Office

LWZ Design & Animation OG
Kranzgasse № 18/8
1150 Vienna, Austria

Office hours

Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday & Thursday: 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Friday: 10 a.m. to 1 p.m.

mail@lwz.studio
00 43 19 55 65 54

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VAT number
ATU76448989

Register of commerce
547641f

Café

There’s a coffee bar in our office called ­Café Bar La Piscina. It is open Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.

Kitchen

We cook everyday and call it a daily dish.

Internship

We offer paid internships for 3 to 6 months. Send your portfolio to tobias@lwz.studio

Current intern

Karin Andrea Grünwald

Former interns

Sona Silberstein was born in Armenia, studies in Würzburg and speaks better German than we do.

Irene Martinez Soler speaks English, German, Catalan, Spanish and Valencian.

Laura Besler studies at the University of Applied Arts Vienna and knows how to open doors without a key.

Felix Malmborg finished his studies in Vienna and is fluent in Danish, Swedish and Ice Hockey. He now works for LWZ full-time 3 days a week. 

Philipp Doringer is back in Vienna from studying at the Design Academy Eindhoven and is a barista professional.

Nadine Hermann studies in Graz and speaks Dutch. Tot Ziens!

Elio Rupp studies in Biel and is a Gooner.  

Teaching

2022 – ongoing, Lecturer & exercise at University of Arts, Linz
2017 – ongoing, Lecturer & exercise at FH Hagenberg – Upper Austria 
2017 – ongoing, Analogue animation exercise at FH Salzbung – Salzburg
2012 – ongoing, Lecturer at TU Vienna Architectural Department for Graphic Design
2013 – 2015, Professorship at HTL-Spengergasse for Animation 

Workshops (Selection)

2018 – 2020, Workshop series – Höhere Graphische Bundes-Lehr- und Versuchsanstalt 
2017, Digitale Welten – Frankfurt, Germany 
2015, Workshop series at the Grammar School Boerhaavegasse
2014, Grammar School HTL1 Bau und Design – Linz
2013, Creative Region – Linz
2011, Künstlerhaus Wien 
2011, Zagreb Animation Festival – Zagreb, Croatia
2010, Vienna Design Week, Schaulabor 

Talks & Jury (Selection)

100 Beste Plakate (Jury, 2024)
Forward Festival – Hamburg, Germany 
Forward Festival – Vienna
ITFS – Stuttgart, Germany
Animago – Munich, Germany 
WEI SRAUM Designforum Tyrol – Innsbruck
Design Austria Young Experts – Designforum MQ
PDP Conference – Fabrica – Novi Sad, Serbia
Creative Mornings – Color
ASIFA One Day Animation Festival – Filmcasino 
MonTalk – Höhere Graphische Bundes-Lehr- und Versuchsanstalt
Forward Festival
↳ Freitag Factory – Zurich, Switzerland
↳ Alte Kongresshalle – Munich, Germany
↳ MAK
Kanoon Center – Teheran, Iran
New Design University – St. Pölten
Universität der Künste – Linz
Spectrum Conference – Cascais, Portugal
Content Award Symposium
Salotto.Vienna – Trieste, Italy
Istanbul International Live Video Festival – Istanbul, Turkey

Awards (Selection)

2022
D&AD Award Wood Pencil  MAK Lab App with Huangart
CCA Bronze »Mobile« & »Digital Craft« MAK Guide with Huangart
Silver Joseph Binder Award »Information Design« Land For Us All exhibition

2021
Art Directors Club Europe — Gold Award Interactive & Mobile »Interactive Design«
CCA Gold 
↳ »Mobile« MAK Lab App with Huangart
CCA Silver 
↳ »Digital Craft« MAK Lab App with Huangart

2020
Gold Joseph Binder Award »Screendesign« MAK Design Lab App
CCA Gold »Sounddesign« Falter Bubble
CCA Bronze
↳ »Print« Falter Bubble
↳ »Animation« Falter Bubble
↳ »Art Direction« Falter Bubble
↳ »TV & Cinema Spot« Falter Bubble
↳ »Text« FM4

2019
Gold German Brand Award »Exhibition« ZKW
Gold German Design Award »Special« ZKW
Best Austrian Animation »Best Commissioned« Falter Bubble

2018
Winner 100 Besten Plakate »FM4«
CCA Bronze »Campaign« FM4 & »Branding« FM4

2017
CCA Bronze »Animation« From Manner with Love

2016
CCA Bronze »Illustration« FM4 Poster Illustration
Winner One Day Animation Festival »Best digital Technique« Ogris Debris
Winner Content Award »Shorts & Digital Conditions« Ogris Debris
Winner Chilemonos »Best International Music Video« Ogris Debris

2012
CCA Distinction »Gesamtkampagne« »Ottakringer«

Exhibitions (Selection)

2024
Over Touriusm – Architekturzentrum Wien

2020
Boden Für Alle – Architekturzentrum Wien
Prospects – MAK Design Sammlung 
Lernen von Corona – MAK 
Joseph Binder Award – Designforum 

2019
MAK Design Lab – MAK
NÖ Landesausstellung – Kasematten – Wiener Neustadt
City Factory – MAK 
FM4 – 100 besten Plakate
↳ Haute école d’art et de design – Genf, Switzerland
↳ Zürcher Hochschule der Künste – Zürich, Switzerland

2018
FM4 – 100 besten Plakate
↳ Kulturforum am Potsdamer Platz – Berlin, Germany
↳ MAK – Vienna
↳ Neues Museum – Nürnberg, Germany
↳ Quartier General – La Chaux-de-Fonds, Switzerland
↳ Weltformat Festival – Luzern, Switzerland
↳ Museum Folkwang – Essen, Germany
↳ ECAL – Lausanne, Switzerland

2017
Subtext: Typedesign – Designforum Wien – Vienna

2016
Ring Ging Bling
↳ Lumina – Cascais, Portugal

2015
Ring Ging Bling
↳ Light in Jerusalem – Jerusalem, Israel
↳ Svetlobna Gverila – Ljubljana, Slovenia

2014
Ring Ging Bling
↳ Signal Light Festival – Prague, Czech Republic
New Rule – Aiiima Creative Lounge Mov (ballesterer) – Tokyo, Japan

2013
Ring Ging Bling
↳ Moscow Design Museum – Moscow, Russia
↳ Hotel am Brilliantengrund 
Captain Metal
↳ Hamburger Botschaft Gallery – Hamburg, Germany 
↳ Heitsch Galerie – Munich, Germany
↳ Die Kunstagentin Gallery – Cologne, Germany

2012
Kinect Installation with Woei for the Austrian Cultural Forum – Galata Tower, Istanbul, Turkey

Credits

LWZ portraits & Studio views — Stefan Reichmann 
Talk Forward Festival — Forward Creatives, Fabian Brennecke
Talk PDP conference — Filip Bogdanovic
Typeface GT Haptik & GT Alpina