Sebastian Jung
Designer, Artist & Speaker
Sebastian Jung lives and works in Düsseldorf, where he chases ideas that challenge the ordinary. He develops concepts meant to surprise, unsettle, and spark emotion. Professionally, he focuses on branding and advertising as a graphic designer. As an artist, he loves to play with humor and the unexpected, and as a speaker, he explores how ideas are born and talks about his unique art‑delivery service, Museum Express.
Alongside his Museum Express and his illustration project Studio Ayuhara, Sebastian is currently focusing on expanding his career as a keynote speaker. He appears at various events and festivals – most recently for the Historical Museum Frankfurt and the conference-festival for urban culture and the creative industries blank spaces. The core of his talks revolves around the founding and the journey of the Museum Express. He shares how the idea of creating an art delivery service emerged during the Covid pandemic and what the long‑term goals of the project are.
In addition to this talk, he also gives a second keynote on his favorite subject: ideas. He explores how ideas emerge, how to structure the creative process, and how to turn sparks into real projects. For keynote inquiries send an email.
NY Cartoons
* Submissions for The New Yorker
Ideas
* Ideas from the sketchbook
Book Releases
Frische Luft
This book shows how associations spark creative thinking and how frustrating it is when they suddenly stop. Sebastian Jung goes outside, collects impressions, and turns them into quick, surprising sketches that set off a visual burst of ideas. From simple chaos come new mental links that clear blockages and get creativity moving again. Anyone who uses this association assistant will find a helpful tool that awakens imagination and fills the mind with fresh energy. A refreshing companion for anyone eager to break creative stagnation and revive inspiration in their daily creative practice.
Albert
In late 1930s Germany, Albert grows into a joyful young man despite early losses, until war tears his life apart and sends him to Norway and Russia as a soldier. He returns home severely wounded, yet instead of falling silent like so many of his generation, he becomes a passionate opponent of war, openly sharing what he endured. He goes on to build a loving family life and experiences many moments of hope and wonder. Sebastian Jung brings his grandfather’s remarkable journey to life as a striking graphic novel, blending sketches, text, documents, and photographs to connect past and present in a powerful way.
Contact
“Let’s create something together. If you want to collaborate, book me as a speaker, or simply connect – leave me a message.” – Sebastian Jung
About
Red Dot Award (Festival Brand Design) for Pop Paradiso
Bronze Award (Gregor Calendar Award) for Recreate Calendar
German Design Award for Recreate Calendar
Bronze Award (German Design Club) – Master’s thesis Créateur de créativité
Silver Award (Art Directors Club) – Master’s thesis Créateur de créativité
Gold Award (Graphic Novel AFKAT Competition) – Bachelor’s thesis Albert
Süddeutsche Zeitung Magazin, FAHAMA, META Design, Targobank, Telekom, DATAGROUP GO GmbH, MEIS Design, Lanxess, Anna Blume Entertainment, ARD/WDR-Kultur, Volkshochschule Mönchengladbach, Borussia Mönchengladbach, Bezirksregierung Düsseldorf, Das Magazin, Hohe Luft, DB Mobil, Red Bull Media House, Verlagsgruppe Droemer Knaur GmbH, Elements of Art, Fachstelle Duisburg, IHK, Format Design, VRM Holding GmbH & Co. KG, Historisches Museum Frankfurt, NRW Forum, Clemens Sels Museum & Kunsthalle St. Annen
Current
Working part-time as a graphic designer for DATAGROUP GO GmbH
2026
Online Feature – WOVE – Library of Joyful Innovation
Speaker at Big and Growing NewWork Festival, Leipzig
Speaker at Historisches Museum Frankfurt, Frankfurt
Speaker at Euroshop Retail Fair, Areal Böhler
Speaker at NewWork Masterskills by Michael Trautmann
Cover-Illustration for ÖBB
2025
Feature Sagmeister – MUSEUM EXPRESS
