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 regularly collaborates with Brian Roettinger, Los Angeles, and Office for Typography, Lausanne.
  
  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 Schule für Gestaltung St.Gallen and DHBW Ravensburg, with prior experience at ECAL and Academy of Fine Arts Nuremberg.

• Clients
  Anthony Guex
  Architekturmuseum TUM
  Arte Antwerp
  Askeaton Contemporary Arts
  BBC
  Boiler Room
  Boris Brejcha
  BWGTBLD
  Dickies
  ECAL
  ephemera
  Forum d’architecture Lausanne
  Federal Office for the Environment, CH
  Herzog & de Meuron
  Import Export
  Jehnny Beth
  KulturRegion Stuttgart
  Kvadrat
  London Review of Books
  Manil
  Mother Berlin
  Museum Brandhorst
  Nest
  Nieuwe Instituut
  Noelani Rutz
  On Running
  Party Chat
  Paul Herrmann
  Paul Kalkbrenner
  Pavillon de l’Arsenal
  Pro Helvetia
  R.C Concepts
  R-GO
  reframe
  Royal Academy of Arts
  Samsung
  The Altar
  The Monthly
  The New York Times Magazine
  University of Neuchâtel
  Vans
  Yale Architecture

• 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, photographers or 3D artists.
  
  
• Services
  Type Design
  Custom Typeface
  Custom Lettering
  Logotype
  Title Design
  Typography
  Graphic Design
  Print & Web
  Visual Identity
  Art Direction

• Awards
  100 Beste Plakate 2024
  Werkbeitrag St.Gallen 2024
  Art Directors Club DE 2024
  100 Beste Plakate 2023
  IBK Förderpreis Typografie 2022
  Tokyo Type Directors Club 2022
  Scholarship Fd. Baccarini 2020
  European Design Award 2018
  Type Directors Club NY 2018
  Art Directors Club NY 2018
  Art Directors Club DE 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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