Dose of Narcissism



ABOUT
Liad Shadmi is a freelance Graphic Designer and Art Director based in Hamburg. He graduated with honors from Shenkar College of Engineering & Design, one of the leading design schools in Israel. Liad specializes in Graphic Design, Brand Identity, Art Direction, Type Design, Print & Layout, and Web Design, with a strong emphasis on Typography in his work. He is passionate about researching design, particularly Vernacular design, and believes that design should be rooted in deep and meaningful research. Liad strives to combine heritage and classic attributes with contemporary virtues in his work.
VITAE
Since 2015 Independent Graphic Designer
2021 - Masters in Visual Communication HAW Hamburg, Germany
2019 - 2020 - Graphic Designer, Popular, Hamburg, Germany
2018 - 2020 - Graphic Designer, Dan Alexander & Co., Paris & Tel-Aviv, France & Israel
2018 - Student Exchange, Weißensee Academy of Art Berlin, Berlin, Germany
2017 - 2017 - Graphic Designer, Brushgunz, Tel Aviv-Yafo, Israel
2016 - 2017 - Graphic Designer Intern, Sisense, Ramat-Gan, Israel
2016 - 2018 - Graphic Designer, Webnoise, Herzliya, Israel
2015 - 2018 - Photography Assistant, Keith Glassman, Tel-Aviv, Israel
2015 - 2019 - Bachelor of Visual Communication, Shenkar, Tel-Aviv, Israel

EXHIBITIONS / EVENTS
Tokyo TDC Exhibition 2023 - Tokyo 2023
Es Findet keine Rundgang Statt - Hamburg 2022
Artstadt - Hamburg 2022
Annoying, too Loud, too Messy - Hamburg 2022
Posterwall - Hamburg 2020
InTransitions - Tel-Aviv 2019
White Elephant - Illustration week Tel-Aviv - Tel-Aviv 2019
Shenkar Graduate Exhibition - Ramat Gan 2019
Desert - La-Culture 29# - Tel-Aviv 2019
Yaffe Lach! - Feminism Awareness Exhibition - Tel-Aviv 2019
Sins - Shenkar, Visual Communication department annual exhibition - Tel-Aviv 2019
The Print Center 93rd ANNUAL International Online Exhibition - Philadelphia 2019
Yami-Ichi, Print Screen Festival - Holon 2018
Home - La-Culture 28# - Tel-Aviv 2018
Typographics - La-Culture 27# - Tel-Aviv 2018
Weißensee Kunsthochschule Annual “Rundgang” - Berlin 2018
Omek - Shenkar, Visual Communication department annual exhibition - Tel-Aviv 2018
Gods - La-Culture 26# - Tel-Aviv 2018
Tel-Aviv GIF festival - Tel-Aviv 2017
Future - La-Culture 25# - Tel-Aviv 2017


TALKS / WORKSHOPS
2023 - Industry Talks - The Alphabetical Room - AAA School of Advertising, Cape Town, South Africa
2023 - THOC - Feeling Type, The Alphabetical Room - Saigon, Vietnam
2023 - Double U - The Alphabetical Room - HAW, Hamburg, Germany
2023 - Hebrew Typography Lecture & Workshop - Muthesius Kunsthochschule, Kiel, Germany
2023 - A Hebrew Perspective on Type Design - HSD, Düsseldorf, Germany
2020 - Store Closing, Everything Must Go - Keystone College, Pennsylvania, USA
AWARDS
2023 - TDC 69, TDC Typography Winner
2023 - TDC Tokyo Prize Nominee
2019 - Azrieli Foundation Prize for Excellence in Studies
2018 - Adobe Awards - Semifinalist
2018 - The Print Center 93rd Competition - Semifinalist
2017 - Azrieli Foundation Prize for Excellence in Studies
2016 - Azrieli Foundation Prize for Excellence in Studies



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