Anja is a type designer from Berlin. She’s both, student and teacher, also an organizer and writer at Typostammtisch Berlin, and a convinced team player. For the past 14 years, she’s been collaborating on designing multiscript custom typeface systems for clients such as ZDF, Vorwerk, Cewe, Rossmann, Mozilla, Here, Reporters Without Borders, and others. Her longtime commitment lies within typefaces for children’s reading.
- B.A. Communication Design at Design Akademie Berlin, 2010
- Self-employed type designer, since 2010
- Lecturer for type design at AID Berlin, since 2017
- Organizer / writer at Team Typostammtisch Berlin, since 2018
- Gutenberg-Preis der Stadt Leipzig for Fonts For Freedom, 2019
- Red Dot Winner for Fonts For Freedom, 2019
- Co-founder of bBox Type GmbH together with Ralph du Carrois in 2017, left 2022
- German Design Award for ZDF custom typeface, 2022
- Lecturer at TypeThursday Berlin, 2022
- Guest lecturer at UdK Berlin, 2023
- Font engineering certificate ILT Academy, 2023
- Founder of portal for learning typefaces EduFonts.com, 2023
- Lecturer at HTW Berlin, summer term 2024
- Speaker at Berlin Letters, 2024
- M.A. student “Design & Leadership” (remote/part-time), since 2024
- Guest lecturer at DIPLOMA, 2024
- Talk and Workshop Tag der Schrift in Zurich, 2025
- Panel Discussion & Workshop at D.SIGN Summit by DIPLOMA in Munich, 2025
- Co-authorship of typography coursebooks for distance learning at DIPLOMA, 2025
- Workshops at D.SIGN Summit by DIPLOMA in Hamburg, 2026
Open to commissions, collaborations, talks, classes, ideas and coffee.