International Jury
Anette Lenz is usually
called a “French designer of
German origin”. Quite a risky
combination of elements,
almost like ice and fire. Rigid
German typography and
French artistic freedom — they
live side by side in her works.
Fire doesn’t die out, only grows
stronger, ice doesn’t melt.
She studied graphic design in
Munich. Twenty years ago she
moved to Paris to work there.
Before opening her own studio,
she worked with brilliant
Alex Jordan in the legendary
design team Grapus and
became a co-founder of the
Nous Travaillons Ensembles
design studio that participated
several times in the Golden
Bee biennale. In 2006 Anette
Lenz was awarded Golden
Bee 7 Grand Prix for a series
of large scale theatre posters
created together with Vincent
Perrottet.
Oleg Veklenko worked in
the international jury that
she headed at the Chaumont
festival. He describes her as
shy, gentle and delicate “to
the extreme”. You would
say the opposite about her
works — daring, vivid, creative,
and incredibly powerful.
Her portfolio includes
corporate styles for several
French cities, huge poster
series for Paris theatres; there
are the French Ministry of
Foreign Affairs, Ministry of
Culture and Communication,
museums, hotels, television
channels on her client list.
Anette Lenz has given master
classes and workshops in many
cities of the world. In 1999
she became a member of the
extremely closed, elite club
AGI (Alliance Graphique Internationale).