Astrid Kogler

Art Direction / Design / Photography

From the Austrian Alps, Astrid Kogler graduated in 2007 with an MA in Communication Design from Central St Martins College of Art & Design with a Distinction. She has been freelancing for Time Out Guides, Emap Communications, Graffito Books/ Korero Books and Sense about Science. She specialises in Printed matter, Book/Editorial Design as well as Photography. During her time at Central St Martins she became increasingly interested in exploring the human and animal body through preserving, sculpting and photographing organic mattter.

In October 2006 she was given an award by the Arts & Humanities Research Council (AHRC).

Her work featured in Design Week, Jun 07, VOL 22 / Nr 24 in an article by Fiona Sibley.

She is currently working as Art Editor for Building Magazine, a weekly architectural publication as well as working on various other projects on a freelance basis.

 

DOWNLOAD a short CV here | PDF
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News | November 2008

This week I will be giving a talk at the University of Portsmouth (21/11/08) about photography & book design. Themes to be addressed are: the process of shooting and documenting, the design process involved from initial research to choosing type and paper and the production of books on the basis of my own work.

 

News | June 2008

I was asked to contribute to the ‘inspirational pages’ for the recent issue (4) of ULTRABOLD – The Journal of St Bride Library. I chose Francesca Woodman’s ‘Some Disordered Interior Geometries’ (1981) that has inspired me in my own work. The article is now available online.
Download Article | PDF

 

News | May 2008

Great talks were given today by the likes of Geroge Hardie, Karl Martens, Jake Tilson, Spiekermann, William Hall etc at the seventh annual design conference ‘Seeking Inspiration’ at St Brides Library. It was well worth it and indeed inspirational.

 

News | January 2008

I have recently given a talk at the University of the Creative Arts in Farnham to BA as well as MA photography students. Projects presented included the Pig Trilogy as well as Bodymatters and some of my newest commercial work.

 

News | November 2007

I have been awarded the BIRGIT SKIOLD Book Design Award at the London Artist Book fair at the ICA for The Pig Trilogy. The three books, Carnis, Ossa et Corpus will be displayed at the Birmingham Museum & Art Gallery in the new year.

 

News | November 2007

Coming up soon! LAB’07 The LONDON ARTIST BOOK FAIR at the ICA from 23 – 25 Nov 2007 where some of my work will be on display and available for sale.

 

News | September 2007

CREATIVES BEHIND THE LENS. A private view hosted by Corbis and Creative Review which was held at the Bridge SE1 on 27th September. I was one of the lucky ones to get shortlisted and had work on show. See the results here.

 

News | September 2007

YCN at the RCA presented a showcase for emerging talent in Illustration and Design. Some of my work was included in the book display section.
Here some photos from the event itself.

 

News | August 2007

You can now purchase some of my posters for £14 including postage in the SHOP Section.

 

News | July 2007

The new design of my website has finally arrived. Uploaded with the latest project The Pig Trilogy which was my final work while doing my Masters at Central St Martins. Check it out and you can even download some posters, an introduction to the project and a foreword by Artist and Designer Julia Lohmann.