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EDITED
BY TOMMI BREM
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LAST
UPDATE: 21.06.2008
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VOLKMER, EYKE
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The illustrator Eyke Volkmer was born in Istanbul, Turkey
in the 1030ies. His parents were german. His youth brought
him to Berlin during the WW2 and later to Bavaria at
the end of the war. After the war he lived in Bremen
and returned to Munich to study graphic design, while
the rest of his family moved back to Istanbul.
While studying, he joined the Atelier Lorenz in Munich,
where he started illustrating the covers of science
fiction books published by Goldmann. When he left Lorenz,
he took his client with him.
His style is very unique, which was pushed by Wilhelm
Goldmann, who said that he wanted book covers which
were different from the other publications at the time.
When Volkmer brought in his designs, Goldmann once remarked:
"It doesn't look like that in outer space!"
Nevertheless, Volkmer designed the first 163 paperbacks
of the series "Weltraum Taschenbücher".
Today, Volkmer lives in Munich and is enjoying life.
An interview with Eyke Volkmer was published as Houdini
Nation bulletin. It can be accessed here:
Houdini Nation Bulletins
WELTRAUMTASCHENBUCH
The special exhibition of all 163 copies of "Goldmann
Weltraum Taschenbücher" is online here:
Weltraumtaschenbuch.de
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TOMMI BREM 2008
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