International Design Talks

The King is Customer

Julian Zimmermann, King Bansah
London 2011
Saturday, 22 October 2011 | 16:00 |
english
How do you develop an image profile for a real king? Julian Zimmermann will talk about the exciting work he did with King Bansah, who lives in Germany and works as a mechanic while still ruling his people in Ghana.

Julian Zimmermann

Julian Zimmermann, born in 1983, lives, works and studies in Mannheim. His design profile for King Bansah was developed as part of his work on a bachelor’s of communication design at Mannheim College. Zimmermann concentrates on typography, and corporate and editorial design. Among other accolades,... Read More

King Bansah

A young boy grew up in a small village in Ghana who liked to work on cars and dreamed of owning his own company. His name was Céphas Bansah. His grandfather, the king of Hohoe Ghana, helped him fulfil that dream and sent him to Ludwigshafen in Germany, where he soon earned two master craftsman... Read More