Contact
Nguyen Gobber
Tyrnauer Gasse 8 / 15
A-1100 Vienna
mail[at]nguyengobber.com
+43 680 141 7665
Instagram
@t.m.hoangnguyen
@david.gobber
Mon — Fri: 9.00 — 17.00
We speak EN / DE
About
Nguyen Gobber is a graphic design practice helping people and institutions from the academic, cultural, and social fields to be perceived as the experts they are. They do so by carefully crafting a compelling appearance for their knowledge, ideas, and projects through distinctive visual identities and thoughtful editorial designs.
Expertise
Background
Nguyen Gobber is the collaborative practice of Hoang Nguyen and David Gobber. They have studied in renowned institutions such as the graphic design class of Prof. Fons Hickmann at the University of the Arts in Berlin and the FHNW Academy of Arts and Design (with major in typography) in Basel, where they obtained their respective bachelor’s degrees in Visual Communication. To deepen their knowledge in design further, they enrolled in the international postgraduate programme of the FHNW Academy of Art and Design in Basel and received the academic title Master of Arts in Visual Communication and Iconic Research with a master’s thesis on metaphorical design concepts as well as a master’s thesis on the visualisation of utopian ideas. In addition, they developed an expertise in type design by attending seminars and workshops led by experts such as Prof. Philipp Stamm at the FHNW, Matthias Pauwels at the SfG Basel, Dinamo at UdK Berlin, and Hannes Famira from the Type@Cooper programme, which further strengthens the studio’s design capabilities. Before the establishment of Nguyen Gobber, they worked with and for various highly regarded design studios such as Hubertus Design, NODE Berlin, Raffinerie, and others. In these contexts and/or under their own name, Hoang Nguyen and David Gobber have designed for clients such as HKW Haus der Kulturen der Welt, MIT Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Lausanne (EPFL), Swiss Federal Office of Culture (FOC), Greenpeace Switzerland, The Basel School of Design, FHNW Academy of Arts and Design, University of Applied Sciences and Arts Northwestern Switzerland, University of the Arts Berlin, Museum Rietberg, Kunstmuseum Luzern, and others.
Awards Events Press
2022
- The Most Beautiful Swiss Books 2021
- Guest critique and talk at the Peter Behrens School of Arts, Düsseldorf
- Article “Bilder für Utopien finden” on Skug.at
2021
- Article “Utopien visualisieren” on FUTURZWEI – Stiftung Zukunftsfähigkeit
- “We, Ourselves, and Us” Exhibition at Weltformat Festival in Lucerne
- SWISS MAX Exhibition at the Taiwan Design Museum in Taipei
- Lecture on “How to Design Scientific Posters” at the ETH Zürich (↗ Guide)
- Article on It’s Nice That
- #JapanRevisited202x book by the Austrian Cultural Forum in Tokyo
- 100 Beste Plakate 2020 (Finalist)
2020
- ALLstars Exhibition at PDP Conference in Novi Sad
- “Serigraphy — The Art of Poster Printing” at Weltformat Festival in Lucerne
- #JapanRevisited202x Exhibition by the Austrian Cultural Forum in Tokyo
- #JapanRevisited202x at Ars Electronica in Linz
- Golden Bee Global Biennale of Graphic Design in Moscow
- 100 Beste Plakate 2019 (Winner)
2019
- Graphic Design Festival Scotland
- 100 Beste Plakate 2018 (Finalist)
- Swiss Graphic Design Exhibition at Teh-Chun Art Gallery in Taipei, Taiwan
- “Welcome To Typocracy” Type Design Publication by Fontself
- Article on Design&Paper
- Talk at OPEN HOUSE 2019 FHNW Academy of Art and Design
2018
- grafikSCHWEIZ 18
- 100 Beste Plakate 2017 w/ Hubertus Design (Winner)
- Regionale19 at E-WERK in Freiburg
- Talk at Schule für Gestaltung Basel
2017
- Swiss Design Awards 2017 (nominated)
- Die Schönsten Deutschen Bücher 2017 w/ Hubertus Design (nominated)
- Article in Design360° Magazine
- Morgen und davor, published by Verlag Hermann Schmidt
––We don’t participate in profit-driven competitions––