Jarne Busse is a twenty-three-year-old author, illustrator and graphic designer from Hannover, Germany.
He currently lives and works in Barcelona, where his creative journey continues to evolve into both a profession and a form of self-expression.
We are proud to introduce him as the third guest in our Appreciation Gallery, and the first author to be featured in this series.
Each guest brings a different language of creation.
In Jarne’s work, design becomes more than visuals. It becomes a way to translate thought into story, and story into identity.
His story
Jarne’s creative path began long before his move to Barcelona.
As a child, he was introduced to drawing by his father, which sparked a lifelong fascination with aesthetics and visual storytelling.
That early connection to form and composition naturally grew into a love for design, shaped not only by sketchbooks but also by creating Minecraft designs, where he learned how structure, space and imagination could come together visually.
Those experiences taught him how visual thinking can move between mediums, from the digital to the tangible.
Years later, while working as a designer for e.g. Volkswagen, he began developing his first major personal project, a book titled London Secrets.
The book became a reflection of discipline and self-development, combining his interest in structure, imagery and narrative with personal interests such as Frank Ocean.
It was a project built in stillness, but it carried a growing restlessness, a need to translate creative energy into motion.
Barcelona had been on his mind ever since a short trip two years earlier.
The city’s pace, its balance of chaos and calm, and its visual rhythm left an impression that stayed.
After finishing his book, Jarne decided to follow that instinct.
He left Hannover behind and moved to Barcelona, seeking not a destination but a change in perspective.
The city became a space to experiment freely, to redefine his creative habits and to rediscover the relationship between work, identity and place.
His visual essays on e.g. TikTok capture that transition, the in-between moments where planning meets risk and curiosity becomes movement.
Now, from his balcony in Barcelona, he continues to build his creative practice, balancing design, illustration and reflection in his daily work.
Jarne on TikTok:
“Nothing can happen. If it doesn’t work out, I’m going back. You learn and grow, no matter what happens.”
A quiet reminder that growth rarely comes from certainty, but from the courage to move anyway.
A shared perspective
At Zongoville, we build from identity and heritage, but we move through curiosity.
We believe stories grow when people take risks, follow intuition and allow their surroundings to shape their craft.
Jarne’s journey reflects that belief.
His book became a bridge between intention and action, thought and motion, stillness and change.
The works displayed below offer a glimpse into that process.
They reveal the same sense of structure, curiosity and restraint that defines his story, turning observation into form and movement into meaning.
His story is not about relocation.
It is about redefining what it means to create, and to trust the spaces in between.
Discover more
Jarne’s book London Secrets is available at atthelondon.com.
You can explore his creative process on TikTok and Instagram via @25jarne.
