Bertelsmann is all this and more – by Jim Rakete

Jim Rakete’s black-and-white works, each measuring 100 by 140 centimeters, create a modern and creative ambience in the stairwell and conference areas of Bertelsmann’s Corporate Center in Gütersloh.

Actress playing Empress Sissi stands in costume on a film set in a castle room, with a swivel arm holding a film camera and several crew members in the background.

RTL Group

© Bertelsmann

Two people are talking in the video control room; in the background, many screens display NFL scenes.

RTL Group

© Bertelsmann

A person with a microphone in front of a person with a film camera, in the background two professional runners in Paris in front of the Arc de Triomphe.

RTL Group

© Bertelsmann

A person is reading a book on the subway with a dog on their lap.

Penguin Random House

© Bertelsmann

Person reads from a book in front of a seated, applauding audience, with shelves full of books in the background.

Penguin Random House

© Bertelsmann

Person sitting at a typewriter in a café with classic furnishings.

Penguin Random House

© Bertelsmann

Three people are standing in front of microphones in a music studio with electric guitars in their hands.

BMG

© Bertelsmann

Person with saxophone at a street intersection in Hollywood, illuminated billboards in the background.

BMG

© Bertelsmann

Person wearing headphones in Central Park in New York, with skyscrapers in the background.

BMG

© Bertelsmann

Person in high-bay warehouse hands package to a small robot.

Arvato Group

© Bertelsmann

Person wearing headlamp inspecting cable connections in server rack within technical environment.

Arvato Group

© Bertelsmann

Person in a shopping street in front of store windows, smiling at their smartphone and carrying several shopping bags.

Arvato Group

© Bertelsmann

Person working on a record cutting machine.

Bertelsmann Marketing Services

© Bertelsmann

Person rides bicycle with a roll of newspapers under their arm through an industrial hall with tall rolls of paper in the background.

Bertelsmann Marketing Services

© Bertelsmann

Person doing yoga pose on the beach in front of a tripod with ring light.

Bertelsmann Marketing Services

© Bertelsmann

Three nurses in uniform walk across the lawn in front of a building with a columned facade.

Bertelsmann Education Group

© Bertelsmann

Graduates toss their caps in front of the historic facade bearing the words “AUDITORIUM OF THE CITY OF PASADENA”.

Bertelsmann Education Group

© Bertelsmann

Two people wearing VR headsets and holding controllers in front of a digital display of a skeletal foot.

Bertelsmann Education Group

© Bertelsmann

Three people with laptops on an escalator in a bright hall with symmetrical architecture.

Bertelsmann Investments

© Bertelsmann

Bronze statue of a girl in front of a columned facade with US flags on the historic stock exchange facade.

Bertelsmann Investments

© Bertelsmann

Four business travelers with wheeled suitcases stand in front of the Unisphere in New York City; above them, an airplane flies across the cloudy sky.

Bertelsmann Investments

© Bertelsmann

Decorative 3D Bertelsmann B on the roof terrace of the Bertelsmann representative office, with Berlin Cathedral dome, TV tower, and palace in the background.

Bertelsmann

© Bertelsmann

Two swans on a lake, with the Bertelsmann Corporate Center in the background.

Bertelsmann

© Bertelsmann

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Jan Hölkemann

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