Poul Lange

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Poul Lange , also known as Poul Hans Lange , (born 1956, Copenhagen) is a Danish illustrator, graphic designer, photographer, artist and children's book creator, who has won numerous awards for his design work. Since the early 1990s, he has lived and worked in the United States, first in New York City, and then after 2012 in Los Angeles. In 2011, Lange founded "Chocolate Factory Publishing" with his wife, Kayoko Suzuki-Lange. In 2013, Chocolate Factory Publishing released the award-winning children's book app, The Book of Holes .

Over the years, Lange has designed hundreds of book coats and created hundreds of illustrations for print media. His design work also includes editorial design. Collage forms an important part of his design and artwork. A children's book created by Lange was published in 2004. Lange has taught design in New York City and in Copenhagen.

Bio Lange is on "Kraks BlÃƒÆ' Ã‚ Â¥ Bog", Danish Who's Who, which began publishing in 1910.

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Initial years

Lange was born in Frederiksberg, a pocket inside the municipality of Copenhagen, in 1956. He attended Danmarks Designskole from 1980 to 1983, and graduated as BFA with praise.

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New York

Lange traveled to New York City in 1984 to study at the New York School of Visual Arts. After graduating he returned to Copenhagen and worked as a designer from 1985 to 1989.

In 1989 he moved back to New York to work with designers Walter Bernard and Milton Glaser in their company WBMG, a publication design company.

In 1991, Lange started his own design company, "Poul Lange Design".

Los Angeles

In September 2012, Lange and his wife Kayoko Suzuki-Lange moved to Los Angeles and founded "Chocolate Factory Publishing", specializing in children's book apps, including award-winning apps for iPad, The Book of Holes.

Jobs

Book cover

Over the years, Lange has designed hundreds (if not thousands) of book jackets, mostly for Danish publishers.

Illustration

Lange's illustrations have appeared in many major US publications, including the New York Times Time, Time , Washington Post , GQ , and Boston Globe .

In 2013, a historic cocktail recipe book called Storied Sips was published, written by Erica Duecy and illustrated with collage, photo drinks and calligraphy by Poul Lange.

Children's book creator

Lange's first book for children is Hullebogen , known in English as The Book of Holes . An actual hole flows through the book itself and forms the center of all illustrations. Lange drafted, wrote, illustrated, and designed the book, published by Gyldendal, a Danish publisher. This book has been available in the Danish edition since 2006; English edition is planned. This book won AIGA awards in 2006; a jury wrote: "A hole cut across the book is the focus of this children's book about the hole in our body." The presentation of honest information is enhanced by strange images.

In 2010, Lange was working on a children's book, Big Long Lulu , with American novelist Siri Hustvedt. He also worked on other children's books, Little Hand , with Danish poet and writer Naja Marie Aidt.

In 2012, the website shows an ABC book, a collaboration with Annette Lindegaard, Hele verdens ABC .

Children's book app

In 2013, the interactive digital English version of the Lange children's book, The Book of Holes was released by Chocolate Factory Publications as an app for the iPad.

The Book of Holes app was awarded Kirkus Star, which was awarded in 2013 to "Books of Exceptional Merit" at "Best Book Apps Of 2013" provided by Kirkus . This app is described as "Educational and entertaining - and tailor-made to trigger interchanges between younger children and unwary adults." (Informational app iPad 2-5) ". The Kirkus reviews call it "A roomy introduction to a hole, mostly, a kind of anatomy with a touch-activated effect that runs the scale from strange to edgy festive."

Pure art

Lange has held several solo and group exhibitions as a collage artist. He is also known for photography.

Teaching

Lange has taught design in New York City and in Copenhagen:

On faculty at SVA, illustration and graphic design, 2009.
Courses at Danish Design School in Copenhagen
Courses at MediehÃƒÆ'Ã‚Â¸jskolen, Danish School of Media and Journalism, in Copenhagen