Gray
As a multidisciplinary designer, Stefanie Grawe has already worked in various creative fields. From editorial design for various magazines, graphic design for an interior design company, a real estate company or a management consultancy to the development of corporate designs for various clients.
Since the beginning of her bachelor studies at the Köln International School of Design, she has also discovered her love for audiovisual media – music and video production as well as visual music. She completed her design studies with the AI thesis »The Black Box Experiment« and won the Lucky Strike Junior Designer Award 2019 in the category »Communication & Media« and has been nominated for the Kölner Design Preis 2019. In 2021 she was also nominated for the German Design Award Newcomer in the category »Communications Design«.
In 2016, 2021 and 2022 Stefanie was a guest lecturer at the Köln International School of Design (KISD) and taught students in music production, sound design and the visualization of their songs, such as artwork and music videos. See the projects here.
Since 2024 she has completed her Master of Music at the Folkwang Institute for Pop Music of Folkwang University of the Arts.
Since then, Stefanie has been working as a freelancer and is looking forward to new projects and collaborations in the field of design and music.
Work
2017 – 2024
Kreutz & Partner GmbH, Cologne
Designer, Print/Digital/AV
2013 – 2016
Corpus Sireo, Cologne
Designer, Print/Digital/AV
2010 – 2012
Droom / Design your room, Cologne
Media Designer, Customized Interior Design/Identity/Print/Digital/AV
Teaching
2022
Lo-Fi Love – Visual Music / Music Visuals
AV Project, Music- and Videoproduction
Köln International School of Design, Cologne
2021
MXL #9 How does the MXL sound?
Producing an Audio Identity & Sound Design
Motion Experience Lab,
Köln International School of Design, Cologne
2016
Music Production with Ableton Live, Course
Köln International School of Design, Cologne
Volunteering
2012 – 2018
null22eins Magazine, Artishocke e.V., Cologne
Graphic Design and Organization
issuu.com/null22eins-magazin
Education
2018 – 2024
Folkwang Institute for Pop-Music,
Folkwang University of the Arts, Bochum
Master of Music, Pop Music
2012 – 2018
Köln International School of Design, Cologne
Bachelor of Arts, Integrated Design
Training/ Internships
2007 – 2010
Luna Media GmbH (formerly MEDIKOM GmbH,
Magazine Publisher, Cologne
Media designer for design
and technology, Digital/Print.
2006 – 2007
LOGO, Agentur für Kunst und Kommunikation,
Göttingen
Photography, Retouching, Graphic Design
2005 – 2005
PC-Technik, Göttingen
Graphic Design
2002 – 2003
Fotodesign Wolf Schuchardt, Göttingen
Photography, Development & Prints, Retouching
International Projects
2015
European Design Radio in Milano, Italy
In cooperation with ENSCI Paris,
Politecnico di Milano, Aalto University Helsinki
and Glasgow School of Art.
2014
Service Design Summer School in Syros, Greece
In cooperation with the University of the aegean, Politecnico di Milano, TU Delft and
Lancaster University.
Exhibition, Performance
& Workshops
2020
Design Pentagon Group
Music for the installation
Museum of Applied Arts (MAKK),
Cologne
2019
The Black Box Experiment Exhibitions
stilwerk, Hamburg
Museum of Applied Arts (MAKK), Cologne
Köln International School of Design, Cologne
2018
Through Tape Audiovisual Installation
Kitev, Oberhausen
2017
The Hacking Orchestra Live Performance
NODE Forum for Digital Arts, Frankfurt
BLUE
Public Light Installation
Köln International School of Design, Cologne
2016
The Hacking Orchestra
Live Performance
Köln International School of Design, Cologne
2015
Seven Spaces – Binaural Installation
Köln International School of Design, Cologne
2014
Sensing the City – Capturing Cologne
Passagen, Cologne
Nature Movement
Köln International School of Design, Cologne
Awards
2020/21
German Design Award Newcomer 2021
Nominee in the category »Communications Design«
2019
Lucky Strike Junior Designer Award 2019
for The Black Box Experiment
Winner in the category »Communication & Media«
kisd.de/news
Cologne Design Prize 2019
for The Black Box Experiment
Nominee
Gray
With her project Gray she produces melancholic electronica and released her debut EP Dialogue Systems in 2022. She played at festivals like Timcheh Electronic Music Festival, c/o Pop festival, Cologne Music Week, KI Biennale, AMAZE festival and was also the opening act for the band Battles. She has collaborated with various artists such as Jlin, Frieder Vogel and Luis Reich of the SONO Kollektiv, which she is also a member of. GRAY produced the song »540°« (2020) for the exhibition »Design Group Pentagon« at the Museum of Applied Arts Cologne. It was released on a limited vinyl edition in collaboration with the museum and the Kompakt Records label, along with the work of producers Thomas Fehlmann, Justus Köhncke and The Bionaut (Jörg Burger). She has also already released the remix »Light Is Winning« for Natalie TBA Beridze (2016) on the Monika Enterprise label.
Gray curated festivals like Timcheh (TEMF) (2021) and female:pressure in concert (2018–2020) in Cologne and hosted and produced her own female pressure radio show on the radio station 674fm (2017–2019).
She was Jury member of the Diana Award | c/o pop xoxo 2020 AI Music Contest.
Gray is currently working on her new album, which will be released in 2025.
Releases
2022
Dialogue Systems (EP)
Dialogue Systems (Frieder Vogel Remix)
Fractal (Jlin Remix)
2021
Fractal (Single)
2020
540° (Single)
Design Pentagon Group
Music for the installation
Limited Vinyl Edition
w/ Thomas Fehlmann, The Bionaut
& Justus Köhnke
Kompakt Records,
Museum of Applied Arts (MAKK)
2019
Ruhr Ding: Territorien
Urbane Künste Ruhr
Route to IfPoM
Soundtrack for the exhibition
2016
Light is winning (Gray Remix)
Remix for Natalie Beridze
Love is winning EP
Concert/ Festival Curator
2021
Timcheh Electronic Music Festival
Video Teaser & Interview
Kunsthafen, Cologne
2018 – 2019
female:pressure in concert, Cologne
Booking, Concert Organization
w/ artists like Loraine James, Tatiana Heuman,
Donna Maya, Acid Maria
Broadcast
2017 – 2019
female:pressure radio on 674.fm, Cologne Radio show, Moderation and Music choice
mixcloud.com/femalepressureradio
Jury Member
2020
Diana Award | c/o pop xoxo 2020
AI Music Contest
Press
Groove Mag
https://groove.de/2022/03/02/motherboard-februar-2022/8/
CDM
https://cdm.link/2022/01/when-tehran-lights-up-koln-pull-up-your-experimental-electronic-caravan-and-celebrate
Kaput Mag
https://kaput-mag.com/catch_de/gray__entlastung-aufatmen-loslassen
Novorama
https://www.novorama.com/playlist/5268-playlist-electro-janvier-2022
A & R Factory
https://www.anrfactory.com/in-motion-remarkable-german-electronic-music-producer-gray-shows-us-the-way-on-her-fractal
Deutschlandfunk
https://www.deutschlandfunk.de/sample-packs-eine-neue-form-des-albums-100.html
Photos: Wolfgang Hansen
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