THE STUDIO

Avant les Vacances is a design studio for visual and interactive affairs. Rooted in concepts and designs for printed matter, the studio’s focus has subsequently expanded into the digital sphere. I believe that good digital designs come from a deep understanding of the content and the technical structure. Therefore I engage at the intersection of these three fields. This helps me developing user centered concepts with a thriving & intuitive visual language based on latest technology. My services focus on visual identities, publications and digital products for clients from the fields of art & design, culture and education.
Catharina Grözinger
Avant les Vacances
Vollandstraße 18
70597 Stuttgart
info@avantlesvacances.com
+49 151 - 14 90 10 40


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EDUCATION
 
2012 – 19 Diploma in Communication Design (major), Media Arts and Art Research (minor), Karlsruhe University of Arts and Design
2016 Asterisk Summer School, Tallinn

WORK EXPERIENCE
 
2014 – 15 Karlsruhe University of Arts and Design
2015 Do you read me?!, Berlin
2016 – 17Baden State Library, Karlsruhe
2017 – 18Studio Veronica Ditting, London
2018 German Society for Design Theory and Research, Berlin
2020 – Archaeological State Museum Baden-Württemberg, Konstanz

EXHIBITIONS
 
2012 11 zu 8, Baden Art Association, Karlsruhe
2014 – 19Rundgang, Karlsruhe University of Arts and Design
2016 Poster Competition, Graphic Design Festival Scotland, Glasgow
2016 You hung up, no you, ßpace Off-Space, Karlsruhe
2018 You don't know what it smells like, Playground Off-Space, London
2019 Image Object Space, diploma presentation, Karlsruhe University of Arts and Design
2021 Here we are! Women in Design 1900 – today, Vitra Design Museum

TALKS & LECTURES
 
2018 Living Minimalism, Interview with Southwestern Radio Station (SWR)
2019 Zero and Anchor, Saturday Type Fever by No Foundry, Karlsruhe University of Arts and Design
2019 Brick by Brick, Gestalten des Rechts, Open Codes Begleitprogramm, ZKM | Center for Art and Media, Karlsruhe
2019 Image Object Space, diploma presentation, Karlsruhe University of Arts and Design
2021 How to: Spiele zur Kunst, Coding da Vinci Schleswig-Holstein 2021, Kiel
2021 Beyond the Canon II, Guest Lecture, Karlsruhe University of Arts and Design

AWARDS & GRANDS
 
2016 Shortlist Poster Competition, Graphic Design Festival Scotland Poster Competition, Glasgow
2020 Most User-Centered App, Coding da Vinci Saar-Lor-Lux 2020, Saarbrücken
2020 Stipend by Deutsche Nationalbibliothek | Deutsche Digitale Bibliothek, Frankfurt
2021 Grand in the program Kulturgemeinschaften by Kulturstiftung der Länder, Saarbrücken
2022 Grand in the program dive in, Programm für digitale Interaktion by Kulturstiftung des Bundes, Berlin

COLLABORATIONS
 
2016 Karlsruhe University of Arts and Design
2017 Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Institute of Applied Geoscience
2017 ZKM | Center for Art and Media, Karlsruhe
2019 The Federal Public Prosecutor General of Germany, Karlsruhe
2019 Victoria & Albert Museum, London
2020 – Institut für Aktuelle Kunst, Saarbrücken
2021 Schauwerk Sindelfingen