Samuel Lewek
Ludwigsburg, DE
Hello! I’m a research-driven art director and motion designer with a focus on typography & abstract shapes. I like to dig deep in the mud to find a different angle on a problem.
Get in touch if you have a project in mind, a great font to share or if you’re interested in the topics of body & movement!
Freelance Motion Designer and Art Director since 2021.
Previously Motion Designer at Studio Dumbar.
Member of the FMX conference program board.
Postgraduate in Motion Design, Filmakademie Baden-Württemberg.
Communication Design graduate, Hochschule Wismar.
Visual and kinetic brand systems
I worked with (selection): Musikinformationszentrum, Kunstmuseum Stuttgart, FMX Conference, Studio Dumbar for Apple Music, Studio Dumbar for Google/YouTube, Studio Dumbar for LVMH, Studio Dumbar for Meta, Studio Dumbar for OpenAI, Studio Dumbar for Theater Rotterdam, Panama for bwegt, Panama for Mercedes, Docuvista for ZDF, M.A.R.K.13.
Dancing in Norms (DIN)
Chronos
Dix meets Bix
Touched
Im Trüben
Reanimation
Imbalance
Winner of The Motion Awards 2024
Nominated for The Motion Awards 2024
Gold at ADC Talent Award 2024
Silver at ADC Talent Award 2024
Silver at ADC Europe Student Awards 2024
Four Stars at BIAFF 2025
Nominated for Best 60-Second Film at BIAFF 2025
Nominated for Best Animation at BIAFF 2025
Student merit at Young Ones ADC 2024
Special mention at AED Neuland 2021
Special mention at DIA-Preis 2019
Talk at FMX 2025 conference (DE)
Talk at ADC Creative Club Stuttgart 2023 (DE)
Lecture at Kapuziner Kreativzentrum (DE)
Talk at DIA Hochschule Wismar 2021 (DE)
Screening at BIAFF 2025 (UK)
Screening at Demo Festival 2025 (NL)
Screening at ITFS (DE)
Screening at UNiCA 2024 (PL)
Screening at 30. Deutscher Minutenwettbewerb (DE)
Performance at Kunstmuseum Stuttgart (DE)
Exhibition “DIA 2022” at Galerie hinter dem Rathaus (DE)
Exhibition “Kunst gegen den Stillstand” at Peter-Weiss-Haus (DE)
Screening at Filmfest Dresden 2017 (DE)
Article “FMX Drops 2025 Conference Trailer“ at AWN
Dancing in Norms got selected as FMX 2025 conference trailer
FMX 2025 Trailer on YouTube
Featured at Fonts In Use
Article “Live-Jazz und animierte Kunst” at re.flect
Lettering for “Homebound Vol.1” by Cihan Tamti
Featured at Call for Creatives
Featured at Design Made in Germany