Ritzenhoff Tea Set by Auge

Auge

Born 1972 in Vienna. Works as an illustrator and comic-strip artist in Vienna.

Born 1972 in Vienna. Works as an illustrator and comic-strip artist in Vienna.
The name Thomas Aigelsreiter is hardly suitable to use as a signature for comic strips. So, Thomas Aigelsreiter became AUGE. None of his portrait photographs leaves any doubt about his range and depth. The few pictures that exist of him, invariably with dark glasses and baseball cap, show AUGE under very bright light, seemingly far removed from his Viennese roots, looking at worlds far away. A reminiscence of the great seafarers of the Austro-Hungarian empire who sailed the world’s oceans? Or plain genius, who searches continuously for new shores. AUGE is the youngest of the Milk designers, with a renown that reaches far beyond Austria’s borders. Broadly influenced by the Franco-Belgian style he created his own monument with the comic-strip character ›Roy Klein‹, “a bold fusion of the American style of storytelling and the French Ligne Claire” that almost unhinged the art history of the comic strip. After his training as a graphic designer he became a self-taught Special Make Up Artist at the Vienna Film Academy. He became a much sought-after draughtsman for agencies and worked for prestigious companies such as Hewlett-Packard, Nestlé, Minolta, Sony – and now for Milk. The latter does him credit, since AUGE is allergic to milk. In spite of that, he conjured up two fantastic ideas on glass, two Milk designs that will jointly go into Milk history as a Limited Edition.