About
I Like Birds is a studio located in the city of Hamburg, founded in 2010 by the two designer André Gröger and Susanne Kehrer. Since then the team works on turning designs into creations. They take great pleasure in experimenting with various mediums to develop customized and individual solutions.
The studios activities focus on transforming numerous types of information into a visual language which conveys the content in a more fluid and effective manner - putting a lot of time and effort into creating a wide range of photography based images or graphic design related print products, including posters, books, illustrations, corporate identities and other visual works for cultural and public purposes.
Beside their day-to-day work I Like Birds is also teaching art-direction and editorial design in Hamburg, giving workshops and lectures in Germany and throughout Europe.
Services
Art Direction, Branding, Concept Development, Editorial Design, Exhibition Design, Identity, Illustration, Photography, Print, Set Design, Visual Communication
clients (SELECTION)
Freitag Bags, Deichtorhallen Hamburg, Die Zeit, Der Spiegel, Sueddeutsche Zeitung, Berliner Zeitung, Gruner + Jahr, Mercedes Benz, Robert-Bosch-Stiftung, Dummy Verlag, Wirtschaftswoche, Weleda, Hofmann & Campe, Loved Agency, Kirchhoff Consult AG, Ligalux, Brand Eins, Arte, Capital, Deutsche Bahn, Page, Ebner Media Group, KNSKB+, Uniplan, Wort und Bild Verlag, Tempus Corporate, Territory Publishing, SZ Scala, Compass, Ergo, RWE, Hochschule Mainz, HAW Hamburg, Galerie Ahrensburg, Galerie Trittau, Sparkassen-Kulturstiftung, Strichpunkt Design, Nido, Neon Magazine, Manager Magazine, Missy Magazine, Working Woman, Graphic Design Festival Breda …
TALKS
BAUHAUS UNIVERSITÄT, Weimar
ZÜRCHER HOCHSCHULE DER KÜNSTE (ZHDK), Zürich
HOCHSCHULE FÜR GESTALTUNG UND KUNST, Basel
KUNSTHOCHSCHULE WEISSENSEE, Berlin
TRANSLATION 05 SYMPOSIUM, Mainz
GRAPHIC DESIGN FESTIVAL BREDA, Breda
ABOUT LECTURE, Mainz
FACHHOCHSCHULE DÜSSELDORF, Düsseldorf
STILVORLAGEN, Hamburg
HOCHSCHULE AUGSBURG, Augsburg
BEYONDERGROUND FESTIVAL, Hasselt
FACHHOCHSCHULE BIELEFELD, Bielefeld
EXHIBITION
PINAKOTHEK DER MODERNE, Munich
DEICHTORHALLEN, Hamburg
MUSEUM FÜR ANGEWANDTE KUNST, Frankfurt
SHANGHAI//HAMBURG:PUBLIC SIGNS, Hamburg
MUSEUM OF COMMUNICATION, The Hague
CLASKA GALLERY, Tokyo
NINA SAGT. GALERIE, Düsseldorf
FUTURA – TRIBUTE TO A TYPEFACE, Mainz
ISLAND Artspace, Hamburg
GUTENBERG MUSEUM, Mainz
VOID EDITION Exhibition, Düsseldorf
BEACH GALLERY, London
DESIGNXPORT, Marseille
ZIRKUMFLEX GALLERIE, Berlin
LEVANTEHAUS, Hamburg
INTEF Institut für technische Form, Darmstadt
TDC 53rd Type Directors Club Show, Mainz
ART DIRECTORS CLUB, Munich
WORKSHOPS/TEACHING
