Maximilian Kiepe

Selected Projects

Year	Project	Role	Credits	Link
2025	Referenz Bibliothek	Interactiondesign, Development	Laurens Bauer, Malin Kuht	https://referenzbibliothek.info/
2025	Kiepe it Real Records	Design, Development		https://kiepeitrealrecords.de/
2025	Hiding in plain website			hidinginplainwebsite.maximiliankiepe.de
2024	Tilman Heyden	Design, Development		tilmanheyden.com
2024	Ostkreuzschule for Photography	Interactiondesign, Development	Florian Lamm	ostkreuzschule.de
2024	MNKY Type	Interactiondesign, Development	DIA Studio, Florian Lamm	mnkytype.com
2023	Atopic App	Design	Leonard Puhl	atopic.app
2023	Eva Meyer-Keller	Design, Development	David Liebermann	evamk.de
2023	UKR Schlaf	Interaction Design	Lamm & Kirch + Leonard Puhl	urbanekuensteruhr.de/de/festival/ruhr-ding-schlaf
2023	The Technate	Design, Development	David Liebermann, Jana Reddemann, Peter Behrbohm, Markus Bühler	thetechnate.net
2022	STAU Grossraumbüro EP	Design		staumusic.bandcamp.com
2022	Camp on vacation	Design & Development	David Liebermann	camp-on-vacation.com
2019-22	Das bisschen Totschlag Graphics	Design		are.na
2022	Fabian	Design, Development		fabiankiepe.de
2022	thehost.is	Design	David Liebermann, Jana Reddemann, Leonard Puhl	thehost.is
2022	Johannes Förster	Design, Development		johannesfoerster.com
2021	Kunstverein Siegen	Design, Development	Lamm & Kirch	kunstverein-siegen.de
2021	'Cloud's on fire' music video	Concept, Idea	Fabian Kiepe, Jonas Liebermann	youtube.com
2021	EURO–VISION	Design, Development	David Liebermann, Jana Reddemann	euro-vision.net
2021	Wette auf die Zukunft	Concept, Design wetteaufdiezukunft.de (Offline)	David Liebermann, Malte Bartsch, Benjamin Maus
2021	Urbane Künste Ruhr	Design	David Liebermann, Neesh, Dinamo Typefaces, Elias Hanzer	urbanekuensteruhr.de
2021	Kristian Kühl	Design, Development		kristiankuehl.de
2020	ETH Zürich MASDFAB	Design, Development	Lamm & Kirch	masdfab.com (Offline)
2020	Scores of matters	Design, Development		scores-of-matters.de
2020	Kunsthalle Osnabrück	Design, Development	David Liebermann, Jana Reddemann, Anja Kaiser, Franziska Leiste	kunsthalle.osnabrueck.de
2020	Thomas i Punkt	Consultancy, Development	Timo Durst	thomasipunkt.de
2020	Mom i made it	Design, Development	David Liebermann, Jana Reddemann	momimadeit.net
2020	event.preventDefault();	Writing	Prof. Andrea Sick, Prof. Ralf Baecker	event.preventdefault.net
2020	ACTE ™	Consultancy, Development		actetm.com
2019	Elias Kurth	Design, Development	David Liebermann	eliaskurth.net
2019	Airborne Instruments	Design, Development	David Liebermann	airborneinstruments.eu
2019	Check it out, Web Residency @ Urbane Künste Ruhr	Design, Development	David Liebermann, Jonas Schell	checkitout.liebermannkiepe.de
2019	Interactive Music Video for Das bisschen Totschlag	Design, Development	Vinny Lowe, Hugo Dechesne	a7.dasbisschentotschlag.de
2019	Yannic Pöpperling	Design, Development	David Liebermann	yannicpoepperling.de
2018	New Cybernetics Poster Design System	Concept, Design, Development		ncpds.maximiliankiepe.de
2018	Urbane Künste Ruhr, temporary website #2	Design, Development	David Liebermann, Lamm & Kirch, Dinamo Typefaces, Elias Hanzer	urbanekuensteruhr2.liebermannkiepe.de
2018	Das bisschen Totschlag	Design, Development		dasbisschentotschlag.de
2018	Urbane Künste Ruhr, temporary website #1	Design, Development	David Liebermann, Lamm & Kirch, Dinamo Typefaces, Elias Hanzer	urbanekuensteruhr1.liebermannkiepe.de
2018	INDIECON	Design, Development	David Liebermann, Die Brueder	indienations.de
2018	Windows and mirrors	Concept, Development vimeo.com/272404094		github.com/maximiliankiepe/windows-and-mirrors vimeo.com/272404094
2018	Die Brueder	Design, Development	David Liebermann, Guida Ribeiro	diebrueder.com
2018	Manifestos	Design, Development	Guida Ribeiro, Cassia Vila, Sarah Käsmeyer	manifestos.de
2018	Arno Beck	Concept, Design	David Liebermann	arnobeck.de
2017	The Hardest Online Shop	Concept, Design, Development vimeo.com/237284246		thehardestonlineshop.com vimeo.com/237284246
2017	Julian Charrière	Design, Development	David Liebermann	julian-charriere.net
2017	IAMGOD Typefoundry	Development	Andre Rüth, Robin Coenen	iamgod.world
2017	Kunsthalle Rostock	Design, Development	David Liebermann	kunsthallerostock.de
2016	Urban Design HCU Hamburg	Development	David Liebermann	ud.hcu-hamburg.de
2016	Camouflage Computer Program	Concept, Development vimeo.com/179560338	Prof. Frieder Nake	github.com/maximiliankiepe/ccp vimeo.com/179560338
2016	Der Ringer	Design, Development	Lukas Seiler	captcha.der-ringer.com
2016	Ingo Offermanns	Design, Development	David Liebermann	ingooffermanns.com
2015	I AM I SEE	Development	TISSUE Magazine, Jonas Lindström	i-am-i-see.tissuemagazine.com
2014	Timothy Schaumburg	Interactiondesign, Development	Johannes Breyer	timothyschaumburg.com

