Marlene Taschen is the managing director of Taschen Publishing and the eldest daughter of the founder.

Marlene Taschen
Born (1985-09-25) 25 September 1985 (age 39)
NationalityGerman
Alma materLondon School of Economics (M.S.)
Kingston University London (B.A.)
OccupationManaging director at Taschen
Notable workJames Lovelock et al. The Earth and I

Life and career

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Marlene Taschen is the eldest daughter of Benedikt Taschen, born in Cologne, Germany on 25 September 1985.

Since January 2017, she co-manages Taschen together with her father and has recently become the publishing house's Managing Director.[1][2][3][4][5] She holds an MSc in Social and Cultural psychology from The London School of Economics and a Bachelor's in Business and Psychology from Kingston University London.[6][7] Before joining TASCHEN, she gained extensive international experience living and working in the UK, Panama, and Australia.[8]

Today Marlene divides her time between working from London, where she lives with her partner and young daughter, and from the company's headquarters in Cologne.[9][10][11][12][13][14][15][16][17]

References

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  1. ^ “Sie kann alles, was ich kann”, “Handelsblatt’’, Rüdiger Schmitz-Normann, 22 December 2016.
  2. ^ “Marlene Taschen übernimmt Geschäftsführung”, “Börsenblatt’’, 23 December 2016.
  3. ^ “A natural fit: LA and the outrageous Herr Taschen“[permanent dead link], The Art Newspaper, Justin Jampol, 23 August 2015.
  4. ^ “How to Survive the Anthropocene”, “Science Friday’’, Chau Tu, September 28, 2016.
  5. ^ “The Earth and I: A gorgeous picture book from famed scientist James Lovelock”, “Wired’’, Margaret Rhodes, June 10, 2016.
  6. ^ "Wir brauchen eine Bild-Bildung!“, “Börsenblatt’’, Petra Dass, 30 January 2017.
  7. ^ “LSE Digest – Degrees Awarded in Autumn 2010”, LSE.
  8. ^ “Mailand mit Marlene”, “Salon Magazin’’, Antje Wewer, September 1, 2016.
  9. ^ “A Milan Design Week Top 10: What to Do, Where to Go, and What to Wear, According to Marlene Taschen”, “Vogue’’, Kerry Olsen, 13 April 2015.
  10. ^ “Abitare, Jil Sander e l’year of design”, Corriere della Sera, Davide Blasigh, 13 April 2016.
  11. ^ “Kartell world”, Vogue Italia, 30 January 2013.
  12. ^ Fair, Vanity. "Rencontre avec la dynastie Taschen, ivres d'images". Vanity Fair (in French). Retrieved 14 November 2018.
  13. ^ "Taschen Verlag: Dezent, doch für alle sichtbar". ZEIT ONLINE (in German). Retrieved 14 November 2018.
  14. ^ "Under the covers: Taschen's colourful future". Financial Times. 23 September 2020.
  15. ^ "Marlene Taschen agarra fuerte las riendas: "Hoy no sería posible publicar algunos de nuestros libros"". 18 October 2020.
  16. ^ "Making the mark - Issue 138 - Magazine".
  17. ^ "Marlene Taschen". 4 June 2020.