Lucas Hesse is a graphic & motion designer based in Hamburg, Germany. He is working in the field of visual communication with a strong focus on typography and motion design. Working as an independent graphic & motion designer since 2016, he has been able to work for well-known, international clients. »My work is built very systematically, I break down the content into its simplest form and put it in a graphic system that’s as straightforward as possible.« This is seen in the designer’s Swiss-inspired work that focuses on grid-based simplicity which offers the viewer an obtainable clarity. During his studies in Mainz, he spent a semester abroad in Seoul, joined a course at the HfG in Offenbach under the direction of Eike König and gained experience trough an internship at Studio Dumbar in Rotterdam.
Sven Jürgensmeier, Location: Studio Hasard
Lucas Hesse
Hamburg, Germany
→ info@lucas-hesse.de
→ instagram.com, vimeo.com
Selected Clients
- Nike x Dazed
- ABC Dinamo
- Vogue Singapore
- Capsule Magazine
- Live From Earth
- Escentric Molecules
- University of the Arts Utrecht (HKU)
- Braindead
- Robert Johnson
- Toytonics
- Julia Stoschek Collection
- Berliner Festspiele
- Centraal Museum Utrecht
- LA Galaxy
- Vanity Fair
- On Running
- Rapha
- Reeperbahn Festival
- Deutscher Jazzpreis
- JKA Architects
- NaN
- Kilotype
- Marshmallow Laser Feast
- Britten Sinfonia
- BBC Philharmonic
- Whisper Festival
- AKT London
- Field Notes
- The Brand Identity
- Kuo Duo
- Kunsthochschule Mainz
- Danijel Sijakovic
- GOAT
- FREITAG
- Media & Culture Fast Forward
- Open
- Cargo
- John Philip Sage
- STORE
- MEK Berlin
- Miracle Seltzer
- LoFi Amsterdam
- Soraya Chumroo
- Finematter
- Flight Club
- The Wenner-Gren Foundation
- KOMA & Ko
- NAND
- Emergence Magazine
- Mother Denim
- Søren Siebel
- ByteFM
- Frauenreferat Frankfurt
- Pushkin & Gogol
- Jamie Hudson
- Modular by Mensah
- The Threads of Fate
- Acidbite
- Academy of Global Competency
- Miirtek
- Realiter
- Hugo Boss
- BLOK
- Bitzero
- Everpress
- Schmitt + Sohn
- Selene Magnolia
- coboc
- Terracottaprints
- Kleider machen Bräute
- Keoni Hudoba
Selected Collaborators
- Dia Studio
- Two Times Elliott
- Specht Studio
- Studio Nari
- Studio Airport
- Studio Michael Satter
- M35
- Studio Dumbar
- Studio Lowrie
- Bareis + Nicolaus
- Hannes Drißner
- Moniker
- NODE Berlin Oslo
- The District
- Brand New School
- Ollie Schaich Studio
- HouseTMM
- Tim Lindacher
- John Philip Sage
- Soraya Chumroo
- Modern Designers.
- Alex Hunting Studio
- Some Days
- Manual
- Julian Lehmann
- Julia Löffler
- Open Studio
- büro bungalow
- Deutsche & Japaner
- Any Studio
- Johannes Ammler
- Mikey Kelly
- Tomorrow Happens
- Parasol Island
- Alright Studio
- Noah Baker Studio
- The Color Club
- Bravo. Charlie. Mike. Hotel.
- Design by Toko
- State
- 3PC
- Design Studio
- Vincent Naples
- Studio Marek Polewski
- Ken Griffen
- Pencil Worx Design
- Bas Grossfeldt
- Mathias Schmitt
Teaching, Talks and Workshops
- October 2023 Design Thursday Lecture, Design Zentrum Hamburg (Hamburg, Germany)
- June 2023 Offset, Loop & Duplicate Workshop, KD—Lounge (Konstanz, Germany)
- June 2023 Energy in Motion Lecture, KD—Lounge (Konstanz, Germany)
- March 2023 Energy in Motion Lecture, Interactive Media Design Day (St. Gallen, Switzerland)
- April 2023 Periodic Type Pattern in Motion Workshop, International Assembly (online)
- May 2023 Animated Film Poster Workshop, Filmakademie Baden Württemberg (Ludwigsburg, Germany)
- March 2023 Offset, Loop & Duplicate Workshop, Interactive Media Design Day (St. Gallen, Switzerland)
- January 2023 Energy in Motion Lecture, Karl Anders (Hamburg, Germany)
- January 2023 Energy in Motion Lecture, Hochschule Mainz (Mainz, Germany)
- December 2022 Motion Identities Workshop, Master, Hochschule Mainz (Mainz, Germany)
- December 2022 Motion Identities Workshop, Musikzentrum Hannover (Hannover, Germany)
- October 2022 Typografie Workshop ⓿⓿❶—⓿⓿❺ Teaching, Hochschule Mainz (Mainz, Germany)
- June 2022 Ruhm & Ego 2 Lecture, HAW Hamburg (Hamburg, Germany)
- June 2022 Kinetic Typography Lecture, FH Aachen (online)
- April 2022 Kinetic Identities Lecture, Hochschule Mainz (online)
