Ann Richter (*1987) is a graphic designer based in Berlin. In 2015, she co-founded Studio Pandan with Pia Christmann. The studio develops visual identities, publications, digital applications, and exhibitions, primarily for clients and institutions in the fields of art and culture.

At the core of her practice is an engagement with typography and language, and with the question of how design not only communicates content but actively shapes it. She is interested in visual systems that emerge from the specific conditions of a project, unfold across different media, and remain open to change. Her practice moves between applied design, research, and experimentation, seeking forms that engage with, question, and reconfigure conventions and existing visual orders.

Richter studied Visual Communication at the State Academy of Art and Design Stuttgart and Graphic Design and Book Art at the Academy of Fine Arts Leipzig. Her professional experience includes working at Project Projects in New York and Graphic Thought Facility in London. Her work has been exhibited internationally and has received numerous distinctions, including at the International Biennials of Graphic Design Brno, at Haus der Kulturen der Welt Berlin, Weltformat Graphic Design Festival Luzern, and the Stiftung Buchkunst.

Since 2018, she has taught at various art and design schools, including Berlin University of the Arts, Burg Giebichenstein University of Art and Design Halle, University of the Arts Bremen, Academy of Fine Arts Nuremberg, and Muthesius University of Fine Arts and Design Kiel.

Projects (Selection) + –

  • The Best German Book Design 2026, Stiftung Buchkunst / Publication (2026)

  • Georg Kolbe Museum, Berlin / Visual identity, publications, and exhibition design (since 2025)

  • Center for Literature – Burg Hülshoff / Visual communication and exhibition design (since 2021)

  • Künstler Bremen / Visual identity and website (2018–2024)

  • AIGA Eye on Design Magazine #05 “Distraction” / Editorial design (2019)

  • Guggenheim Museum Bilbao, “Architecture Effects” / Visual identity and exhibition design (2018)

Exhibitions / Awards / Publications + –

  • Slanted Magazine #47 Digital Tools / Publication contribution (2026)

  • Archiv der Avantgarden, Staatliche Kunstsammlungen Dresden and Freie Universität Berlin: “Einladung — Archiv als Ereignis,” Spector Books / Publication contribution (2025)

  • Museum für Kunst und Gewerbe Hamburg / “The F*Word. Guerrilla Girls and Feminist Graphic Design” (2023)

  • ADC Art Directors Club / Award for “Positionen Magazin” (2022)

  • Weltformat Graphic Design Festival Lucerne / Group exhibition (2021)

  • Stiftung Buchkunst, The Best German Book Design / Award for “Beethoven. Welt. Bürger. Musik” (2020)

  • Onomatopee 178: “Exhibition Views. Subjectivity in Post-Digital Times” / Co-edited as part of the A. R. practice collective (2020)

  • Willy Fleckhaus Award, ADC Art Directors Club / 2nd Prize for “Edit Magazin” (2020)

  • Stack Awards / Shortlisted for Magazine & Cover of the Year for AIGA Eye on Design #05 “Distraction” (2019)

  • Institute of Advanced Uncertainty: “All Possible Futures: Unrealized Archive 2,” San Francisco / Group exhibition (2018)

  • 28th International Biennial of Graphic Design Brno / International Exhibition (2018)