Founder And Ceo Dipl. Designerin
Currentbarbara baumann, began to study history of art at the university of stuttgart before she changed the subject to visual communication at the hochschule für gestaltung schwäbisch gmünd. having completed her studies with the diploma in 1977 and briefly stayed in berlin, she and her husband and partner returned to the south german town close to stuttgart to establish the design studio of baumann + baumann in 1978.together with their team they develop comprehensive corporate design and communication concepts for companies, institutions and communities, for exhibitions and trade fairs, for orientation and information systems. they design books and posters as well as digital developments for websites and presentation templates.well-known is their work for the german bundestag in bonn, for the great court of the british museum in london, for international companies such as daimler, siemens, wmf, bulthaup and messe münchen. but many smaller campaigns and cultural or social institutions also bear the stamp of their design.barbara and gerd baumann often speak on their subject domestically and abroad and held guest professorships, among them at the hochschule der künste bremen, the kunsthochschule berlin-weissensee, the free university of bolzano, the kyoto university of art & design and the icograda world congress nagoya. for several years they held yearly workshops at the musashino art university in tokyo.baumann + baumann have enjoyed a number of extensive publications in magazines and books and have been continuously awarded numerous national and international prizes throughout their careers. they are also members of honor of the type directors club tokyo.www.baumannandbaumann.com
