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Frank Rocholl | |
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| Occupation(s) | Art director, editor-in-chief, typographer |
| Agent | http://www.schierke.com |
| Website | http://www.rocholl.cc |
Frank Rocholl is a German graphic designer, art director and typeface designer. He is also creative director and co-editor of the international fashion publication Mirage Magazine .
Rocholl started his career as a designer in the early 1990s, when he established the design agency Landscape in Düsseldorf. From 1996 to 1997 he worked as a creative director for the design agency Meiré und Meiré. [1]
Rocholls work has been featured in international publications about typography, logo design and graphic design. [2]
In 2003 he presented his first font family, called Nuri, [3] which is distributed by FontShop International. [4]
In 2008 Rocholl and Henrik Purienne, a fashion photographer and film director from Cape Town, South Africa, established Mirage – a fashion magazine inspired by the photographic aesthetic and hedonistic culture of the 1960s and 1970s. The design language of Mirage Magazine developed by Rocholl has been presented in various print [5] and online publications. [6] [7]
In 2010 Rocholl was commissioned executive Art Director for the German car culture magazine Ramp [8] and Gapz, [9] a travel culture magazine from the same publishing group.
In June 2013 Rocholl was responsible for the 1960s influenced Graphic Design of the Glam Rock exhibition at the Schirn Kunsthalle. [10]
From 2013 to 2015 Rocholl has been represented by Schierke Artists. [11]
In February 2014 Rocholl spoke at the Quo Vadis Editorial Design Conference Munich, along with Harry Peccinotti, Mario Lombardo, Mirko Borsche, Wilhelm Vosskuhl and Rolf Müller. [12]
In 2017 Rocholl teamed up with the Greinert Family Office, major stakeholders of Duravit, to found the Maison Mirage GmbH. Business case is the licensing of retro-inspired products as an embodiment of Mirage Magazines subject matter. First product was a collection of make-up products in collaboration with Cosnova, German marketleader in decorative cosmetics, in 2019. [13]
In 2021 Rocholl curated and published La Isla, a book in collaboration with British Photographer Kate Bellm, presenting Bellms underwater photography and atmospheric interpretation of her home, the balearic island Mallorca. [14]
In 2024 Rocholl redesigned and repositioned Design Miami together with his Mirage Magazine co-founder Henrik Purienne.
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