Rocholl started his career as a designer in the early 1990s, when he established the design agency Landscape in Düsseldorf. From 1996 to 1997 he worked as a creative director for the design agency Meiré und Meiré. Rocholls work has been featured in international publications about Typography, Logo Design and Graphic Design. In 2003 he presented his first font family, called Nuri, which is distributed by FontShop International. In 2008 Rocholl and Henrik Purienne, a fashion photographer and film director from Cape Town, South Africa, established Mirage – a fashion magazine inspired by the photographic aesthetic and hedonistic culture of the 1960s and 1970s. The design language of Mirage Magazine developed by Rocholl has been presented in various print and online publications. In 2010 Rocholl was commissioned executive Art Director for the German car culture magazine Ramp and Gapz, a travel culture magazine from the same publishing group. In June 2013 Rocholl was responsible for the 1960s influenced Graphic Design of the Glam Rock exhibition at the Schirn Kunsthalle. Since November 2013 Rocholl has been represented by Schierke Artists. In February 2014 Rocholl will speak at the Quo Vadis Editorial Design Conference Munich, along with Harry Peccinotti, Mario Lombardo, Mirko Borsche, Wilhelm Vosskuhl and Rolf Müller.
Awards
2011 - Mercury Editorial Design Award. Category: Gold Award for Gapz Magazine
2002 - IdN Decade Design Award. Best Graphic Design for client I-TV-T AG
Publications
Book contributions
Turning Pages, Editorial Design for printed Media Die Gestalten, Berlin, 2010, Editorial Design for Mirage Magazine
Los Logos 4, Die Gestalten, Berlin, 2008, Logos contributed by Rocholl
Tres Logos, Die Gestalten, Berlin, 2006, Logos contributed by Rocholl
Layout Workbook, Rockport Publishers, Gloucester, 2005, Case Studies about Möller Design Folder, Area Fashion Magazine, KearneyRocholl Folder and Nuri Promotional Poster.
1000 Type Treatments, Rockport Publishers, Gloucester, 2005, Logos contributed by Rocholl
The complete Typographer, New Media Typography, Quarto Publishing London 2005, Case study about Rocholl Website as an example for new media typography.
Type One, Type Essay, Die Gestalten, Berlin, 2004,. 2-page essay about Font Design by Rocholl, Case Study about the Nuri Font.
Typograph Workbook, Rockport Publishers, Gloucester, 2004 Case Studies about Rocholl website and Packard brand relaunch
KearneyRocholl, Novum, the world of graphic design, New Media Magazine Publishing, Munich, 06/2005, 5-page case study about Rocholl Type and Logo Design by Herbert Lechner
Remixed compilations, PAGE, Magazine for digital design and mediaproduction, Macup Publishing, Hamburg, 04/2005, 3-page essay by Rocholl about the artist Tom Sachs
Leihgaben, PAGE, Magazine for digital design and mediaproduction, Macup Publishing, Hamburg, 12/2004, 1-page case study about KearneyRocholl Broschure Design
Nu kid in town, PAGE, Magazine for digital design and mediaproduction, Macup Publishing, Hamburg, 09/2003, 4-page Case Study about the Nuri Typeface by Antje Dohmann
Helvetica returns, PAGE, Magazine for digital design and mediaproduction, Macup Publishing, Hamburg, 11/2001, 1-page essay by Rocholl for the Type Directors Club
Identity work, Novum, the world of graphic design, New Media Magazine Publishing, Munich, 01/2001, 6-page case study about Rocholl Logo and Broschure Design by Herbert Lechner.
