Kaspar Lukas

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Orange handout with white text and a fine line graphic.
Transparent sleeve with black-and-white geometric paper cut-outs.
Orange handouts placed on a dark concrete floor.

[Paper; 255 X 180mm⸻Untitled]

Handout, Constellations.
Newspaper cover with three black-and-white photographs.
Open newspaper spread with text and footnotes.
Open spread with a black-and-white portrait and text columns.
Open spread with two black-and-white portraits and text columns.
Open spread with a smiling portrait and text columns.
Open spread with text and a large black-and-white photograph.
Newspaper page with black-and-white photographs and text.

[Newspaper; 280 X 400mm⸻Inventing Life]

A newspaper created to accompany three photographs exhibited at the University of Arts Linz.
Two overlapping sheets with an office photograph and labeled design disciplines.
Folded sheet with colored numbers from one to five.

[Newspaper; A3⸻What I do]

The cover is a photograph of my grandfather. :) He looked almost like me around 1950.
Pink Kugel cover with large black title.
Kugel spreads with interview text and portrait photographs.
Kugel covers and spreads with multicolored edge tabs.
Kugel publication design with portrait and hand-drawn imagery.

[Zine, A4⸻Kugel]

Drafts, ongoing project
Studio reproductions of two Headcleaner works by Klaus Scheuringer.
Klaus Scheuringer website showing the works index.
Graphic numbering system with circles and serif numerals.
Archive pages with studio reproductions of mixed-media works.
Studio reproductions of typographic works by Klaus Scheuringer.
Archive pages with studio reproductions of photographic and mixed-media works.

[Website; Photographic Reproductions ⸻Klaus Scheuringer]

Together with Klaus Scheuringer, nearly 300 individual works created over the past 38 years were photographically documented. The resulting archive was used to create a website that provides an overview of his artistic work: www.klausscheuringer.com (not online yet) A publication follows, pretty sure. ;)
Restaurant worker behind the counter with stacks of plates.
Blue and orange poster series with cropped hand gestures.

[Restaurant Photos, InstaPosts⸻Nihat]

Restaurant El Paso, Ok Platz 1A, Linz.
Grey spiral-bound thesis cover.
Open thesis spread showing a gallery space with cameras and framed works.
Open thesis spread with photographs of framed black-and-white works.
Open thesis spread with technical drawings and handwritten notes.
Open thesis spread combining text and small black-and-white photographs.
Open thesis spread with text and reproduced photographic material.
Open thesis spread showing a workshop and a person working at a machine.
Open thesis spread with two process photographs.
Open thesis spread with a receipt and a mirror self-portrait.
Back cover of the grey spiral-bound thesis with a block of text.

[Softcover; 229 X 324mm⸻Inventing Life]

Theoretical master's thesis, as part of a photographic project.
Minimal business document layout for MS Chemie.
MS Chemie business cards on a pale violet background.
Business card design with the contact wordmark and colored shapes.
MS Chemie letter and spreadsheet using the visual identity.

[Identity; ⸻Michael Sirch, Chemist]

In the laboratory from Michael Sirch, they work with oleochemistry and the sustainable transformation of used oils into green solutions. The idea behind the logo is based on mixing blue and yellow — resulting in green. Together we created a website, business cards, letterheads, envelopes, and portrait photographs of Michi.
Black-and-white family photograph placed on Hoiia printed matter.
Hoiia letterhead with a typed business letter.
Silver-grey Hoiia jewellery box with embossed lettering.
Stack of black-and-white family photographs.

[Identity for Helena Sekot; Jewellery⸻Hoiia On, Around]

Jewellery is something you wear — it surrounds the body. This idea shaped the wording and the logo system, applied across business cards, envelopes, business letter and a small give-away. The give-away is a collage made from an old family photograph showing my great-grandmother, Rosalia Scherer.
Pink poster with a short German text set in small black type.
Pink poster with four collaged figures and the title “das leben ist schön”.