Academic CV

2015 - 2020	M.A. Digital Media @ University of Arts in Bremen, Germany
2013 - 2014	Internship @ Random Studio in Amsterdam, the Netherlands
2011 - 2015	B.A. Media- and Interactiondesign @ University of Applied Sciences in Osnabrück, Germany
2010 - 2011	Communication Design @ the University of Applied Sciences in Mainz, Germany

Teaching

2026	Workshop @ ECAL Lausanne called 'portfol.io – alternate ways of interacting' w/ David Liebermann and Jana Reddemann
2022	'Inspect Element – An introduction to interactive posters' workshop @ intl.international
WS 21/22	'Call to interaction' seminar @ HfbK Hamburg's Digitale Klasse Grafik with Liebermann Kiepe Reddemann
WS 21/22	'Always under construction' seminar @ HfK Bremen's Digital Media Department with Liebermann Kiepe Reddemann
SS 21	'Response to Responsiveness' workshop @ HFBK's Klasse Digitale Grafik with Liebermann Kiepe Reddemann
SS 21	'World of Webcraft' seminar @ HfK Bremen's Digital Media Department with Liebermann Kiepe Reddemann
SS 21	'Retrofuturism' workshop @ HS Mainz's design department with David Voss and Liebermann Kiepe Reddemann
WS 20/21	'From IRL to URL' seminar @ HfK Bremen's Digital Media Department with Liebermann Kiepe Reddemann
WS 20/21	'From URL to IRL' workshop @ HFBK's Klasse Digitale Grafik with Liebermann Kiepe Reddemann
WS 20/21	'Collect & Connect' workshop @ Burg Giebichenstein Kunsthochschule Halle with Liebermann Kiepe Reddemann
SS 20	'Very Very Variable' font specimen workshop @ HFBK's Klasse Digitale Grafik with Dinamo and Liebermann Kiepe Reddemann
SS 20	webdesign workshop @ HGB Leipzig's 'Institut für Buchkunst' with Liebermann Kiepe Reddemann
SS 19	'Decoding/Recoding' workshop @ HGB Leipzig/KV Leipzig with Liebermann Kiepe Reddemann
SS 18	webdesign workshop @ HCU Hamburg, Germany
2014	Tutor Interactiondesign @ University of Applied Sciences in Osnabrück, Germany

