Lena Weber is a graphic system designer and creative coder, focusing on the development of design tools and typographic systems.
She is working as a freelancer after completing her master's degree at Bauhaus University in 2022.
In her thesis „Ambiguous Aesthetics – creatively coded graphic design as encrypted information“ she explores the aesthetics of coded design by mixing philosophical and technical with visual approaches.
She is currently teaching in the department of graphic design as part of the „Space for Visual Research“ at Bauhaus University Weimar and as a creative coding instructor at New Design University St. Pölten.
hello@lenaweber.com
+49(0)1633427419
Selected Clients
Forbes Magazine,
Bluemarble Paris SS24,
Zurich University of Arts ZHdK
Bauhaus-University Weimar
Society of Artistic Research Conference
Slate & Ash
Upcoming:
Inscript Experimental Type Festival (virtual): 04-08.10.23 (Talk: 08.10.23)
Teaching
Winter 23/24 – New Design University: Generative Gestaltung
Winter 23/24 – Bauhaus University Weimar: Archiv der Zustände: Zwischen Idee, System & Grafik
Summer 2023 – Bauhaus University Weimar: Tools for Visual Research
Summer 2023 – Hochschule Rhein-Waal: Prototyping & Code
Winter 21/22 – Bauhaus University: Semester-course: Archiv der Aspekte
Workshops
06.09.2012 – Captcha Design Festival: Symposium & Workshop Hochschule Mannheim: RESULTS
20.06.2023 – Bauhaus University Weimar: Introduction to Creative Coding: Processing
10.05.2023 – Workshop AtypI Paris Conference: Let's make a variable COLRv1 Typeface
Lectures/Talks
29.07.2023 – Talk: Lips Talk 2023 / Ladies Wine Design Mannheim
04.05.2023 – Guest Lecture: UdK Berlin, Klasse Hickmann & Burrow: Typographic Systems
21.03.2023 – Guest Lecture: Elisava Barcelona Masters Program: Ambiguous Aesthetics
17.03.2023 – Talk: Creative Coding Meet-up Barcelona: The Aesthetics of Creative Coding
20.01.2023 – Guest Lecture: SRH Berlin School of Design and Communication (BSDC)
13.12.2022 – Guest Lecture: Bauhaus University Weimar: Graphic Systems
Read about my work
Article: It's Nice That – Lena Weber’s animated typeface is a celebration of digital gradients
Interview: Lena Weber on Ambiguous Aesthetics – Interview by Tim Rodenbröker
Interview: Lena Weber on flexiblevisualsystems.info by Martin Lorenz
