Founder · Type Designer
I’m happy to work for any brand as long as I can identify myself with them.
The market is a bit saturated with small type foundries popping up every other week.
The Brand Identity interviews Swiss designer Nicolas Bernklau about launching his independent practice, Bureau Bernklau, as a platform for both graphic and type design. He discusses his experiences at Jung von Matt and Deutsche & Japaner, his focus on typography-led identity work, and his ambitions to develop custom typefaces like Resial. The conversation also touches on his teaching role at ECAL and his approach to balancing creative work with personal life.
The Brand Identity reports on artist Tim Bengel’s exhibition 'Graves of our Generations,' a large-scale installation on the Berlin Wall border featuring 100 marble gravestones engraved with a bespoke serif typeface designed by Nicolas Bernklau. The work explores existential questions through material and typographic expression.