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Prof. Dipl.-Des. Anja Stöffler
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Prof. Dipl.-Des. Anja Stöffler

School of Design | Department of Media Design
Professor of Digital Design
Animation, Motion Design & Knowledge Media
– Research Profile, Mainz University of Applied Sciences – Senate Committee for Research & Knowledge Transfer – Committee for Teaching & Learning – Supervision of Study Abroad and Internship Semesters – Initiation of the “connect & grow” Mentoring Programme – Initiation & Co-Organisation of the Annual FUTURE MEDIA TALKS
Contributor, img – Institute of Media Design
https://img.hs-mainz.de/en/

Director, z zg – Centre for Time-Based Design
https://www.zeitbasierte-gestaltung.de/en/home/
T +49 6131 628-2336
E anja.stoeffler (at) hs-mainz.de

Hochschule Mainz
Wallstraße 11
55122 Mainz

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Vita

Prof. Anja Stöffler, Diploma in Design 

Studied Communication Design with a focus on moving image at the University of Wuppertal, graduating with a Diploma in Design.
Professional experience includes Art Direction at RTL, ultimately heading sports and news graphics; Motion Designer at ARTE in Strasbourg, working on themed evenings; Creative Director for Marketing and Corporate Design at ZDF in Mainz; and Experience Network Lead at Razorfish in Frankfurt.

Since 2001, Professor of Digital Design (Moving Image) at Mainz University of Applied Sciences, teaching on the Bachelor’s and Master’s programmes in Time-Based Media. Teaching focuses on the conception and production of 2D animation, motion design and knowledge media, including spatial applications.

Head of the Media Design programme from 2001 to 2004 and from 2007 to 2014. Director of img – Institute of Media Design from 2014 to 2021, focusing on media projects and digitalisation. Founded z zg – Centre for Time-Based Design in 2009 and has served as Director ever since.

Publications

2026

FLORA. When Roots Grow into Wonders 

Stöffler, A., Renker, C., Reske, U. & Herkner, B. (Hrsg.). Publikation zur multimedialen Ausstellung im Naturhistorischen Museum und Gutenberg-Museum Mainz, 8. Mai bis 23. August 2026. Institut für Mediengestaltung, Hochschule Mainz, 2026.

german
https://www.gutenberg-shop.de/en/FLORA-Wenn-aus-Wurzeln-Wunder-wachsen/

2021

Transformation in Typography – Through the Medium of the Screen 

Kenna, H., Piechota, J. & Stöffler, A. Polish-Japanese Academy, Warschau; IADT Dublin; Institut für Mediengestaltung, Hochschule Mainz, 2021.

english
https://www.gutenberg-shop.de/en/Transformations-in-Typography-Through-the-Medium-of-the-Screen/

2021

 

2017

Gutenberg Goes Media – Typography and Poetry in Motion 

Stöffler, A. & Dringenberg, R. (Hrsg.). E-Book, Mainz, 2017.

german
https://www.zeitbasierte-gestaltung.de/en/publication/

2015

MOTYF 2014 – Type in Music, the Rhythm of Letters 

Dringenberg, R., Satalecka, E. & Stöffler, A. (Hrsg.). 2nd International Students Moving Type Festival. Warschau, 2015.

english

2014

MOTYF 2013 – International Students Moving Type Festival 

Dringenberg, R., Satalecka, E. & Stöffler, A. (Hrsg.). Warschau, 2014.

english

2013

Moving Types – Letters in Motion 

Dringenberg, R., Ludwig, A. & Stöffler, A. (Hrsg.). Augmented-Reality-Ausstellungskatalog mit „eingebautem Kino“ zur Medienausstellung. 2., erweiterte Auflage. Gutenberg-Museum, Mainz, 2013.

german
https://www.zeitbasierte-gestaltung.de/publikation/

2011

Moving Types – Letterforms in Motion: A Retrospective from the Beginnings of Film to the Present Day 

Dringenberg, R., Ludwig, A. & Stöffler, A. (Hrsg.). Publikation zur Medienausstellung im Gutenberg-Museum Mainz, 21. Oktober 2011 bis 22. April 2012. Gutenberg-Museum, Mainz, 2011.

Researches

2011 – ongoing

Moving Types – Lettern in Bewegung

Research and exhibition project, including the development of the international archive Moving Types – Archive of Audiovisual Communication. Exhibitions: – 2011/2012: Gutenberg Museum, Mainz – 2013: Schwäbisch Gmünd – 2014: Dortmunder U, Dortmund Applied Research in Knowledge Media Research projects in knowledge media, including a focus on sustainability topics.
https://www.zeitbasierte-gestaltung.de

seit 2013

Founded the international festival with partners in Poland, Ireland, the USA and New Zealand. The festival provides a platform for emerging international artists to showcase their work through audiovisual presentations.

2018

Overall direction of the international media festival, including conferences, workshops and exhibitions. Projects and events: - Akademos. A Place for Poets and Philosophers - Future Workshop Labs - Anthropocene – Poetry Events and Performances - Songs of the Radio Tower – Poetry Events and Performances

2018

House of Remembrance – For Democracy and Acceptance

Concept development and implementation of the audiovisual and interactive design for the Haus des Erinnerns (House of Remembrance) in Mainz. Contributors: Prof. Dr. Anett Mehler-Bicher, Joachim Schulte, Max Wolf and Bartek Wieczorek.

seit 2023

Establishment of the alumni network for the Time-Based Media programme.
https://www.hs-mainz.de/studium/studiengaenge/gestaltung/bachelor-zeitbasierte-medien/alumni/

seit 2023

Organisation of the Future Media Talks event series in Mainz.
https://www.hs-mainz.de/studium/studiengaenge/gestaltung/bachelor-zeitbasierte-medien/alumni/

2026

FLORA. When Roots Grow into Wonders

Overall direction of the research and exhibition project FLORA. When Roots Grow into Wonders at the Natural History Museum and the Gutenberg Museum in Mainz. https://flora-ausstellung.de/en/ausstellung
https://flora-ausstellung.de/de

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