Profile
Friederike Girst and Christine Rampl founded Studio Umlaut in 2013.
The studio umlaut team shares its love for good design and its enthusiasm for innovative concepts. Much of the team's work has received national and international awards.
This is Us
Prof. Friederike Girst, Kommunikations-Designerin, New York Times Magazine, Art Director The National Post/Kanada, Die Woche/Hamburg, Süddeutsche Zeitung Magazin/München. Seit 2006 Lehrstuhl für Visuelle Kommunikation an der Akademie der Bildenden Künste in Nürnberg.
Christine Rampl, Kommunikations-Designerin, Süddeutsche Zeitung Magazin/München, SZ Wissen/München, DVA Stuttgart, Design Report/Hamburg , deutsche bauzeitung, Kosmos, Foco Media Digital Agentur/München.
The Studio Umlaut Guarantee
only the best is good enough for our clients
quick turnover
responsible workflow
holistic approach
one-stop shopping
emotional narratives and storytelling
delivery of key visuals / key moving image
scaleable solutions
visionary engagement
target orientation
cost efficiency
one-voice communication
strategic brand positioning
Awards / Selection
Type Directors Club New York
New York Art Directors Club
Art Directors Club in Kanada
Art Directors Club Deutschland, Gold, Silber, Bronze
Lead Award, Silber, Bronze
Society of News Design
Society of Publication Design, Gold
2000 Young Gun New York
2001 European Young Creative Art Directors Club of Europe
Jury Activities
Lead Award Deutschland
Society of Publication Design USA
Society of New Design USA
Art Directors Club Deutschland
Publications / Selection
Suite 16. Grafik-Design im 21. Jahrtausend, Verlag für Moderne Kunst Nürnberg, 2012
Herrschaftszeiten, Köln: DuMont, 2009
Einblick: Gedanken über die Kunst, gutes Design zu vermitteln, in Bayerns Beste, 10/2009
Wer hat Angst vor Rot, Weiss und Blau? Eine Designanalyse der US-Präsidentschaftskandidaten und ihrer Wahlkampagnen, in: Süddeutsche Zeitung, 5.02.2008
Die Zeichen an der Wand: Schrift im öffentlichen Raum, in Aviso 01/2007
Arts and Graphics Magazin 11|2006
Page Magazine, Hamburg, 04|2000, 01|2002, 11|2006
VORN, 2003, 2004, 2006
Art Directors Club Deutschland Yearbook 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004
Type Directors Club, New York Yearbook 2004
Art Directors Club New York Yearbook 1999, 2000, 2001
Art Directors Club Europe Yearbook 1999, 2000, 2002
Art Directors Club of Canada Yearbook 1999
Sushi 4, 2002
Stern, Special, 2002
Skid, 2000, with Leanne Shapton (with a preface by Bruce McCall)
Print Magazine, USA
Young Guns Article, February 2000
Akademische Mitteilungen 1+2, 1996, 1997
Get in Touch
We are always happy to meet new people.
Give us a call +49(0)172 7325179 or write us [email protected]