- December 2021 Ruhm & Ego Lecture, HfG Offenbach (online)
- January 2021 Grafik in Motion Lecture, Hochschule Mainz (online)
- December 2020 Grafik und Motion Lecture, Adobe Live (online)
- October 2019 Grafik in Motion Workshop, Hochschule Mainz (Mainz, Germany)
Selected Features
- August 2022 Die besten aktuellen Fotografen-Websites by PAGE online
- August 2022 Ein Blick ins Portfolio von Lucas Hesse by Designzentrum Hamburg
- January 2022 PAGE Magazine Issue 01.22 (Germany)
- December 2021 Grafikmagazin Issue 06.21 (Germany)
- November 2021 Silberstreifen Award 21 by PAGE online
- October 2021 The Pangram Paper by Pangram Pangram Foundry
- October 2021 Design 360° Issue 95 by Sandu Publishing (Hong Kong)
- July 2021 Choose Font by HIGHTONE Publishing (Hong Kong)
- June 2021 Ohne den Hype Podcast
- May 2021 Portfolio Slam Motion Design by PAGE online
- April 2021 The Dinamo Update 05 by ABC Dinamo
- February 2021 Best-of Indie-Mags: Ruhm & Ego by PAGE Online
- February 2021 PAGE Magazine Issue 02.21 (Germany)
- January 2021 New Aesthetic 2 by Sorry Press (Germany)
- August 2020 Inspo Finds Collection 2 (England)
- July 2020 Rhineland-Palatinate Special Issue by Slanted Publishers (Germany)
- June 2020 Inonica Issue 01 (Italy)
- May 2020 Collide24
- May 2020 Chromatic Club
- May 2020 The Moon Exhibition by Forward Festival
- May 2020 Forward Magazine Issue 03 by Forward Festival (Germany)
- April 2020 State of Play: Visual Creative Industries by Everpress
- November 2019 International Poster Book 2019 by INTL (England)
- November 2019 Design in Mainz
- July 2019 ICBQ Issue 04 (England)
- July 2019 10 Typographers making waves in 2019 by Everpress
- March 2019 E150–a by Abracradama (Germany)
- January 2019 Print Finishes by Sandu Publishing (Hong Kong)
- December 2018 Typography Trends of 2019 by wix.com
- December 2018 It’s Nice That [2]
- November 2018 31 favourite T-shirt designs of 2018 by Everpress
- November 2018 It’s Nice That [1]
- July 2018 Das bewegte Plakat by 100 beste Plakate
- March 2018 Komma Magazine Issue 21 (Germany)
- January 2018 Inspo Finds Collection 1 (England)
- January 2018 Brutalist Website
- November 2017 ant magazine (Japan)
- October 2017 Hover States
- October 2017 Trend List
- April 2017 Corporate and Collection by CO&CO (Germany)
- April 2017 Crème 7 (Germany)
- February 2017 Mindsparkle Mag
Selected Exhbitions
- November 2022 Ongoing — Motion Design Exhibition (Hangzhou, China)
- October 2022 Weltformat Graphic Design Festival (Luzern, Switzerland)
- October 2022 DEMO Festival 22 (Amsterdam, Netherlands)
- June 2022 100 Beste Plakate 2021 (Berlin, Germany)
- June 2022 Busan Design Week (Seoul, South Korea)
- December 2021 Still & Motion International Poster Triennial (Hong Kong, China)
- November 2021 Silberstreifen Award (Hamburg, Germany)
- June 2021 Das kann Design! (Hamburg, Germany)
- May 2021 The International Biennale of Graphic Design 2021 (Chaumont, France)
- May 2021 Graphic Days Turin (Turin, Italy)
- October 2020 SCHAU—KAS—TEN (Frankfurt, Germany)
- September 2020 (IN) BETWEEN (Hamburg, Germany)
- November 2019 GDFScotland (online)
- November 2019 DEMO Festival (Amsterdam, Netherlands)
- October 2019 Seoul Future Conference (Seoul, South Korea)
- October 2019 ImagiNation (Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates)
- September 2019 Loftas Fest (Vilnius, Lithuania)
- September 2019 Reeperbahn Festival (Hamburg, Germany)
- August 2019 Reclaiming the Future (San Francisco, California)
- June 2019 Black & White (Birmingham, England)
- May 2019 Walkie Talkie (Vienna, Austria)
- May 2019 /b/channel (Amsterdam, Netherlands)
- May 2019 Europe Poster (Aachen, Germany)
- March 2019 Vienna Research Festival (Vienna, Austria)
- February 2019 The Moving Poster (Cairo, Egypt)
- October 2018 Poster on Ice (Mainz, Germany)
- September 2018 CAPTCHA (Mannheim, Germany)
- July 2018 21. HfG Rundgang (Offenbach, Germany)
- July 2018 Symbiosis (Mainz, Germany)
- April 2017 Crème 7 (Mainz, Germany)
Sven Jürgensmeier, Location: Studio Hasard
Sven Jürgensmeier, Location: Studio Hasard
Sven Jürgensmeier, Location: Studio Hasard