Lectures

2026	Lecture @ECAL Lausanne w/ David Liebermann and Jana Reddemann
2025	Lecture in Ralf Baecker's portfolio class @HfK Bremen
2025	Lecture + panel disccussion for Copenhagen Businessschool Multimedia Design students @ TU Berlin together with Lind \| Brand Design & Motion and Anatoly Grashchenko \| After Image
2024	Liebermann Kiepe Reddemann Lecture @ Weltformat, Lucerne, Switzerland
2023	Online lecture @ Beckmans Designhögskola's visual communications department, Stockholm with Liebermann Kiepe Reddemann
2022	Lecture about designing the @dasbisschentotschlag No Risiko tour posters @INTL
2022	Performing 'The Scrollbar' @ Never Ready: A Congress on the Visuality of the Internet @HFBK Hamburg, organized by Klasse Digitale Grafik
2022	Online lecture @ The Hague University of Applied Sciences User Experience Design / Interaction Design department
2022	Online lecture @ Beckmans Designhögskola's visual communications department, Stockholm with Liebermann Kiepe Reddemann
2021	Lecture @ UDK Berlin's Medienhaus Lectures 'Performance. Performance? Performance!' with Liebermann Kiepe Reddemann, Juliane Schickedanz & Anna Jehle
2021	Lecture @ Kunsthalle Osnabrück with Liebermann Kiepe Reddemann, Anja Kaiser, Franziska Leiste, Juliane Schickedanz & Anna Jehle
2021	Guest lecture in Pascal Kress's 'Color me Badd' seminar @ UDK Berlin's design department with Liebermann Kiepe Reddemann
2021	Online lecture @ the university of applied science Mainz's design department with Liebermann Kiepe Reddemann
2020	Online lecture @ Beckmans Designhögskola's visual communications department, Stockholm with Liebermann Kiepe Reddemann
2020	Online lecture @ Graphkiosk, Chișinău with Liebermann Kiepe Reddemann
2020	Online lecture @ HfK Bremen's Integrated Design Department
2020	Online lecture @ HfK Bremen's Digital Media Department
2019	Lecture @ HGB Leipzig/KV Leipzig with Liebermann Kiepe Reddemann
2019	Lecture @ ZiL with Liebermann Kiepe, Moscow
2019	Lecture @ Typomania Festival in the Moscow Museum with Liebermann Kiepe, Moscow

Jury

2026	Jury member for the INTL.International Creative Awards in the category Web
2026	Jury member for the INTL.International Creative Awards in the category Tech
2023	Jury member for the digital media university award @ the annual exhibition of the HFK Bremen

Publications

2022	Feature and interview in the @INTL poster book 2022
2022	Feature and interview in étapes magazine (Mai/June 2022) w/ LKR
2021	Contribution to The dynamic archive 03 w/ Eva Meyer-Keller
2021	Cover Story in PAGE magazine 06/21
2020	Contributed the essay 'MERLIN, MERLIN, WIR FAHREN NACH MERLIN!' to Mark Bohle's and Raffael Kormann's publication 'Tonight at Merlin' with Das bisschen Totschlag
2020	Contributed a description of Niklaus Troxler's poster 'The Workers' to the '100 Beste Plakate' annual publication
2020: 'Decoding/Recoding	Textual Infrastructures' featured in HGB Magazine II
2020	Interview in Digital Underground Vol.1
2020	Interview in PAGE magazine 05/20
2019	Featured work in Graphic Design Festival Scotland Publication

Awards

2025	Recognition price for 'Hiding in plain website' @ the INTL.International award ceremony in the Web Award category
2025	Shortlisted for INTL.International's Web Award
2022	3rd place @ INTL's poster competition

Exhibitions

2025	The Technate @ the Seventh Lisbon Architecture Triennale
2023	das bisschen Totschlags 'Cloud's on fire' exhibited @Trial and Error Festival Hanover, Germany
2023	Part of the The Technate Exhibition @40. Kasseler Dokfest w/ Flying Holes (Peter Behrbohm, Markus Bühler)
2023	Part of the The Technate Exhibition @panke.gallery w/ Flying Holes (Peter Behrbohm, Markus Bühler)
2022	INTL's Poster Exhibition @ World App
2022	INTL's Poster Exhibition @ Olympia Gallery
2019	INTL's Poster Exhibition @ Olympia Gallery
2018	'New Cybernetics Research Group Exhibition' @ Galerie Flut, Bremen

Residencies

2019	Web Residency @ Urbane Künste Ruhr

Articles

the Brand Identity about MNKY Type and the website
TAZ article 'Kunst und Technik' by Prof. Dr. Tilmann Baumgärtel about The Technate Exhibition and its website, 30.01.2023
It's nice that 'Hamburg-based design studio Liebermann Kiepe Reddemann on how to innovate your web design'
It's nice that 'Stone lettering and variable fonts: What can the future of typography learn from the past?'
t3n 'Design mit variablen Fonts: Times New Arial vereint Serifen und Serifenlose'
Golem 'Times New Roman und Arial bilden neue Schriftart'
Input Mag 'Times New Arial mutates familiar fonts into something wholly new'
It's nice that 'Times New Arial is a new experiment utilising the latest technology of variable fonts'
It's nice that 'Liebermann Kiepe showcases web design in a different way'
Postie Mag The 'Videopremiere: das bisschen totschlag zeigen im interaktiven Video zu „Auf der A7 wieder Stau“ hypnotisierende Formen'

Selected Features

loadmo.re
intl.international
Hoverstat.es
Brutalist Websites
Ecogex Delectable
klikkenthéke
the gallery

Contributions

The Dynamic Archive
move-lab

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