Samuel Lewek
Ludwigsburg, Germany

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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!



EXPERIENCE

  1. Freelance Motion Designer and Art Director since 2021.
  2. Previously Motion Designer at Studio Dumbar.
  3. Member of the FMX conference program board.
  4. Postgraduate in Motion Design, Filmakademie Baden-Württemberg.
  5. Communication Design graduate, Hochschule Wismar.

SKILLS

Visual and kinetic brand systems – 2D and 3D motion graphics – Custom lettering – Concept and style development – Art direction – Visual research – Editorial design – Generative design – Streamlining workflows – Exploring new tools

I worked with (selection): Musikinformationszentrum (miz), 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.



PERSONAL PROJECTS

  1. Dancing in Norms (DIN) – 2024 – 2:30 min. – Animated short
  2. Chronos – 2023 – 1:20 min. – Experimental short
  3. Dix meets Bix – 2022 – 60:00 min. – Audiovisual performance
  4. Touched – 2022 – 1:50 min. – Experimental short
  5. Im Trüben – 2020 – 144 pp. – Catalog of metaphors
  6. Reanimation – 2019 – 1:10 min. – Animated short
  7. Imbalance – 2018 – 1:30 min. – Animated short

AWARDS

  1. Winner of The Motion Awards 2024 – DIN / Student>Open Format
  2. Nominated for The Motion Awards 2024 – DIN / Experimental
  3. Gold at ADC Talent Award 2024 – DIN / Abschl.-Arb>Motion Design
  4. Silver at ADC Talent Award 2024 – DIN / Abschl.-Arb>Experiment
  5. Silver at ADC Europe Student Awards 2024 – DIN / Film Craft
  6. Four Stars at BIAFF 2025 – Imbalance
  7. Nominated for Best 60-Second Film at BIAFF 2025 – Imbalance
  8. Nominated for Best Animation at BIAFF 2025 – Imbalance
  9. Student merit at Young Ones ADC 2024 – DIN / Film Craft
  10. Special mention at AED Neuland 2021 – Im Trüben
  11. Special mention at DIA-Preis 2019 – Reanimation

TALKS & WORKSHOPS

  1. Talk at FMX 2025 conference (DE) – May 2025
  2. Talk at ADC Creative Club Stuttgart 2023 (DE) – Nov 2023
  3. Lecture at Kapuziner Kreativzentrum (DE) – Aug 2022
  4. Talk at DIA Hochschule Wismar 2021 (DE) – Jun 2021

SCREENINGS & EXHIBITIONS


  1. Screening at BIAFF 2025 (UK) – Imbalance – Apr 2025
  2. Screening at Demo Festival 2025 (NL) – Dix meets Bix – Jan 2025
  3. Screening at ITFS  (DE) – DIN / Hochschulpräsentation – Apr 2024
  4. Screening at UNiCA 2024 (PL) – Imbalance – Mar 2024
  5. Screening at 30. Deutscher Minutenwettbewerb (DE) – Imbalance – Apr 2023
  6. Performance at Kunstmuseum Stuttgart (DE) – Dix meets Bix – Nov 2022
  7. Exhibition “DIA 2022” at Galerie hinter dem Rathaus (DE) – Im Trüben – 2022
  8. Exhibition “Kunst gegen den Stillstand” at Peter-Weiss-Haus (DE) – Im Trüben – Sep 2020
  9. Screening at Filmfest Dresden 2017 (DE) – Wahn & Holf / Kids special – Apr 2017

WWW

  1. Article “FMX Drops 2025 Conference Trailer“ at AWN – Nov 2024
  2. Dancing in Norms got selected as FMX 2025 conference trailer – Nov 2024
  3. FMX 2025 Trailer on YouTube – Nov 2024
  4. Featured at Fonts In Use – Sonnentraum – Oct 2023
  5. Article “Live-Jazz und animierte Kunst” at re.flect – Dix meets Bix – Nov 2022
  6. Lettering for “Homebound Vol.1” by Cihan Tamti – Nov 2020
  7. Featured at Call for Creatives – Im Trüben – 2020
  8. Featured at Design Made in Germany – Im Trüben – 2020