Bureau Bernklau is a graphic and type design studio based in St.Gallen, Switzerland. The founder, Nicolas Bernklau, designs typefaces and visual identities for clients in the cultural and corporate fields.

• His typefaces have been used by The New York Times, the BBC and Herzog & de Meuron, among others. Resial was selected as one of the works deemed “excellent” by the Tokyo Type Directors Club.
• With a focus on bespoke type solutions and a balance between established and unconventional shapes, the continuous aim is to maintain a clear visual language and to develop sustainable design solutions that last longer than a scroll in your feed.
  
  In addition to the studio’s work, Nicolas works as a Typography Consultant for Perron-Roettinger, Los Angeles, and regularly collaborates with Office for Typography, Lausanne. Previously, he gained experience as a designer and art director at Deutsche & Japaner and Jung von Matt.
  
  Following his role as a Teaching Assistant in the Master’s program in Type Design at ECAL Lausanne (2021–2024), Nicolas is currently lecturing in typography at GBS St.Gallen, DHBW Ravensburg and the Academy of Fine Arts Nuremberg.

• Clients
  Achtung Mode
  After Party Studios
  Amber Notes
  Anthony Guex
  Arte Antwerp
  Askeaton Contemporary Arts
  BBC
  Boiler Room
  Boris Brejcha
  BWGTBLD
  Casimirianum Coburg
  Dickies
  ECAL
  ephemera
  Federal Office for the Environment
  Goethe-Institut
  Herzog & de Meuron
  Import Export
  KulturRegion Stuttgart
  Kvadrat
  Manil
  Mother Berlin
  Nieuwe Instituut
  On Running
  Party Chat
  Paul Herrmann
  Paul Kalkbrenner
  Plattform Grundwasserschutz
  Pochen Biennale
  Principal Studio
  R-GO
  Restaurant vhy!
  Royal Academy of Arts
  Sample Soaps
  Samsung
  Spector Books
  Studio Berkheim
  Studio Maxwell Ashford
  Symplektik
  The Monthly
  The New York Times Magazine
  Tim Bengel
  University of Neuchâtel
  VfB Stuttgart
  W15

• Approach
  The core competence of the studio lies in logotype drawing and designing fully functional custom typefaces. On that basis visual identities are developed.
• To reach a high-end product, Bureau Bernklau fuses its own expertise in typography with other specialists in its network of design studios and collaborators such as web developers, illustrators, photographers or animators.
  
  
• Services
  Type Design
  Custom Typeface
  Custom Lettering
  Logotype
  Title Design
  Typography
  Graphic Design
  Visual Identity
  Art Direction
  Brand Strategy
  Packaging
  Editorial Design
  Website

• Awards
  Werkbeitrag St.Gallen 2024
  100 Beste Plakate 2023
  IBK Förderpreis Typografie 2022
  Tokyo Type Directors Club 2022
  Macau Design Award 2021
  Scholarship Fd. Baccarini 2020
  European Design Award 2018
  Type Directors Club NY 2018
  Art Directors Club NY 2018
  Art Directors Club Hamburg 2018
  D&AD London 2017

• Typefaces
  Resial
  Phrase
  Offkey
  Trekking
  
• Custom Type
  BB BWGT
  Mother Mono
  IE Gallo
  
  If you’re interested in using one of my typefaces, don’t hesitate to contact me.
• I’m also happy to discuss custom versions for your own project.

• Contact
  Feel free to get in touch to find a suitable solution for your idea. I am happy to help in distributing space, drawing, colouring and shaping your project together from (A) to (Z).
  
  bureau@nicolasbernklau.de
  
  Open for business, type talk and espresso macchiato. Closed for sexism, racism and fascism.
  
  
• Studio address
  Burgstrasse 45, CH–9000 St.Gallen
  
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