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 – 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, 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) – 2024 – 2:30 min. – Animated short
Chronos – 2023 – 1:20 min. – Experimental short
Dix meets Bix – 2022 – 60:00 min. – Audiovisual performance
Touched – 2022 – 1:50 min. – Experimental short
Im Trüben – 2020 – 144 pp. – Catalog of metaphors
Reanimation – 2019 – 1:10 min. – Animated short
Imbalance – 2018 – 1:30 min. – Animated short
Winner of The Motion Awards 2024 – DIN / Student>Open Format
Nominated for The Motion Awards 2024 – DIN / Experimental
Gold at ADC Talent Award 2024 – DIN / Abschl.-Arb>Motion Design
Silver at ADC Talent Award 2024 – DIN / Abschl.-Arb>Experiment
Silver at ADC Europe Student Awards 2024 – DIN / Film Craft
Four Stars at BIAFF 2025 – Imbalance
Nominated for Best 60-Second Film at BIAFF 2025 – Imbalance
Nominated for Best Animation at BIAFF 2025 – Imbalance
Student merit at Young Ones ADC 2024 – DIN / Film Craft
Special mention at AED Neuland 2021 – Im Trüben
Special mention at DIA-Preis 2019 – Reanimation
Talk at FMX 2025 conference (DE) – May 2025
Talk at ADC Creative Club Stuttgart 2023 (DE) – Nov 2023
Lecture at Kapuziner Kreativzentrum (DE) – Aug 2022
Talk at DIA Hochschule Wismar 2021 (DE) – Jun 2021
Screening at BIAFF 2025 (UK) – Imbalance – Apr 2025
Screening at Demo Festival 2025 (NL) – Dix meets Bix – Jan 2025
Screening at ITFS (DE) – DIN / Hochschulpräsentation – Apr 2024
Screening at UNiCA 2024 (PL) – Imbalance – Mar 2024
Screening at 30. Deutscher Minutenwettbewerb (DE) – Imbalance – Apr 2023
Performance at Kunstmuseum Stuttgart (DE) – Dix meets Bix – Nov 2022
Exhibition “DIA 2022” at Galerie hinter dem Rathaus (DE) – Im Trüben – 2022
Exhibition “Kunst gegen den Stillstand” at Peter-Weiss-Haus (DE) – Im Trüben – Sep 2020
Screening at Filmfest Dresden 2017 (DE) – Wahn & Holf / Kids special – Apr 2017
Article “FMX Drops 2025 Conference Trailer“ at AWN – Nov 2024
Dancing in Norms got selected as FMX 2025 conference trailer – Nov 2024
FMX 2025 Trailer on YouTube – Nov 2024
Featured at Fonts In Use – Sonnentraum – Oct 2023
Article “Live-Jazz und animierte Kunst” at re.flect – Dix meets Bix – Nov 2022
Lettering for “Homebound Vol.1” by Cihan Tamti – Nov 2020
Featured at Call for Creatives – Im Trüben – 2020
Featured at Design Made in Germany – Im Trüben – 2020