About

Permanent Temporary is an independent design agency. The design bureau works in the fields of visual communication at the intersection of art, branding and computing.

We develop corporate design and identity, graphics, strategy and packaging, as well websites and communication for print and online.

The design studio is run by Marcus Hein. He graduated with a Dipl. Designer from the state artschool 'hfg' in Offenbach, Germany: The research/practical work VERYSOON was done with Heiner Blum and Sascha Lobe. Dr. Hans Zitko supervised with the theoretical work part 'The potential of The Creative Class in Shrinking Cities'.

Studied with Heiner Blum, David Linderman, Klaus Hesse, Niklaus Troxler, Eike König and Sascha Lobe.

His work was honored with several international awards, including »Typographic Excellence« by The Type Directors Club New York(US), recorded in the »Annual Book« by The Tokyo Type Directors Club (JP) and one of the 100 Best Posters from Austria, Germany & Switzerland. The work also, was exhibited and shown at The Global Graphic Design Biennale Golden Bee in Moscow(RU) multiple times and at The Design Festival Breda(NL) by The Connected Project.

In 2021, he received an artist project grant as well as an artist work grant by the Hessian Cultural Foundation of the State of Hesse, Germany.