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The Rainbowmonkey
Markus Hofko
www.rainbowmonkey.de
info@rainbowmonkey.de
Birthplace: Augsburg, Germany
Residence: Auckland, New Zealand
Connecting cities: Tokyo, Japan/Los Angeles, USA
than create his own style as designer,
he endeavors to reinvent himself on
every occasion, ensuring that each
design possesses its own individual
characteristics.
One of his personal projects “Pie Paper,”
a piece carried out in collaboration
with Simon Oosterdijk, is a publication
about “art, nature, science, and other
miscellaneous areas of modern life.”
THE RAINBOWMONKEY IS the
pseudonym of the visual artist, musician,
and independent designer, Markus Hofko.
He was born in Germany and currently
lives and works in Auckland.
This versatile visual communicator has
worked for various clients in the world
of art, fashion, and television. He works
toward a powerful visual language
which is unique in each project. Rather
Maintaining the focus on detail and
on high standards is essential for this
designer. His skills range from sound
design to the design of printed materials,
3D design, illustration, and motion
graphics. His main objective is to make
the world a more colorful place and
to unleash the primal instinct that lies
within every person. His philosophy is to
be fun, narrative, experimental, focused,
and microscopic – “to be a primate.”
Los Angeles, USA
Augsburg, Germany
Tokyo, Japan
Auckland, New Zealand
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Making Worlds/Exhibition/Diverse print-media/The keyvisual for this show is a modular world that can be extended or transformed. The backside of the poster-
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