Contact + Vita

Benedikt Groß
office: +49 7171 602.660
email: benedikt ät looksgood döt de

vita
Born in southern Germany in 1980. Started studying geography and IT at Stuttgart University in 2002. Dropped out of university and switched to graphic design. Internship with Slog Design, in 2003 begining to study information and media at the HFG Schwäbisch Gmünd; spent practical experience semester in 2005 with Meso in Frankfurt. In 2005/2006 a one year Erasmus exchange at the HGK Basel, institut vis_com. Diploma in 2007 “Generative Systeme - A compendium of visual possibilities of generative techniques”. From summer 2007 to summer 2009 he worked and teached at the HFG Schwäbisch Gmünd. Since 2009 he is working at Intuity Media Lab in Stuttgart.

official output

  • 2008-10 our diploma “Generative Systeme” / :output 11
    Is one of the “winner projects” at the :output Grand Prix
  • 2008-08 Seelenlose Automaten / DigitalArt.LA
    Seelenlose Automaten is showed at DigitalArt.LA - digital art expo international
    in downtown los angeles
  • 2008-04 Attack + Swap and Seelenlose Automaten / Node 08
    Attack + Swap and Seelenlose Automaten are showed at Node 08 - Forum for Digital Art in Frankfurt
  • 2008-04 Workshop / Node 08
    vvvv workshop at Node 08 - Forum for Digital Art in Frankfurt
  • 2008 Seelenlose Automaten / LCAD
    Exhibited in spring 2008 in the Los Angeles Center for Digital Art
  • 2007/2008 Lecturer / HFG Schwäbisch Gmünd
    Teaching various courses at the Hochschule für Gestaltung Schwäbisch Gmünd
  • 2007-10 Attack + Swap / :output 10
    One of the “winner projects” at the :output Grand Prix
  • 2007-03 Medientechnologie / HFG Schwäbisch Gmünd
    Teaching a 5 day fulltime class (lecture + workshop) for masterstudents at the HFG Schwäbisch Gmünd
  • 2006-10 Attack + Swap / Eikones
    Attack + Swap is showed during the opening of the new Eikones building in Basel
  • 2006-04 Raumstaben / Typo Berlin 2006
    “Raumstaben” together with Claudius Lazzeroni, lecture and workshop
  • 2006-03 Workshop / Hyperwerk
    vvvv workshop at Hyperwerk Basel
  • 2005-06 Kelten Digital / iF
    iF communication design award 2005 for Kelten Digital
  • 2005-04 Kelten Digital / fmx-05 conference
    “Kelten digital - Mixed-media-application with flash and director for next generation presentation systems” lecture together Thomas Hoppe, Ron Jagodzinski
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