Christoph Niemann was born in Waiblingen/Stuttgart in 1970. After his studies at the Stuttgart Academy of Fine Arts he moved to New York City, where he has been working as an illustrator, animator, and graphic designer since 1997. His work has appeared on the covers of The New Yorker, Atlantic Monthly, The New York Times Magazine and Business Week. He is a member of the AIGA, and Alliance Graphique Internationale. With Nicholas Blechman he publishes the artist's book series 100%, and is co-author of Fresh Dialogue One: New Voices in Graphic Design (2000).