Katerina Trakakis is a graphic designer and art director based in Berlin.
This website features a selection of past and present projects.
Please feel free to get in touch. For more recent updates follow @katerinatrakakis
Work in progress for c/o pop xoxo (22.–23.04.2021)
Website and Identity for Berlin based Studio Levi
Identity for the 2020 edition of c/o pop Festival from Cologne, including online/social media communication and printed matter. Sadly due to the corona pandemic, the festival couldn’t take place as originally planned. With and for Neue Gestaltung, Berlin.
»Hasenheide 13« documents the history of the ballroom in Berlin Neukölln, which already began before the construction of the venue in the late 19th century and in a way, also reflects the development of Berlin over the past 150 years. 130 x 210 mm, 212 pages, 180 BW images. Published by Sammlung Wemhöner and Jovis Verlag, with and for Neue Gestaltung, Berlin.
Identity for POP Summit 2020 — Federal Conference on Pop Promotion, January 2020, Cologne. Picture taken by Philipp Pongatz.
Monograph on Stefanie Gutheil, showing works from 2008 to 2019. The catalogue was published by Distanz Verlag on the occasion of the exhibition Me and other me September 14th to October 26th at Galerie Russi Klenner, Berlin. With and for Neue Gestaltung, 2019. Shortlisted for the Most Beautiful German Books 2020.
Book design for Yang Fudong—New Women, published by Sammlung Wemhöner and Distanz Verlag on the occasion of the exhibition of New Women at Sexauer Gallery mid 2018. With and for Neue Gestaltung, 2018.
Editorial design for Theater Erlangen’s season program 2018/19, with Philip Reinartz for Neue Gestaltung, 2018.
Premiere Posters for Staatstheater Mainz (selection). With and for Neue Gestaltung, Berlin.
AWARDS/PUBLICATIONS
2021 Certificate of Typographic Excellence – Type Director’s Club New York
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
KATERINA TRAKAKIS, GRAPHIC DESIGN
AND ART DIRECTION
Work in progress for c/o pop xoxo (22.–23.04.2021)
WEBSITE AND IDENTITY FOR STUDIO LEVI
C/O POP FESTIVAL 2020
HASENHEIDE 13
POP SUMMIT 2020
STEFANIE GUTHEIL 2008—2019
YANG FUDONG NEW WOMEN
THEATER ERLANGEN SEASON PROGRAM 18/19
STAATSTHEATER MAINZ PREMIERE POSTERS,
2016–2020
Katerina Trakakis is a graphic designer and art director based in Berlin. She is currently working at Neue Gestaltung. For a full portfolio PDF or just to say hi, please feel free to get in touch ✌
AWARDS/PUBLICATIONS
(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