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Thomas Fuchs (born January 27, 1969 in Aalen, West Germany) is an award-winning illustrator and graphic designer.

Fuchs studied graphic design and illustration with the illustrious Heinz Edelmann at the State Academy of Fine Arts in Stuttgart. After completing his studies with an MFA in '97, he moved to New York in November of the same year. His work has appeared in most publications in the US, including The New York Times, The New Yorker, Time, Rolling Stone, GQ, Scientific American, Texas Monthly, The Wall Street Journal, Mother Jones and Esquire. He's a regular contributor to Wirtschaftswoche and Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung in Germany. He has worked on numerous projects in design and advertising, for clients as varied as Landor, Enterprise IG, Hasbro and SpotCo. His work has received numerous awards from The Society of Illustrators (Gold Medal), American Illustration, SPD, Print, the Art Directors Club of New York and Germany (of which he is a member) among others.

Apart from his commercial work, he regularly creates image series as visual commentaries in response to political and societal tendencies. In 2004 he released GOP 100: Deconstructing Dumbo, 100 reinterpretations of the GOP logo with fellow designer Felix Sockwell. He frequently lectures at art schools such as the Academy of Fine Arts in Stuttgart and holds illustration workshops for various institutions like the Art Directors Club of Germany After fifteen years in New York City, Fuchs moved to Berlin in 2012 where he currently lives and works.

111 steder i Amsterdam som du skal se

Amsterdam er noget helt særligt, og byen byder på meget mere, der er værd at se, end de sædvanlige turistfælder. Guidebogen indvier dig i den hollandske hovedstads mange skjulte perler og unikke oplevelser og samler 111 anderledes forslag til, hvad du kan opleve i i den hollandske storby.

Amsterdam er cyklernes by. Vandets by. Og museernes by. Men Amsterdam er også hundredvis af andre ting. Tag med til det sted, hvor Robbie Williams fik sin første tatovering. Eller opsøg den særlige oplevelse det er selv at komme på udstilling i et butiksvindue. Og kan det mon være rigtigt, at du kan overnatte i en gammel kran?

Hvis du har mod på at forlade standardturistferiens nedtrådte spor og opleve helt nye facetter af Amsterdam, skal du have denne bog med i tasken! Kom f.eks. med til Dyreparadiset Artis, Brillemuseet, Condomeriet, der fortæller alt om præservativets historie, verdens ældste jødiske bibliotek og videnskabscentret for børn med egen opfinder­fabrik, Nemo. Hvert sted har sin egen fortælling og stemning, der i tekst og fotografier kommer til live i bogen.

Bogen er for dig, der vil finde nye veje og oplevelser i Amsterdam – uanset om turen går til det populære rejsemål for en weekend eller en længere ferie.
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Udgivelsesdato23 maj 2017
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ISBN trykt bog9788771187663