Christoph Niemann (born 1970 in Waiblingen, W. Germany); illustrator, graphic designer, and (co-)author of several books. Studied at the State Academy of Fine Arts in Stuttgart under Heinz Edelmann. Moved to NYC in 1997. His work has appeared on the covers of The New Yorker, Atlantic Monthly, The NY Times Magazine and American Illustration, and has won awards from AIGA, the Art Directors Club and American Illustration. On June 21, 2013, Google used two of his images to celebrate the 2013 summer and winter solstices as the Google Doodle of the day.[3][4] Niemann was profiled in the first season of the Netflix docu-series Abstract: The Art of Design. ...After 11 years in NYC, he moved to Berlin with his family. (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christoph_Niemann) ... His corporate clients include Google, St. Moritz, LAMY, and The Museum of Modern Art. He is a member of Alliance Graphique Internationale. He has drawn live from the Venice Art Biennale, the Olympic Games in London, and he has sketched the New York City Marathon — while actually running it. He created The New Yorker’s first Augmented Reality Cover as well as a hand-drawn 360 degree VR animation for the magazine’s US Open issue. Niemann is the author of many books, including the monograph “Sunday Sketching” and WORDS, a visual dictionary for children. With Jon Huang he created the kids’ apps PETTING ZOO and CHOMP. In 2010, he was inducted into the Art Directors Club Hall Of Fame. His work will be subject of an episode of Abstract, a new original NETFLIX series (February 2017). (http://www.christophniemann.com/about/) Christoph Niemann’s illustrations have appeared in The New Yorker since 1998. He has contributed 20covers and is the illustrator for James Surowiecki’s column. He is also a visual columnist for the New York Times Magazine. For his column, he draws and writes essays about politics, the economy, art, and modern life. of Fame. (http://www.newyorker.com/contributors/christoph-niemann) undefined

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