Lisa Neuhalfen was born in Bonn. She studied Book Design in Mainz with HP Willberg, graduating in 1988. She moved to Berlin in 1989 for a volunteer service role. From 1990 until 1991, she worked as a book designer in a small, newly founded publishing house. Since 1991, she has been running a design studio in Berlin. She works for publishers, as well as for foundations and companies. Since 2010, she has given various lectures on book design and typography, e.g. at Universität Bonn, Ruhr-Universität Bochum. She is a member of a working group for typography in knowledge transfer “Typografie in der Wissenvermittlung” (lesbarkeit.org).