Mirko Borsche

A content-driven approach based on the idea of design as a source for learning, understanding and joy

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Mirko Borsche was born in 1971 in the picturesque village of Tegernsee, Bavaria. He gained a post-graduate degree in Graphic Design from Kingston University, London, and completed his studies at the University of Applied Sciences Augsburg, Germany, with a diploma in Communication Design.

From 1994 to 1999 he worked as an art director for advertising agencies, including start. advertising and Springer & Jacoby, on clients such as Levi’s, MTV, and Mercedes-Benz. In 1999, Mirko became the art director of jetzt Magazin, a weekly youth oriented supplement included in the national daily newspaper Süddeutsche Zeitung. Subsequently, he worked for the publishing company Gruner + Jahr, co-founding and art directing NEON, a widely successful monthly magazine for young adults. From 2004 to 2007 he took on the artistic direction of Süddeutsche Zeitung Magazin, the newspaper’s renowned weekly magazine supplement after which he founded his own graphic design studio, Bureau Borsche, and started working as a creative director for the national weekly newspaper Die Zeit, its magazine supplement ZEITmagazin, and several other Zeit Verlag spin offs.