Born on the island of Sylt, since 1984 illustrator and art director for many renowned national and international publishers, agencies and firms. From 1996 he worked for SPIEGEL for 18 years, 14 of which as cover design and art director. In late 2014 he founded the HONGKONG STUDIOS in a former warehouse in Hamburg's HafenCity: a creative laboratory for workshops, graphic design, coaching, art, music and yoga on over 400 colorful square metres. Stefan Kiefer today works as a freelance creative director for various projects, gives workshops and lectures to creative persons and managers regularly, gets booked as Jazz&Funk DJ "Captain Shakti" for cultural events, or performs live-acts with his Band HONG KONG FIVE and rents out his large loft on a daily-basis for workshops, seminars and special
