Thomas Winkelmann

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About Thomas Winkelmann

Marked by a gradual transition from editorial and journalistic work to designing large-scale transformations alongside founders, CEO’s, government leaders and their teams, Thomas’ work is focused on moving people out of their heads and into the realm of the senses — opening new frontiers of conviction, clarity and courage. Central to his practice are an ongoing investigation into the transformative power of universal, non-verbal languages and the primal themes that unite and move humanity. Thomas has held positions as Creative Director at Publicis’ MSLGroup, as Art Editor at the Condé Nast Publications Ltd. on titles such as German Vogue, World of Interiors, and GQ, and as a designer at Benetton’s COLORS magazine. He co-founded and creatively led an investigative journalism magazine in Cairo/Egypt between and 2001. His clients have included the World Economic Forum, the Northern Irish Tourist Board, EADS, Kaiser Permanente, The Newhouse Family, The Scuola Normale Superiore di Pisa, Apple, Alcatel-Lucent, IBM and various family offices in Europe. Thomas is a Partner and Senior Advisor at the US based transformation company SYPartners and Co-Founder of The 100Years School, an organization conceived to reconnect people with outsized influence on crucial levers of change to their deepest callings and their innate relationship to natural systems — so that they can successfully re-focus themselves and their endeavors on leaving the world better than they found it. Thomas was born in Vienna, holds a BFA from Parsons School of Design, is a former apprentice of American painter Jim Dine, and a photographer.