essays_english.pdf . 2011-12-03 . dead .
- http://fonts.gestalten.com/nuri-pro.html Nuri
- http://www.fontshop.com/fonts/downloads/gestalten/nuri/ Fontshop.com
- http://shop.gestalten.com/turning-pages.html Turning Pages Book
- http://www.itsnicethat.com/articles/publication-mirage-1 Its nice that
- http://www.perfectlounge.ch/?p=3386 5 questions to Frank Rocholl
- http://www.page-online.de/emag/kreation/artikel/ramp?cid=2 Ramp Relaunch, Interview in PAGE Online, 25.03.2011
- http://www.horizont.net/aktuell/medien/pages/protected/Naechste-Etappe-Ramp-Verlag-Red-Indians-launcht-Reisekulturmagazin-Gapz_95990.html Gapz Magazine
- http://www.schirn-magazin.de/Glam-Architektur-Atelier-Markgraph.html Glam! The Performance of Style
- Web site: Schierke Artists . 2014-01-08 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140108170713/http://www.schierke.com/portfolio/creatives/325373/Frank_ROCHOLL . 2014-01-08 . dead .
- Web site: These speakers have already confirmed ... . 20 January 2014 . Typographische Gesellschaft München e.V. . Frank Rocholl Rocholl Selected Designs Frankfurt, D . https://web.archive.org/web/20140202165250/http://2014.qved.de/en/these-speakers-have-already-confirmed . 2 February 2014 . dead .
- http://www.lifepr.de/inaktiv/red-indians-publishing-gmbh-co-kg/Zweite-GAPZ-Ausgabe-am-Kiosk/boxid/226959 2 Mercury Gold Awards and Astrid Award for Gapz
- http://www.isbns.net/isbn/9783764376208 If Awards communication 2006 Book
- http://eandata.com/lookup/9789628617760/ IDN Decade Design Awards Book