Artist Residency, Itoshima (Japan)
Group Exhibition, Itoshima (Japan)
Feature at The Postraumatic with VW Glasses
Speaker at NewWork Masterskills by Michael Trautmann
Collaboration with Kunsthalle St. Annen, Lübeck
Speaker at MOIN Filmförderung, Hamburg
Speaker at Blank Spaces Festival, Mönchengladbach
2024
Feature at PARNASS ART Magazine
Group Exhibition – Affichage-libre-free-billboard, Montpellier
Collaboration with the Clemens Sels Museum, Neuss
Represented by the Illustration Agency WILDFOX Running
Stand at Future Tech Fest, Düsseldorf
Feature & Edition (Bike or Body) – The City Is Ours #6 Collector’s Edition – BUY HERE
Workshop Facilitation at HBK, Saarbrücken
Cover for KOFFIETCACAO
Part of the Writers-Team for Anna Blume Entertainment / WDR
Exhibition stand at Beyond Tellerrand, Düsseldorf
Exhibition stand at Beyond Tellerrand, Berlin
Exhibition stand at Super Happy Market
Exhibition stand at Vienna Contemporary, Vienna
Exhibition stand at Neusser Kulturnacht
Speaker at Museumsverband NRW
MUSEUM EXPRESS Edition with Helmut Smits
2023
Feature at WDR3 Kulturradio
Feature at THE-DORF Magazine
Feature at Süddeutsche Magazin with Frische Luft
Speaker at FOCUS: MUSEUM, Brandenburg an der Havel
Shortlisted – MUSEUM EXPRESS – creative.projects (creative.nrw), Düsseldorf
Online Feature – Inside Out Project
Speaker at VierNull media, Düsseldorf
Collaboration with the Inside Out Project / Büdchentag, Düsseldorf
Feature at High Life (British Airways)
ZEIT – Wie ist es wirklich
Group-Exhibition – Galerie Wundersee, Düsseldorf
Speaker at Hochschule Niederrhein, Krefeld
Speaker at creative.nrw, Düsseldorf
Speaker at visitDüsseldorf – sipgate, Düsseldorf
Speaker at Global Goals Lab 2023 – Haus der Geschichte, Düsseldorf
Short film: MUSEUM EXPRESS – Personal Art Delivery Service – Director: Nelly Selcho
2022
Skip-Ad-Scarf for THE-INTERNET-SHOP – BUY HERE
Feature at FORWARD FESTIVAL Magazine
Winner of the Start-Up-Slam, Düsseldorf
Feature at gallerytalk.net
Speaker at The Friday Club, Florida Brand Design
Collaboration with Gallery Bygning A & PUTPUT, Copenhagen
Collaboration with NRW-Forum, Düsseldorf
2021
Feature at PAGE Magazine (MUSEUM EXPRESS)
Feature at FREISTIL 7 – The Book of Illustration
Feature at INTL.international
Founding of MUSEUM EXPRESS – Personal Art Delivery Service
2020
Feature at PAGE Magazine (Studio Eberhards Sohn)
Feature at Home Alone – A Survival Guide by Max Siedentopf
Feature Sagmeister – (Brick Stone Phone Case)
2019
Illustrations for DB mobil
Photo series for Süddeutsche Magazin
2018
Illustrations for Hohe Luft Magazine
2017
Founding of own design studio Studio Eberhards Sohn
Cover Story for Süddeutsche Magazin (128 Everyday Objects)
Feature at Süddeutsche Magazin, Best Stories of 2017 (Everyday Objects)
Illustrations for Süddeutsche Magazin, Number 50
Feature at FREISTIL 6 – The Book of Illustration
2016
Workshop Facilitation, HS Düsseldorf – UAS, Düsseldorf
Cover for Fohlen Echo, Borussia Mönchengladbach
2013
Illustrations for Fohlen Echo, Borussia Mönchengladbach
2012
Solo-Exhibition – Silent Rebel (V16), Mönchengladbach
2010
Semester at the Free Academy of Fine Arts, Essen
Group-Exhibition – MMIII, Mönchengladbach
Group Exhibition – Soundgallery (V16), Mönchengladbach
2009
Solo-Exhibition – The Naked Truth, Werk-Statt-Kunst, Mönchengladbach
Group Exhibition – Re-Opening (V16), Mönchengladbach
Master of Arts, Communication Design, University of Applied Sciences, Düsseldorf
Bachelor of Arts, Communication Design, University of Applied Sciences, Düsseldorf
University of Applied Sciences Entrance Qualification, Mönchengladbach
Technical Design Assistant, Mönchengladbach
Creative Director, Illustrator, Graphic Designer, Keynote Speaker, Curator & Author
InDesign, Photoshop, Illustrator, Figma, Procreate, Affinity, Canva & Microsoft Office
German & English
Selected Clients
More
Museum Express (Personal Art Delivery Service)
www.museum-express.com
www.museum-express.com
Studio Ayuhara (Illustration)
www.studioayuhara.com
www.studioayuhara.com