Christoph Niemann on the art of reinvention

Christoph Niemann is an illustrator, artist, and author. His work has appeared on the covers of The New Yorker, WIRED and The New York Times Magazine and has won awards from AIGA, the Art Directors Club and The Lead Awards. His corporate clients include Google, St. Moritz, Herman Miller and The Museum of Modern Art. He is a member of the Alliance Graphique Internationale. He has drawn live from the Venice Art Biennale, the Olympic Games in London, and he has sketched the New York City Marathon — while actually running it. He created The New Yorker’s first Augmented Reality Cover as well as a hand drawn 360 degree VR animation for the magazine’s US Open issue. But all accomplishments and accolades aside, even artists at the top of their craft need a reinvention every once in a while. For Christoph, that was leaving the NYC editorial world to venture out on his own, in a new country with new challenges. But all accomplishments and accolades aside, even artists at the top of their craft need a reinvention every once in a while. For Christoph, that was leaving the NYC editorial world to venture out on his own, in a new country with new challenges.