A B O U T R O B E R T
Robert Nippoldt (born 1977) grew up in Kranenburg on the Lower Rhine. After secondary school, the son of a judge took a wrong turn with law studies before finding his way to Münster in the summer of 1999 to study graphics and illustration at the University of Applied Sciences. His degree project, “Gangster. The Bosses of Chicago”, immediately found its way to a publisher; Nippoldt thereafter focused his work on art books. Following two years’ work, his next book project, “Jazz: The Roaring Twenties in New York” was published in the fall of 2007. Stiftung Buchkunst selected it as the 2007’s most beautiful German book. The last part of the trilogy, “Hollywood in the 30s”, was published in 2010. In 2017 his fourth book “Night falls on the Berlin of the Roaring Twenties” was published. Nippodt and the “Trio Größenwahn“ developed the show „Ein Rätselhafter Schimmer“ - a stage program with live drawings and live music. His art has been featured in numerous exhibitions, including Germany, Switzerland and Spain. His daring book projects teach both him and his publishers the meaning of fear. When he’s not snorkeling or trying to tune his guitar, he’s probably sketching in his studio at Münster’s converted freight depot.
Download biography (PDF)
R E F E R E N C E S / C L I E N T S
The New Yorker, Le Monde, TIME magazine, ARTE magazine, Reader’s Digest, ZEIT, Gerstenberg Verlag, Büchergilde Gutenberg, Bearfamily Records, Mare, Dumont Verlag, JazzThing, Sophiensäle Berlin, AIDA, Deutsche Bahn, Apollo Theater New York, Jacoby & Stuart, Pentagram, Vanity Fair, Mercedes, TASCHEN, …
T E A C H I N G
Lecturer at the Regensburg Academy
Lecturer at the Fachhochschule Münster Fachbereich Design
| C H R O N O L O G I C A L R E S U M E | |
|---|---|
| Robert Wilhelm Nippoldt Oktober 13, 1977 Kranenburg (Kleve) |
| Publications | |
|---|---|
| 2018 | Book: „Night Falls on the Berlin of the Roaring Twenties“, TASCHEN Verlag |
| 2017 | Book: „Es wird Nacht im Berlin der wilden Zwanziger“, TASCHEN Verlag |
| 2014 | Book: “Hollywood in the 30s”, TASCHEN Verlag |
| 2013 | Book “Jazz. New York in the Roaring Twenties”, TASCHEN Verlag |
| 2012 | Book: “Fashion Designers A-Z”, TASCHEN Verlag |
| 2011 | Collector’s edition: “Gangster, Jazz & Hollywood”, Gerstenberg Verlag |
| 2010 | Book: “Hollywood in the 30s”, Gerstenberg Verlag |
| 2008 | CD collection: “Jazz in Germany”, Bear Family Records and Gutenberg Book Guild |
| 2007 | Book: “Jazz: The Roaring Twenties in New York”, Gerstenberg Verlag and Gutenberg Book Guild |
| 2007 | Little board game: “Gangster. The Bosses of Chicago”, LudoArt Verlag |
| 2006 | Board game: “Gangster”, Amigo Verlag |
| 2005 | Book: “Gangster. The Bosses of Chicago”, Gerstenberg Verlag and La Joie de Lire |
| Awards and Prizes | |
|---|---|
| 2019 | German Design Award, Frankfurt |
| ADC Award, New York | |
| Indigo Design Award, Amsterdam | |
| iF Design Award, Hannover | |
| A' Design Award, Como | |
| International Book Award, Phoenix | |
| Econ Megaphon Award, Shortlist, Berlin | |
| 2018 | Red Dot Design Award, Essen |
| International Design Award, Los Angeles | |
| Best Book Award, Los Angeles | |
| Berliner Type Award, Berlin | |
| Auszeichnung vom Art Directors Club, Berlin | |
| Joseph Binder Award, Wien | |
| International Creative Media Award, Meerbusch | |
| Stiftung Buchkunst, Shortlist, Frankfurt | |
| 2016 | German Design Award, Frankfurt |
| 2015 | Best American Infographic, New York |
| 2014 | International Book Award, Los Angeles |
| Good Design Award, Chicago | |
| Joseph Binder Award, Vienna | |
| D&AD Award, London | |
| A’Design Award, Como, Italy | |
| International Design Award, Los Angeles | |
| Best American Infographic, New York | |
| 2012 | Nomination for the German Design Award, Frankfurt |
| 2011 | German Designer Club Award, Frankfurt |
| Red Dot Design Award, Essen | |
| 2010 | “Cinema Book of the Year” Award, German Film Archives, Berlin |
| 2009 | German Record Critics' Award, Berlin |
| 2008 | Nominated for the German Design Prize, Berlin |
| European Design Award, Stockholm | |
| Stiftung Buchkunst Award: Germany’s Most Beautiful Book, Frankfurt | |
| 2007 | Illustrative Award: One of Europe’s Most Beautiful Books, Berlin |
| 2006 | Red Dot Design Award, Essen |
| 2005 | German Designer Club Award, Frankfurt |
| Exhibitions | |
|---|---|
| 2004-2019 | among others: Berlin, Darmstadt, Essen, Frankfurt, Leipzig, Munich, Madrid, Brussels |
| Studies | |
|---|---|
| 1999-2004 | Graphic arts and illustration degree, Münster University of Applied Sciences (Department of Design); formal qualification: graphic designer |