Graphic designer and design curator Jumping He views “Paperwork” as an experimental project that explores the evolution of visual communication at the intersection of print media, digital forms of information, and new technologies.
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Olympia 2008
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A Playful Spirit
Bröhan Museum Aussenaufnahme
Born in Hangzhou, China, in 1973, He came to Berlin in 1997 to study at the Berlin University of the Arts (UdK) after completing his graphic design studies at the China Academy of Art. Today, he heads the design studio “Hesign” in Hangzhou and Berlin and works in the fields of graphic design, design curation, and design publications.
With the “Center for Visual Arts,” which he co-founded, he has also created an important venue for exchange in international graphic and design culture between Asia and Europe.
He not only serves as a “cultural bridge” between Eastern and Western cultures but has also developed his own style and design philosophy through his many years of design practice. His work is characterized by conceptual precision, typographic sensitivity, and an experimental approach to materiality. The artist Ai Weiwei described him as a “designer for the global age.”
Jumping He interprets his own graphic design freely and in a highly artistic manner. He explores the possibilities of graphic design materials. Letters and typographic characters—initially the simplest and most self-evident elements of graphic design—become design elements in their own right. As in calligraphy, he begins to draw with the letters. The letters of the typeface strung together become an image in themselves. And even the far more fundamental basis of graphic design—paper—becomes a design element in its own right. Most of the time, paper remains simply the substrate on which the design takes place. He liberates it from its restrained, purely functional role and, especially in his book designs, makes it an element of the design itself.
The exhibition offers a comprehensive insight into more than 25 years of design practice. On display are posters, books, graphic works, and paper installations that bring to life the diverse possibilities of paper as a medium at the intersection of design, communication, and art.
ACCOMPANYING PROGRAM
Free public tours (plus museum admission) every Sunday at 3 p.m.; no registration required
Exhibition from 13 June to 1 November 2026 at the Bröhan Museum, Berlin
