Graphic Design
Art Direction
Resial in use, New York Times Magazine Voyages Issue (04.2022)
Resial (Diploma typeface), Bringing together functionality and idiosyncrasies
Dear Tom (Album artwork, logotype), EP II
Dear Tom (Album artwork), Golden Water Remixes
ephemera (Logotype and identity), Fragrance brand, Los Angeles
Strength in Fragility (Publication), Diploma project with Anna Deller-Yee, RCA London
Studio Berkheim (Logotype)
Orbitea (Typeface)
Tim Bengel (Custom typeface), Exhibition “Graves of our Generation”
Maxwell Ashford (Label design), RUEI-01
Maxwell Ashford (Publication), Fractions
Phrase (Typeface), Rooted in De Vinne and flavoured by magazine design from the 70s
Twirl (Typeface)
ECAL (Publication), AREA workshop by Jan Horčik
Amber Notes (Logotype and identity), Film production company, Los Angeles
human-808 (Modular typeface)
Critical Regionalism in Type Design (MA Thesis, écal MATD)
Boris Brejcha (Title lettering and credits), Spicy (feat. Ginger)
Aufstiege Lichtkunstfestival (Identity)
illitera (Publication), BA final project
Offkey (Typeface), Jazz music means regularities and irregularities
de frakto (Logotype)
Kakushibori (Lettering, Publication) with Anna Deller-Yee
vhy! (Logotype), Timo Hildebrand’s vegan restaurant, Stuttgart
Monotype, Grandstories (Lettering)
Sample Soaps (Logotype and Typography)
Schriftkultur
Bureau Bernklau is a graphic and type design studio based in St.Gallen, Switzerland. The core of the studio is visual identity work and typeface design for clients in the cultural and corporate field. With a focus on bespoke type solutions and a balance between established and unconventional shapes, the continuous aim is to keep a clear visual language and to develop sustainable design solutions which last longer than a scroll in your feed.
Nicolas Bernklau is currently working in the MA Type Design at ECAL Lausanne, as well as lecturing in Typography at DHBW Ravensburg, while continuing his own practice for international clients.
Services
Type Design (Custom typefaces, Custom letterings, Logotype drawing, Typography)
Graphic Design & Art Direction (Visual identity, Website, Poster, Concept...)
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). Open for business, type talk and Campari spritz. Closed for sexism, racism and fascism.
If you’re interested in using one of my typefaces (Resial, Phrase, Offkey), don’t hesitate to contact me. I’m also happy to discuss custom versions for your own project.
Clients and collaborators
Worked and collaborated with designers and clients such as After Party Studios, Amber Notes, Boiler Room, Boris Brejcha, BWGTBLD, Deutsche & Japaner, ECAL, ephemera, Federal Office for the Environment (CH), Herzog & de Meuron, Import Export, Jung von Matt, KulturRegion Stuttgart, Manil, The Monthly, Mother Berlin, The New York Times Magazine, Office for Typography, On Running, Party Chat, Perron-Roettinger, R-GO, Sample Soaps, Samsung, Sara Bastai, Studio Berkheim, Symplektik, Tim Bengel, Timo Hildebrand, University of Neuchâtel.
Typefaces in use
Anton Ioukhnovets for The New York Times Magazine, Daly & Lyon for Herzog & de Meuron / Royal Academy of Arts, Askeaton Contemporary Arts, Mother for Paul Kalkbrenner, Hannes Drißner for Thomas Mann Haus / Goethe-Institut, Mike Giesser for The Monthly, Plus Mûrs, Vrints Kolsteren for Arte Antwerp...
Education
BA in Media Design, DHBW Ravensburg & University of Reading
MA in Type Design, ECAL/Ecole cantonale d’Art de Lausanne
Teaching
ECAL/Ecole cantonale d’Art de Lausanne
DHBW Ravensburg
Awards and scholarships
IBK (Internationale Bodensee Konferenz) Kulturförderpreis Typografie 2022, Tokyo TDC Annual Awards 2022 Prize Nominee Works, Macau Design Award 2021, Scholarship Fondation Baccarini en mémoire de Pierre Keller 2020, German Design Award 2019 Newcomer of the Year Nominee, Uncover Designpreis 2018 Finalist, European Design Award 2018 Silver Award, Type Directors Club New York 2018 Certificate of Typographic Excellence, Art Directors Club New York 2018 Award, Art Directors Club Germany 2018 Silver, Deutscher Designer Club 2018 Finalist, D&AD London 2017 Yellow Pencil, 100 beste Plakate 2016 Finalist.