[Poster; A0⸻Das Leben ist schön]

La Vita è bella (1997) by Roberto Benigni was the starting point of the poster. In the film, Guido Orefice creates an alternative reality for a child, exposing the absurdity of racial theory. I wanted to make a poster, for a child as well — for Rosa, my eleven-year-old half-sister. I gave it to her on her birthday, and she was very happy with it. Maybe she will look at it in the future and it will remind her that tolerance, imagination, and hope, help in difficult times. Typography —Climax!
Detail of a translucent grey poster with a person's shadow behind it.
Framed Materialien nutzen und tauschen poster leaning against a wall.
Grey poster with layered geometric shapes and large text.
Three grey poster variations for the material exchange.

[Poster; A0⸻Materialien nutzen und tauschen]

The poster series was created for the Hochschüler:innenschaft, as part of a material exchange ‹Materialbörse› initiated by Sophie Morelli.
Echo poster displayed with other posters.
Black-and-white Echo poster with vertically arranged letterforms.
Two Echo posters combining film stills and black-and-white lettering.

[Poster; A0⸻Echo]

A poster series made in cooperation with students of the Filmakademie Wien for the experimental short film Echo. An Echo from loud to quiet, and quiet to loud.
Stack of white softcover books titled Den Wald vor lauter Bäumen nicht s.
Open book spread with German text and section headings.
Open book spread with two columns of German text.
Open book spread with a black-and-white photograph of an Alpine village.
Stack of books showing the text-heavy back cover and spines.

[Softcover; 116 X 191mm⸻Den Wald vor lauter Bäumen nicht s]

Black-and-white presentation poster with a layered photograph and large date and time.
Framed presentation poster leaning against a white wall.

[Poster; A0, A1⸻Inventing Life – Presentation Poster]

Exhibition Poster. Inventing Life. Kunstuniversität Linz.
Black silhouette poster on a pale green dotted background.
Black silhouette figure in motion on a pale green dotted poster.
Black standing silhouette on a pale green dotted poster.

[Poster; A0⸻Einmal an welchem Ort]

Reference: Die neuen Erfahrungen, from Die Innenwelt der Außenwelt der Innenwelt, Handke, Poster: arriving and leaving
Minimal white page with a vertical black bar and small numbered markers.
Text-heavy spread with a vertical black bar.

[Info Sheet⸻Before Publishing, After Publishing]

Black-and-white circular cut-outs arranged inside a transparent tray.
Layered black-and-white machine imagery arranged inside a transparent tray.
Black-and-white geometric cut-outs arranged inside a transparent tray.
Layered technical diagrams and circular patterns arranged inside a transparent tray.

[Fine Art Print; 40X50cm⸻Untitled]

Cut-outs, Funk-Technik (1946–1986).
Framed black-and-white print with a collaged face crossed by a horizontal light reflection.
Framed black-and-white print with a collaged face and a vertical light reflection.

[Fine Art Print; Mounted on Alu Dibond; Box Frame; 350X500mm⸻Unititled I-V]

Through newly arranged and photographically reproduced editorial images from Life Magazine, the series thematizes work processes such as selection, sequencing and reproduction. It reflects the dissolution of the boundaries between representation and reality. The constructive level of image creation becomes visible in the photographs. Traces such as reflections, traces of use or the materiality of the prints refer to human intervention. This makes it possible to experience the photograph as a constructed object that distances itself from reality.

Brand design & visual identities, websites, editorial design,
posters, visual communication for exhibitions, and reproduction
photography — for clients in art, culture, and beyond.

Kaspar Lukas (Office) founded by Lukas Hoffmann.
Based in Linz, Austria.

kasparlukas@icloud.com
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For collaborations, feel free to get in touch.

Scholarships / Competitions

100 Beste Plakate, Deutschland, Österreich, Schweiz, 2023
Leistungsstipendium Kunstuniversität Linz, 2024
Förderpreis der Hochschüler*innenschaft OÖ, 2025
Plakatropolis Linz, Qujochoe, 2025
Best Off Kunstuniversität Linz, 2023

Selected Clients

Klaus Scheuringer / Artist / Artwork Reproduction, Website
Helena Sekot / Jewellery Designer / Corporate Identity, Giveaways, Website
Michael Sirch / Chemist / Corporate Identity, Portraits, Website
Tobias Tschech / Social Worker / Website
Oliver Hoffmann / Coach & Consultant / Portraits, Website
Filmakademie Wien / University Project / Poster
ÖH / Student Union / Poster
El Paso / Restaurant / Social Media, Portraits, Restaurant Photos