ABOUT CHRISTIAN
ABOUT CHRISTIAN
Originally from Austria, Christian completed his Master´s in Communication Design at University of Applied Sciences in Graz, with a detour to Shanghai. After his stay in Porto, Christian moved back to Graz recently.
He has collaborated with brands and agencies, providing illustration and visual concepts for a broad range of digital and print projects. Specialising in illustration, mostly black & white, Christian aspires to create artwork that invokes interest with strong contrasts and striving for new approaches.
With a background in skateboarding and a passion for everything outdoors. His work is not about pushing pixels but about telling a story. Christian believes in using his skills for good and enjoys working on projects for a social or ethical cause.
CONTACT
For all new business inquiries please email to
hello@christianleban.com
WORK
moodley brand identity
Aug 2019 until today full-time illustrator and designer for moodley.
Self-employed illustrator & designer
July 2019 until today in Graz, Austria
Feb 2019 – June 2019 in Porto, Portugal
Dec 2015 – Jan 2019 in Graz, Austria
moodley interactive & CodeShaped
Designer for web, app and everything in between. Christian has been with the company since it's humble beginnings and helped building it as the design part of the team. He changed from freelancing to working in-house in Oct 2018. In Jan 2019 the company merged with moodley interactive. Feb 2019 he switched from employee to freelancer for moodley.
Rosebud Inc. Vienna
Mar – Jun 2016 internship
Self-employed designer & illustrator
Feb 2019 until today in Porto, PT
Dec 2015 – Jan 2019 in Graz, AUT
moodley interactive
Jan 2019 CodeShaped merged with moodley interactive.
Feb 2019 switch from employed to freelancer for moodley.
CodeShaped
Designer for web, app and everything in between. Christian has been with the company since it's humble beginnings and helped building it as the design part of the team. He changed from freelancing to working in-house in Oct 2018. In Jan 2019 the company merged with moodley interactive.
Rosebud Inc. Vienna
Mar – Jun 2016 internship
SELECTED CLIENTS
Burg Rabenstein, Luca Werner, MPreis°, MQ Wien*, Peak Performance, Pluto Immobilien, Stefan Spiessberger, The Rolling Home | * for Rosebud ° for Moodley
RECOGNITION
Backside Skateboarding Magazine
Art Section Feature
Designforum Graz
The designer next to you
Group exhibition
Antenna Conference Speaker
World's best design graduates
At Dutch Design Week Eindhoven
Red Dot Award
Brands & Communication Design
Views of China
Art Directors Club Junior Award
Views of China Animation
Abduzeedo Feature
Monthly Portfolio Inspiration
Semplice Showcase Feature
Site of the Week
ARC Award Silver
ORF Public Value Report
with Rosebud
EDUCATION
University of Applied Sciences FH Joanneum Graz
Communication Design Master’s degree, with honors
Tongji University Shanghai, China
Exchange term at College of Design & Innovation
University of Applied Sciences FH Joanneum Graz
Communication Design Master’s degree
Tongji University Shanghai, China
Exchange term at College of Design & Innovation