Kurzgesagt (German for „in a nutshell“) is a Munich based youtube channel and design studio with a distinctive perspective on design and animation within the fields of education, science and commerce.
Founded in 2013 by Philipp Dettmer & Stephan Rether, the studio engages in information design projects of all kinds. We love science, minimalism, colors and music. But most of all combining them to tell stories.
Who we are
Philipp Dettmer
Information Designer
Patrizia Mosca
Executive Producer
Stephan Rether
Motion Designer
Philip Laibacher
Information Designer
Miri Lee
Information Designer
Daniela Görzen
Motion Designer
Viviane Valenta
Information Designer
Thomas Veith
Sound Designer
Steve Taylor
Voice Actor, Journalist
Martin Wackerbauer
Designer, Developer
What we do
Animation
Illustration
Interactive
Music
We also have a youtube channel
2013 we launched a youtube channel where we publish our personal projects – These projects allow us to explore and experiment on making information and science beautiful and fun. Nothing in this universe is boring if you tell a good story.
Our clients
Awards
Red Dot Best of the Best, Information is Beautiful Gold, Spark Award Gold, Spark Award Gold, German Design Club Gold, German Design Club Silver, Lovie Award Bronze, Fast Forward Science, Educational Film Festival, SDN Best of Newspaper Design, Annual Multi Media Award, Fast Company Innovation by Design 2014 Finalist
Featured
Popular Science, IO9, Universe Today, Laughing Squid, Huffington Post, Gizmodo, Motherboard, Brain Pickings, FastCompany, Kotaku, Upworthy, Inquisitr, Cnet, Salon, core77, Page, MentalFloss, Buzzfeed, Sourcefed, Visual News, Astoundable, Elite Daily, The Awesomer, Fubiz, Science Dump, Energyindepth, Moment of Geekiness, Shock Mansion, Youtube, Novum