Our focus is on conceptual and systemic design. Typography serves as our starting point for distinctive visual systems.

We explore how typography can shape identities, structures, and visual languages—from experimental type systems and editorial design to typography-driven identities.

For each project, we collaborate with a curated network of experts from various fields of visual communication.

Typography-first identities

Corporate typesetting

Editorial design

Experimental font systems

UX / UI experience

Alongside my studio work, I am a university lecturer for layout and typography at the University of Arts Linz.

3x TDC Type Directors Club

3x TDC Tokyo Prize Nominee Work

4x TDC Tokyo Excellent Work

1x ADC*E Art Directors Club Europe silver

1x ADC*E Art Directors Club Europe bronze

7x CCA Creativ Club Austria Shortlist

1x Joseph Binder Award Silver

2x Joseph Binder Award Distinction

3x CA Comm. Arts Typography

3x CA Comm. Arts Design

3x HKDA Hong Kong Global Design Award

4x Red Dot Comm. Design

9x Berliner Type

2x IF Design Award

2x Good Design Award

1x Award360 Shortlist

+43 676 3140568

gerhard@kirchschlaeger.at

UID ATU49887500