Agnes Meyer-Wilmes

Agnes Meyer-Wilmes is a Lecturer for Special Tasks in DTP Design at the Faculty of Art, Offenbach University of Art and Design. She has been teaching at HfG Offenbach since 2008, bringing extensive professional experience from editorial design and advertising agencies in Munich. She is also self-employed through her design agency, amw-design, founded in 1996.

Education:

• Studied Graphic Design at the University of the Arts Bremen (HFK Bremen)

Her research and teaching focus on the intersection of visual and textual communication, particularly in editorial and advertising contexts. She explores text-image relationships, page composition, and design for media such as newspapers, magazines, and corporate publications. Her work bridges academic inquiry with professional design practice.

The recent publications and lectures highlight a consistent trajectory in visual communication, editorial design, and design education. Themes include interpretive design, layout criteria, and multimodal learning, reflecting both academic rigor and industry relevance.

Professional Engagements and Workshops:

• Academy of Fashion + Design (amd Munich): Creative techniques (2005–2007)
• Texterschmiede Hamburg: Workshop Image & Imagination (2007–2008)
• Seminars for specialists at vdmz Munich, bd Stuttgart, vdmh Frankfurt
• Lectures at INTED Valencia, PubKon Berlin, and NonWord Frankfurt

She has also provided project support at the German School of Journalism and reviewed corporate publications like Audi-Mobil. Her design work includes art direction for clients such as Das Erste, Goethe University Frankfurt, and Grundy Light Entertainment.