I am not my work
ME
Elvira Barriga
Spanish-Austrian blend, based in Berlin
Art director, graphic designer and design lecturer
russian federationWORK EXPERIENCE
2011 Independent designer and freelance art director for Meiré und Meiré, Cologne/Berlin
2004 – 2010 Partner of blotto design, Berlin, a renowned design studio established in 1989 and recognized nationally and internationally with numerous design awards. Leading blotto design together with four equal partners. Responsible for developing, directing and realising ideas, design concepts and ­solutions for identities, print products, exhibition design and web projects. Experienced both in self-reliant projects and in teamwork, as well as in guiding freelancers and trainees. Working for national and international clients, including several of the most prominent german museums and galleries, cultural and government institutions, foundations, universities, publishers, software developers etc.
2001 – 2003 Freelancer at atelier : doppelpunkt, Berlin
2001 Internship at atelier : doppelpunkt, Berlin

 TEACHING EXPERIENCE
ss 2009 Hamburg University of Applied Sciences › Department Design › Guiding the seminar «Behörde für Design» (Authority for Design), where students developed, designed and produced the semester prospectus as well as the corporate design for the department’s exhibition of the year.
ws 2007 Berlin University of the Arts › Department of Transmedia Design › Developing and guiding a course on typography for illustrators and communication designers.

TEACHING ASSISTANCE
ws 2009/08/07 Hamburg University of Applied Sciences › Department Design › Typography (with Prof. Heike Grebin)
ss 2007 Hamburg University of Applied Sciences › Department Design › Supervision of «Typeradio – Sweet ­Sixteen» (with Prof. Grebin)
ss 2005 Hamburg University of Applied Sciences › Department Design › Support of the student’s magazine ­«Nicht Jetzt» (with Prof. Grebin)

 EDUCATION
1998 – 2003 Graduate student at the University of Applied Sciences Vorarlberg (Austria) › Master’s degree as a communication designer in InterMedia with the diploma thesis «com.merz.liebe – concept and design of an interactive narrative». The extract «Interaction as an Aspect of modern Aesthetics» is published in dichtung digital, a journal for reviews and scholarship about digital literature and art.
2001 Semester abroad at Berlin University of the Arts › Experimental Media Design › Prof. Joachim Sauter
2000 Workshop with Alan Fletcher at Fabrica, Bentetton’s communication research centre in Treviso, Italy
PUBLIC LECTURES / WORKSHOPS / EXHIBITIONS / JURY
2011 Jury member for «100 Best Posters of the Year 2010. Germany, Austria and Switzerland»
2010 Public lecture and Workshop › Hands on! Posterdesign › University of Applied Sciences Vorarlberg and The Austrian Federal Economic Chamber. Concept and hosting with Prof. Heike Grebin
2010 Exhibition › 1st Graphic Design Biennale Germany China 2010 › Participation in Xi'an, China and Offenbach am Main, Germany
2009 Jury member › AdWin 2009 › Advertising Price Vorarlberg, Austria
2008 Public lecture on book design in Vienna › invited by the Austrian Typographic Society
2007 Panel discussion on the role of design in everyday life ›
«Talk Quintet» hosted by Nauka Kirschner › Designmai, Berlin
2005 Public Lecture on Typography › Technical University of Berlin, Department for Architecture

 AWARDS
2009 The poster «Gartenzeit» (Garden Time) was selected as one of the «100 Best Posters of the Year 2008. Germany, Austria and Switzerland»
2008 The poster «Kaffeetafel» (Coffee table) was nominated for the «German Design Award» › Concept and design with Christiane Hämmerle
2008 The book «Sexarbeit» (Sexwork) was nominated for the «German Design Award» › Concept and design with Heike Grebin
2007 The book «Sexarbeit» (Sexwork) won the 1st Price on the competition «The Most Beautiful German Books 2006» › Concept and design with Heike Grebin
2007 The poster «Kaffeetafel» (Coffee table) was selected as one of the «100 Best Posters of the Year 2006. Germany, Austria and Switzerland › Concept and design with Christiane Hämmerle
2006 The poster «The Legend of the Manifesto of the Communist Party» was selected as one of the «100 Best Posters of the Year 2005. Germany, Austria and Switzerland › Concept and design with the illustrator «Atak» and Ian Warner
2005 The competition catalogue «100 Best Posters 03» was selected as one of «The Most Beautiful German Books 2004» › Concept and design with Ian Warner

 References in Design Publications (Selection)
2011 Page – Magazine for Media Design 05/2011, Ebner Verlag Gmbh & Co. Kg: «Elvira Barriga. What do you read?»
2010 Novum – World of Graphic Design 09/10, Stiebner Verlag: «Showroom : Studio blotto design», p. 56 – 61
2008 Graphic Design Inspiration, by Flo Gaertner and Lars Harmsen, daab
2007 Designer Portraits, by Melchoir Imboden, Verlag Niggli AG, Sulgen/Zürich, p. 64 – 67
2007 New Visual Works – German Graphic Style, LiaoNing Technological Publishing Co., China, p. 58 – 65
2007 Novum – World of Graphic Design 08/07, Stiebner Verlag, p. 54
2005 All Men are Brothers, He Jianping, Berlin, p. 88 – 93
2005 Es gibt keine Konkurrenz zu uns – Design in Berlin, edited by Heinz Hirdina, Helmut Staubach and Matthias Gubig, Vice Versa Verlag, Berlin, p. 44 – 47