Annette Jacobs
Annette Jacobs is an illustrator and designer based in Düsseldorf. She develops powerful, playful visual worlds that get to the heart of ideas and convey complex content in an understandable and emotional way. Whether as digital flat illustrations or paper art, Annette's style is concise and minimalist. It is characterised by clear forms, vibrant colours and a keen sense of rhythm and visual storytelling.
Annette's strength lies above all in the combination of conceptual thinking, precise design and a very human visual language. This results in visual solutions that inform, touch and have a lasting effect.
Annette not only illustrates, but also animates her work – both as stop-motion animations with haptic paper elements and as digital animations. This results in lively narrative formats that not only explain content, but also bring it to life. Annette works on campaigns and brand communication as well as digital products, explanatory videos and animations. In doing so, she develops illustration systems and visual worlds that function consistently and can be used flexibly across different channels.
This strength is evident in projects for RTL, LIEBESLEBEN and Huawei, as well as in the conceptual design of websites, illustrations and infographics for research and education projects such as BATATA. She particularly enjoys working on projects with an educational, scientific or social focus, for example on the topics of health, sustainability and education. One example is her animated explanatory formats for the Museum of Contemporary Art in Siegen, which combine clear content with an independent, accessible visual language.
Here you will find detailed insights into Annette's projects, as well as an interview on the topic of courage as a design principle.
