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Kenn Munk

one-man design studio

Kenn Munk

London, UK

My work ranges from graphic design and illustration over type design and copywriting to product design and teaching at design schools and for advertising agencies.

I am currently Lead Tutor of Foundation graphic design at Central Saint Martins. My main strengths lie outside the box - oh and minimalist design.

My designs are off-beat. This goes for my fonts but also for my series of DIY hunting trophies called Antlor and "Sniptape" - an adhesive tape printed with a dashed line and scissors.

Experience

  • Design teacher
    London, UK
    Oct 2004 - Present
    Central Saint Martins

    teaching graphic design at various Danish design schools including The Scandinavian Design College
    (foundation year, Denmark ) and The School of Visual Communication (BA 1st, 2nd, 3rd year, Denmark )

    workshops for advertising agencies and associations in Denmark. Also workshops at schools in the UK,
    including Central Saint Martins (Foundation Year), London Metropolitan University (BA Design) and
    inspirational sessions at Shillington College

    since jan. 09 Lead Tutor, foundation Graphics at Central Saint Martins, London

  • Owner, Designer
    Aarhus, Denmark
    Apr 2005 - Present
    Kenn Munk

    running my one-man graphic design company, working with clients like Hasbro, Morningside Records,
    LYNfabrikken, Pilgrim, LEGO, Puma Denmark, Blockbuster Denmark, Tikaro Interactive, Århus Festuge, various cultural institutions, designing for Toyqube, Adfunture and Kidrobot

  • Art Director
    vejle, Denmark
    Sep 1998 - Dec 2006
    Basement reklame

    art director at Basement Advertising, working with a broad portfolio of business-to-business, business-to-customer and clients from service and education - mostly Danish, some Scandinavian and German

    worked with packaging, sales-displays and other tactile designs as well as identity design and advertising concepts. More recently copywriting

Education

  • BA (hons)
    Højer, Denmark
    Aug 1995 - Jun 1998
    Hojer Designseminarium

    BA (hons) Graphic Design at the School of Visual Communication, Højer, Denmark
    including qualification to teach in higher and further education

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  • Shows/Awards (selected)

    2009:
    The See, Solo show, Århus; Denmark
    2008:
    Limited Edition, group show, Birmingham, UK
    Occupied Territories, group show, London, UK
    Jam & Custard, Birmingham, UK
    Århus Festuge, city festival, Århus, Denmark

    2007:
    Every Thing is Black or White, solo show, Århus, Denmark
    Every Thing is Black or White, solo show, Berlin, Germany
    The Munny Shot, group show, Bristol, UK
    Art + Noise, group show, Berlin, Germany
    Hijacked, group show, Long Beach, USA

    2006:
    Gee Whizz, group show, London, UK
    AM4040 - 40 artists celebrating 40 years of Action Man, group show, London, UK
    Dunny Show CPH, Group show, Copenhagen, Denmark
    Black Wonderland, featured artist, Den Haag, The Netherlands

    2005:
    Noël Design, group show, Paris, UK
    SHRIFT, group show, St. Petersburg, Russia

    2005:
    SHRIFT, best-of-show, St. Petersburg, Russia
    Trexi, winning designer, Singapore

    2004:
    UK-Design-A-Qee Expo, winning designer, London, UK

    2001:
    Photomarathon, 3rd place, Copenhagen

    2000:
    Photomarathon, 1st place, Copenhagen


  • published work

    Magazines:
    Idn, World
    Creative Review, UK/world
    Digital Arts, UK/World
    Digital Design, Denmark
    Eurowoman, Denmark
    SuperFlyer, Denmark
    Clutter, UK/World
    Playtime, Singapore
    Computer Arts Projects, UK/world
    Nude, UK
    Modart, Belgium/world
    Modum, Germany/world
    and others

    Books:
    Urban Paper (How Books, 2009)
    Typodarium (Verlag Hermann Schmidt Mainz, 2008)
    Around Europe Promotion (Index Book, 2008)
    Indie Fonts 3 (P22, 2007)
    Typosphere (Collins design, 2007)
    Around Europe Publisher (Index Book, 2006)
    Into The Nature (Die Gestalten Verlag, 2006)
    Dot Dot Dash (Die Gestalten Verlag, 2006)
    Around Europe Logo (Index Book, 2005)
    Spatium III (Typosition, 2002)


  • Key Skills

    4 years experience teaching graphic design (at foundation and undergraduate level in Denmark and England)
    Certified to teach in higher and further education
    8 years experience working in advertising agencies
    Running graphic design consultancy and studio since 2005
    Multi-lingual (fluent in Danish-English-German)
    Basic understanding of Swedish and Norwegian, some knowledge of Russian, Spanish, Latin
    Curious
    Strong communicator
    Very good working knowledge of tactile design and 3-D model creation
    Good knowledge of reproduction printing processes and production management
    Computer literate, proficiency in Photoshop, Illustrator, Fontographer, good working knowledge of InDesign, Quark-X-Press, Word, HTML-coding

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