Max Kisman ( Doetinchem 1953, the Netherlands) is educated in graphic design, illustration and animation at the Academy for Art and Industry in Enschede and the Gerrit Rietveld Academy in Amsterdam (1972-1977). He designs exhibitions, books, magazines, calendars, animations, posters, post stamps and typefaces. Co-founded 1986 TYP/Typografisch Papier an alternative magazine on typography and art. In the mid eighties he pioneered with digital technology in graphic design for the Red Cross stamps for the Dutch PTT, worke with Louis Rosseto on the pre-Wired 'Language Technology' magazine and posters for the 'Paradiso' concerthall in Amsterdam. Lectured graphic design at the HKU in Utrecht and the Gerrit Rieveld Academy in Amsterdam. Worked and lived in Barcelona from 1989-1992. Designed typefaces for FontShop International and 'Fuse'. From 1992 on he designs animations for program announcements of the Dutch progressive public television broadcasting station VPRO and is associated with the graphic design collective 'Wild Plakken'. In 1994 he became more involved in graphic design for digital and interactive media with the World Wide Web servers of VPRO-digital and HotWired. In 1995 he received the audience award at the Design Prize of the City of Rotterdam for his television graphics and animation. Currently he works besides VPRO television for the Internatonal Film Festival Rotterdam. His work and ideas are published in design books and magazines in France, Spain, Germany, USA, Great Britain, Japan and the Netherlands.

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