Katerina Trakakis is an art director and graphic designer living in Berlin. She studied graphic and communication design at the University of Applied Sciences in Bielefeld and graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in 2014. After her studies, she moved to Berlin, where she first completed an internship with Dan Solbach. From 2015 to 2021, she worked as an art director at Neue Gestaltung. In 2021, she founded her own business and has since worked with and for clients in the cultural sector. Katerina was part of the 2022 Jury for the Förderpreis für junge Buchgestaltung and Erstwerk 22.

Awards/Publications

2021  Type Director’s Club New York, Shortlist Most Beautiful German Books, Red Dot Award
2020  Shortlist Most Beautiful German Books 
2018  Art Director’s Club Germany, Type Director’s Club New York, 100 beste Plakate 17
2017  D&AD, German Design Award, Gute Gestaltung Award/DDC, iF Award, Red Dot Award, Type Director’s Club New York
2016  iF Award
2014  Art Director’s Club Germany
2013  Type Director’s Club New York, 100 beste Plakate 12

For inquiries, questions or just to say hello, please feel free to mail[at]katerinatrakakis.de