Andrea Tinnes (*born 1969 in Püttlingen/Saar) is a German type designer, graphic designer and university teacher. “Andrea Tinnes belongs to that rare breed, creating coherent, functional, innovative type families, and using them within a design practice that includes identity design, decoration, personal work, and teaching, with typefaces that range from the bizarre Haircrimes to the relatively sensible Skopex.” – Jan Middendorp In 2009 Tinnes was one of the five parties invited to compete in the design contest for Kieler Woche, to submit a poster design for the annual sailing event in Kiel.