STILLS & STROKES

For almost 15 years Stills & Strokes are delivering creative solutions in the the field of beauty, fashion, design and culture. They are known for bold colours, patterns and experimental artistic ways of commercial product presentation. They seamlesly merge analogue and digital techniques to create surreal little worlds of their own. They love products and telling their stories with fun and charme.

Stills & Strokes was founded by Art Director Melanie Vorbeck and photographer Stefan Vorbeck, the couple is based in Berlin.

TEACHING / LECTURES 

2014 they taught editorial design at the Academy of Fashion and Design in Hamburg, Germany

2017 they had been part of the PUIG Inspiration Tour Berlin, Germany

EXHIBITIONS

2014 Soirée Graphique, Switzerland

2014 Photography Playground, Germany

2018 Bikini Berlin, Germany

ARTICLES

MELANIE VORBECK (geb. HOMANN)

2004-09 studies of communication design at the Muthesius University of Art and Design, Kiel / Germany

2008 internship at Bureau Mirko Borsche, Munich / Germany

2008 internship at Twopoints.net, Barcelona / Spain

2008/09 internship at Antoinetmanuel, Paris / France

2009 diploma of communication design (university of applied science)

2009/10 internship at HORT, Berlin / Germany

2010 freelance work in the field of art direction and illustration, Berlin / Germany

2011-2013 art director (permanent position) at Meiré und Meiré, Cologne / Germany

since 2012 working together with Stefan Vorbeck as ‚Stills & Strokes’ for famous magazines and major clients

since 2023 she is teaching studio photography at the Muthesius Academy of Fine Arts in Kiel, Germany



STEFAN VORBECK

2004-09 studies of communication design at the Muthesius University of Art and Design, Kiel / Germany

2007 internship at Briese studio, Hamburg / Germany

since 2007 freelance photo assistant for mainly Armin Morbach and Joachim Baldauf,  others including Txema Yeste, Roxanne Lowit, Liz Collins

since 2012 working together with Melanie Vorbeck as ‚Stills & Strokes’ for famous magazines and major clients

since 2023 he is teaching studio photography at the Muthesius Academy of Fine Arts in Kiel, Germany

CLIENTS INCLUDE

INTERNATIONAL MAGAZINES:
Garage
Wallpaper
Harper’s Bazaar (DE, CZE, GRC, KSA, SGP, SP, SRB, TUR)
Bolero
GQ (DE, IT)
AD (DE, IND, IT)
Intersection (DE, FR)
Flair (IT)
ICON (DE, IT)

GERMAN MAGAZINES AND NEWSPAPERS:
Interview
Numero
KaDeWe
Sleek
Esquire
Fräulein
TUSH
Focus
Monopol
BrandEins
Kultur SPIEGEL
NEON
Nido
ZEIT
ZEIT Magazin
FAZ Quarterly
SZ Magazin

For several years they had monthly publications in Interview Magazine (DE), GQ (IT) and Zeit Newspaper.