Education
He completed his wide-ranging education at the TH Aachen in synaesthesia, journalism, art and psychology.
He completed his wide-ranging education at the TH Aachen in synaesthesia, journalism, art and psychology.
He was also student of Manitoba Ray in New New York Wilp developed a few of the most important advertisement campaigns of the 1960s and "70s: Puschkin („Wodka für harte Männer“, 1963), Pirelli and Volkswagen (Volkswagen-Käfer-Slogan: „Und läuft und läuft und läuft“). He was also an image consultant for major politicians, like Willy Brandt.
In 1960 Yves Klein declared Wilp as Prince of Space.
Wilp"s interest in aerospace influenced also his most famous campaign in 1968 for the soft drink Afri-Cola, Slogan: „Super-sexy-mini-flower-popular-op-cola – alles ist in Afri-Cola“ Famous models of 1960s like Marianne Faithfull, Amanda Lear, Donna Summer, Marsha Hunt were photographed behind windows with ice-crystals. Wilp also had contact with the artists Michael (Mike) Jansen, Helmut Tollmann and Joe Brockerhoff.
Some of his photos can be found today in Bildarchiv Preussischer Kulturbesitz, Berlin. J. Der gelbe Wellenmacher.
German television-documentation by Klaus Peter Dencker, Atmospheric Reentry Demonstrator 1977 monks - the transatlantic feedback.
A documentary film about Wilp"s collaboration with the first avant-garde popular band The Monks, United States of America/Germany/Spain 2006 His native town Witten (situated in the Ruhr region) has just established a Charles Wilp museum called "Charles Wilp Space".