“Ich bin kein Berliner” though I've spent much of my adult life in this city, after winning my first award for the design of the logo of Germany‘s Federal Government. I’ve been educated in Communication Design at the University in Essen (literal translation: food) where Professor Volker Küster sparked my interest for typography and type design. In my professional life, many years at MetaDesign, Berlin, I always stayed close to the subject becoming Type Director and Type Designer. Next to supertype I am a professor for typography at the HTW University, Berlin.