visual artist, shape shaker, line dreamer
Augsburg, Germany (but sometimes nowhere, everywhere)
Augsburg, Germany (but sometimes nowhere, everywhere)
2001 → 2009
Art Director. Then Creative Director.
He shaped visuals, built worlds,
guided teams through chaos and clarity.
Studios buzzed. Clients called.
Art Director. Then Creative Director.
He shaped visuals, built worlds,
guided teams through chaos and clarity.
Studios buzzed. Clients called.
2009 → ∞
Freelance? Free-lance?
Freed the lance.
Static, motion, interactive — collide, dissolve, rebuild.
Freelance? Free-lance?
Freed the lance.
Static, motion, interactive — collide, dissolve, rebuild.
He speaks (sometimes).
At conferences, at events, in rooms filled with cables and curious minds.
At conferences, at events, in rooms filled with cables and curious minds.
His work — seen. Shown. Printed. Projected.
Magazines frame it. Exhibitions hang it. It breathes.
Magazines frame it. Exhibitions hang it. It breathes.
Curiosity: the compass. Storytelling: the fuel.
Design is not design. Art is not art.
Sebastian Onufszak is not a name — it’s Boing Boom Zak.
Design is not design. Art is not art.
Sebastian Onufszak is not a name — it’s Boing Boom Zak.
Featured in magazines
Print Magazine, Computer Arts, IdN Magazine, Novum, Page, Forbes, University Affairs, Designaré, Digital Arts, Invasiva, Werbewoche, Photoshop Advanced, ex Magazine, BranD, Design, Rocketeer, Cover, Label, ADC Sushi 13
Featured in books
Lemon Poppy, Seed, Atlas of Graphic Designers, Clubspotting, Blackflood, Neuland, Psychedelic Pop, Designerstrich, 100% European Graphic Design, Web Design Index 7, Monarch Series, Illusive 2, Isolated, Flashback, A Thousand Tips by a Hundred Graphic Designers, Motion Graphic in Europe, Graphic Waves, Artsin Square Issue 7, Friend of the Artist 17, Feierabend Websites 2, Web Design Index 6
Worked for studios and agencies
1806 Agency, Milano
1st Ave Machine, Buenos Aires
Aixsponza, Munich
BaconX, Copenhagen
BigFish, Berlin
Buck, Los Angeles/New York
Charlex, New York
Cutwater, San Francisco
Congaz, Düsseldorf
Digital Kitchen, Seattle
Elastic, Santa Monica
Elastique, Cologne
Frame, Copenhagen
Goodby, Silverstein & Partners
Havas, Munich
Infected, Hamburg
Kolle & Rebbe, Hamburg
Los York, Los Angeles
Mackevision, Stuttgart
McCann, New York
McKinney, New York
Mily Kadz, Paris
Ogilvy, New York
Parasol Island, Düsseldorf
Pink Salt, Mailand
Radical Media, London
Red Paper Heart, New York
Sehsucht, Hamburg
Serviceplan, Berlin
State, Los Angeles
Sturdy, Los Angeles
Tendril, Toronto
We Are Royale, Los Angeles
Worked for brands
Adidas
Adobe
Apple
Audi
BASF
BMW
Deutsche Telekom
Coca-Cola
Electronic Arts
ESPN
Facebook
Forbes
Ford
Google
IBM
KUKA
McDonald’s
Mercedes
Motorola
MTV
ProSiebenSat.1
Netflix
Nike
Pepsico
Porsche
Ray Ban
Red Bull
Samsung
Starbucks
UNHCR
Verizon
Volkswagen
Volvo