The Kimono – Craft, Usage and Meaning

Bachelorproject Summer Semester 2011

You can visit the Website here: http://www.Asanoha-Kimono.com






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Posted on July 20th, 2011 in Blog, Portfolio | No Comments »

Es werde Licht!

Winter Semester 2010/11


This graphic was made as a group project of the Information Design major and was created for the German newspaper “Die Zeit“.

While the vector graphics and research were made by everyone of the group, I was additionally in charge of making the 3D-Model in Cinema 4D.

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Posted on June 20th, 2011 in Blog, Portfolio | No Comments »

Kimono

Internship at Golden Section Graphics 2010


I did the research and graphics for this infographics during my stay at Golden Section Graphics. It was published in the German newspaper “Die Zeit” in May 2010.

During the reasearch of this project, I got interested in the world of Kimono.

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Posted on May 29th, 2010 in Blog, Portfolio | No Comments »

First Solar

Internship at Golden Section Graphics 2010

The later picture is what it looked like being built into the magazine. The diagramm shows the prices solar energy and was made for Fast Company.

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Posted on January 31st, 2010 in Blog, Portfolio | No Comments »

bentô!

Summer Semester 2009

This was my first semester project in the Information Graphic major. It’s made entirely in Adobe Illustrator and Flash (Actionscript 3).

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Posted on July 1st, 2009 in Portfolio | No Comments »

Profile

I’m Astrid Zacharias, born on October 5th 1987 and currently living in Augsburg (Germany).

I’ve been studying Communication Design since 2007 and found the perfect field for me when I chose “Information Design” as my major subject. I hope to keep working in this field after graduation, so I’m working hard to improve my skills and knowledge. Check out my portfolio to view some of my past works! And if you like some more facts about me, keep reading this page. : )

Education

1998 – 2005
Maria-Theresia-Gymnasium Augsburg

2005 – 2007
Fachoberschule Augsburg, Design

October 2005 – February 2006
Production Media (Graphic design /Internship)

2007 – 2011
University of Applied Sciences Augsburg, Communication Design

October 2009 – February 2010
Golden Section Graphics (Information graphic design / Internship)

Occupation

Since 2012
Wort&Bild Verlag (Information graphic design)

Clients

Wort&Bild Verlag (Infographics for the magazines “Apotheken Umschau”, “Seniorenratgeber”, “Baby und Familie” and the iPhone App “Apotheken App”)
Die Zeit (Wholepage infographics)
University of Applied Sciences (Graphics for the new University buildings)
VDRJ (Jury and Brochure)
PATRIZIA Immobilien AG (Website Relaunch for KinderHaus-Stiftung)
Finanz Informatik der Sparkassen Finanzgruppe

Languages

German (native)
English (fluent)
French (basic)
Japanese (basic)

 

Skills

Adobe Illustrator (my favourite program)
Adobe InDesign, Photoshop, Flash
MAXON Cinema 4D (good)
HTML, CSS (good)
php, javascript (basics)

 

Interests

Music, Japanese Culture, Webdesign, Concert Photography