Franziska Bauer (1991, DE) is a designer, queer-feminist activist, lecturer, self-publisher and community organizer.

Her work focuses on intersections between theory, poetics, and typography, as well as the process and the performativity of writing with a strong love for multi-paged graphic design. These engagements are embedded into queer-feminism and surrounded by questions of disruption, straight-forwardness, and chaos.

Bauer graduated from University of the Arts Bremen with an MA degree in Integrated Design. Her final thesis (2019) was titled ‘Die gerade Linie, die existiert nur in der Vorstellung’ (‘The straight line exists only as a notion’). Bauer has worked as a lecturer in the fields of typography, gender, and media studies in Bremen, Berlin, and Potsdam. As a freelancer, she has worked with different artists, institutions, and publishers such as Theaterhaus Gessnerallee (Zürich), Kampnagel (Hamburg) or Spector Books (Leipzig). In collaboration with graphic designer Tania Prill, Bauer received The Most Beautiful Swiss Books 2018 award.

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