HAW HAMBURG, Department Design
BAUHAUS UNIVERSITÄT WEIMAR, Fakultät Gestaltung
FH BIELEFELD, University of Applied Sciences
ZHDK, Hochschule für Gestaltung Zürich
HS AUGSBURG, Fakultät für Gestaltung
THE JOY OF GRAPHIC DESIGN, Festival Hamburg
HOCHSCHULE MANNHEIM, Fakultät Gestaltung
HOCHSCHULE MAINZ, University of Applied Sciences
AWARDS
LEAD AWARDS, Nominee
»Illustration of the year«
GERMAN DESIGN AWARD, Winner Gold,
»Excellent Communications Design«
GERMAN BRAND AWARD, Nominee
»Excellence in Brand Strategy and Creation«
DESIGNPREIS RHEINLAND PFALZ, Winner,
»Editorial Design«
LUCKY STRIKE AWARD, Special recognition,
»Editorial Design«
PRESS/PUBLICATION (SELECTION)
GRAFIKMAGAZIN - 02.24 Education
2024, Phoenix Publishing, Munich
CREATIVE BOOK DESIGN
2024, SP Publishing, Shanghai
BRAND MAGAZINE - ISSUE 60
2021, SP Publishing, Shanghai
PALETTE MINI 02, MULTICOLOUR
2020, Viction:ary, Hongkong
100 BÜCHER, DIE ALLE DESIGNER KENNEN SOLLTEN
2019, av Edition, Stuttgart
NOTAMUSE
2019, Niggli Verlag, Swiss
SOIREÈ GRAPHIQUE NO.10 - HALLO DEUTSCHLAND
2017, Komet, Bern
BRAND MAGAZINE - WORLDS SMALL TOP STUDIOS
2017, SP Publishing, Shanghai
MAGICAL GEOMETRY - PATTERNS IN DESIGN
2017, SP Publishing, Hongkong
DESIGN ORIGIN: GERMANY
2016, Viction:ary, Hongkong
ÈTAPES: 229
2016, Pyramyd Edition, Paris
PRINTED PAGES MAGAZINE
2015, It´s Nice That, London
NOVUM WORLD OF GRAPHIC DESIGN
01/2016, Stiebner Verlag, Munich
PAGE MAGAZINE
09/2015, Page Verlag, Hamburg
PROJEKTIL
2015, Lucia Verlag, Bauhaus Universität Weimar
SOME MAGAZINE
2014, Burg Giebichenstein Kunsthochschule Halle
BASIC TYPE
2013, Index Books, Barcelona
NEUE SCHRIFTEN/NEW TYPEFACES
2013, Niggli Verlag, Swiss
PAGE UNLIMITED II
2013, Sandu Cultural Media, Hongkong
TYPE ONLY
2013, Unit Editions, London
PAGE Magazine
2013/07, Page Verlag, Hamburg
BRANDING WITH TYPOGRAPHY
2013, Sandu Cultural Media, Hongkong
IDN EXTRA 08: TYPO/GRAPHIC POSTERS
2013, IdN Press, Hongkong
MULTICOLOUR NEW RAINBOW-HUED GRAPHICS
2012, Viction:ary, Hongkong
LIBRARY PAPER 02
2012, Catalogue Library, UK
BASIC STATIONARY
2012, Index Books, Barcelona
IDN PICK OF THE MONTH
2012, IdN Press, Hongkong
COMPUTER ARTS COLLECTION
2012, Future Publishing, London
SLANTED #15 EXPERIMENTAL
2011, Magma Brand Design, Karlsruhe
NOVUM WORLD OF GRAPHIC DESIGN
2011/09, Stiebner Verlag, Munich
TYPE PLAYER 2
2011, Sandu Cultural Media, Hongkong
FRESH ILLUSTRATION #1 OBJECT
2011, Daab Verlag, Cologne
FRESH ILLUSTRATION #3 PRINT
2011, Daab Verlag, Cologne
TYPODARIUM A TYPE CALENDAR
2011, Verlag Herman Schmidt, Mainz
FORM THE MAKING OF DESIGN
2009/04, Birkhäuser Verlag, Basel
NOVUM WORLD OF GRAPHIC DESIGN
2009/09, Stiebner Verlag, Munich
:OUTPUT 12 INTERNATIONAL YEARBOOK
2009, Verlag Herman Schmidt, Mainz
