Oliver Sperl, Graduate Designer, has been working freelance in Berlin for about 25 years, mainly with clients from the techno and music scene. He’s more on the wild side—his style feels a bit like street art, pretty raw and hands-on. What makes his technique special is that he scratches drawings into wax crayon using a cutter, which then often get digitally reworked. He draws a lot from pop culture, but as a graphic designer his visual language is super stripped-down—no unnecessary decoration, nothing extra, just the essentials. Among his best-known clients are the club Berghain and Wolfgang Flür, former member of Kraftwerk, for whom he has made two music videos.

Oliver Sperl

Oliver Sperl, Graduate Designer, has been working freelance in Berlin for about 25 years, mainly with clients from the techno and music scene. He’s more on the wild side—his style feels a bit like street art, pretty raw and hands-on. What makes his technique special is that he scratches drawings into wax crayon using a cutter, which then often get digitally reworked. He draws a lot from pop culture, but as a graphic designer his visual language is super stripped-down—no unnecessary decoration, nothing extra, just the essentials. Among his best-known clients are the club Berghain and Wolfgang Flür, former member of Kraftwerk, for whom he has made two music videos.

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Oliver Sperl, Graduate Designer, has been working freelance in Berlin for about 25 years, mainly with clients from the techno and music scene. He’s more on the wild side—his style feels a bit like street art, pretty raw and hands-on. What makes his technique special is that he scratches drawings into wax crayon using a cutter, which then often get digitally reworked.
He draws a lot from pop culture, but as a graphic designer his visual language is super stripped-down—no unnecessary decoration, nothing extra, just the essentials. Among his best-known clients are the club Berghain and Wolfgang Flür, former member of Kraftwerk, for whom he has made two music videos.

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Work Experience

Freier Grafikdesigner / Illustrator
January 1, 1999 - Present
Gestaltung, Satz und Realisation von Büchern, Broschüren und Periodika; Schwerpunkt: Typografie, Buchgestaltung, Satzarbeiten und Druckvorbereitung; Projekte für Verlage, Kulturinstitutionen, Stiftungen und Agenturen; eigenverantwortliche Projektabwicklung von Konzept bis Druck
Art Director at Kirchhoff Consult AG
January 1, 1998 - January 1, 1998
Gestaltung von Geschäftsberichten und Corporate-Publishing-Projekten; Typografische und gestalterische Verantwortung; Koordination mit Kunden, Druckereien und Redaktion
Grafikdesigner at Electra Bicycles
January 1, 1994 - January 1, 1994
Gestaltung von Marken- und Kommunikationsmaterialien; Mitarbeit an Corporate Design und Printproduktion
Praktikant at Designagentur motus
January 1, 1993 - January 1, 1994
Mitarbeit in Layout, Satz und Produktion

Education

Diplom Typografie (Prof. Jürgen Seuss) at Hochschule für Angewandte Wissenschaften Hamburg
January 1, 1994 - January 1, 1998
Staatliche Abschlussprüfung Grafik-Design at Berufsfachschule für Grafik-Design, Lette-Verein Berlin
January 1, 1990 - January 1, 1993
Allgemeine Hochschulreife (Abitur) at Walter-Gropius-Gymnasium, Selb, Bayern
January 1, 1989 - January 1, 1989

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Media & Entertainment, Professional Services, Other