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Yukiko develop concepts and execute visual systems for the arts, culture, counter-culture and new technologies.

Studio Yukiko

Studio Yukiko is a Berlin-based creative agency specialising in creative direction, art direction, brand strategy, concept development, and design direction for cultural institutions, public organisations, and commercial clients.

The studio produces award-winning work that unearths narratives, tells stories of local communities worldwide, and immerses itself in the currents of internet and contemporary youth culture. With its ongoing research practice, Yukiko explores new forms of visual storytelling and expands its understanding of cultural, social, and technological contexts in which its work exists.

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Yukiko approaches every project as a strategic and multidisciplinary endeavour. Working across brand strategy, visual identity, creative direction, motion, editorial, digital, and spatial design, the studio develops worlds that extend far beyond a single medium. Research and dialogue sit at the heart of the process. Yukiko works closely with clients and collaborators to uncover what makes an organisation, product, or institution distinctive, translating these insights into identities that are meaningful, culturally relevant, and built to endure.

With an international team and an extensive network of collaborators, including architects, artists, writers, coders, philosophers, illustrators, photographers, and researchers, the studio moves fluidly across disciplines and audiences. Equally informed by contemporary youth culture, local communities, internet culture, and emerging technologies, Yukiko creates work that resonates across both physical and digital environments.

The studio’s work has been recognised by D&AD, ADC Germany, TDC New York, and TDC Tokyo, among others. Members of the team have also served on the juries of D&AD, TDC, and LADAWARDS, contributing to the wider discourse on contemporary design.

Yukiko approaches every project as a strategic and multidisciplinary endeavour. Working across brand strategy, visual identity, creative direction, motion, editorial, digital, and spatial design, the studio develops worlds that extend far beyond a single medium. Research and dialogue sit at the heart of the process. Yukiko works closely with clients and collaborators to uncover what makes an organisation, product, or institution distinctive, translating these insights into identities that are meaningful, culturally relevant, and built to endure.

With an international team and an extensive network of collaborators, including architects, artists, writers, coders, philosophers, illustrators, photographers, and researchers, the studio moves fluidly across disciplines and audiences. Equally informed by contemporary youth culture, local communities, internet culture, and emerging technologies, Yukiko creates work that resonates across both physical and digital environments. The studio’s work has been recognised by D&AD, ADC Germany, TDC New York, and TDC Tokyo, among others. Members of the team have also served on the juries of D&AD, TDC, and LADAWARDS, contributing to the wider discourse on contemporary design.

Studio@y-u-k-i-k-o.com
Tel: +49 (0)30 26 557 594
IG: @studio_yukiko

Studio Yukiko GmbH
Körnerstraße 19
10785 Berlin-Tiergarten

Handelsregister Berlin-Charlottenburg
HRB 263649 B

For new business enquiries:
johannes@y-u-k-i-k-o.com

To be considered for future positions please send a CV and portfolio (presentation links or pdfs only):
apply@y-u-k-i-k-o.com

For internship applications:
work-it@y-u-k-i-k-o.com

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TEAM

Michelle Phillips
Founder, Creative Direction
Johannes Conrad
Founder, Creative Direction, Managing Director
Sebastien Millot
Art Direction
Klara Troost
Design Direction
Tonia Kozlova
Design Direction
Mayar Badary
Production
Rebecca Tenbusch
Production + Strategy
Dr. Florian Hadler
Strategy Direction
Sebastian Lymann
Creative Direction, Copy
Lou Hillereau
Design
Matt Clark
UI/UX Design

SELECTED CLIENTS

Apple
MIT - Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Netflix
Staatliche Museen zu Berlin
Bundeskunsthalle Bonn
Highsnobiety
Fondation Beyeler
Hinge
Raumlabor Berlin
Nike
Meta
Camper
Dazed
Calvin Klein
Vans
Volkswagen
HKW - Haus der Kulturen der Welt
Weleda
Paramount Plus
Sony Music
MdbK - Museum der bildende Künste Leipzig
Floating University
LAS - Light Art Space
Amnesty International
Cura Magazine
Die Zeit
Spotify
Deutsche Telekom
Puma
DoorDash
ZKM - Zentrum für Kunst und Medien Karlsruhe

SELECTED AWARDS

2025
D&AD Wooden Pencil
2024
D&AD Wooden Pencil
2024
Tokyo Type Directors Club
2023
BCM – Best of Content Marketing Award
2023
Deutscher Digital Award
2023
Art Directors Club
2023
German Brand Awards
2023
ADC Germany, Golden Nail
2023
D&AD Wooden Pencil
2023
Die Schönsten Deutschen Bücher (Most Beautiful German Books)
2023
Latin American Design Awards (Judge)
2021
D&AD (Judge)
2019
Stack Awards:
Art Director of the Year
2019
Stack Awards, Commended
2019
Stack Awards:
Magazine of the Year; Flaneur Magazine
2018
The One Club, Merrit
2018
Finnish Photobook Award
2017
Stack Awards
2016
D&AD Wooden Pencil
2016
German Design Award, Nomination
2014
Lead Awards, Newcomer, Bronze
2014
D&AD Slice, Entire Magazine
2014
ADC Germany, Distinction
2014
Type Directors Club, New York, Typographic Excellence

TALKS, WORKSHOPS & TEACHING

Adobe Max (US)
Us By Night, Antwerp (Belgium)
Nicer Tuesdays, London (UK)
Parsons School of Design, NYC (US)
Out Of Office, Jakarta (Indonesia)
Google VISD Summit (US)
OFFF, Barcelona (Spain)
Forward Festival (Germany)
Bauhaus-Universität Weimar (Germany)
Rhode Island School of Design (US)
Type Paris (France)
CXI Brand Talks (Germany)
University of the Arts Berlin (Germany)
Berlin International University of Applied Sciences (Germany)
Ultrafett, Bielefeld (Germany)
INTL (Scotland)
Graphic Days, Turino (Italy)
Kunstmuseum, Bonn (Germany)
Printing Plant, Amsterdam (NL)
OFFF, Vienna (Austria)
OFFF, Servilla (Spain)
Ten To Six, FH Bielefeld (Germany)
Indiecon, Hamburg (Germany)
Design vs Music, Tromsø (Norway)
QVED, Munich (Germany)
DMJX, Copenhagen (Denmark)
Typomania, Moscow (Russia)
Designers Open, Leipzig (Germany)
GLUG, Berlin (Germany)
Brighton University (UK)
Burg Giebichenstein, Halle (Germany)
Sesc, Sao Paulo (Brazil)
HfG Offenbach (Germany)
Hochschule Mainz (Germany)
IGM, Oslo (Norway)
ABK Stuttgart (Germany)

SELECTED PRESS

Wallpaper China (2026)
It's Nice That (2024)
Ad Age (2024)
Communication Arts (2024)
It’s Nice That (2023)
It’s Nice That (2023)
It’s Nice That (2022)
It’s Nice That (2022)
The Brand Identity (2022)
Dazed (2021)
Tokion (2021)
Dazed (2021)
It’s Nice That (2020)
032c (2019)
Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung (2019)
It’s Nice That (2019)
Mag Culture (2019)
It’s Nice That – Ones To Watch (2018)
AIGA Eye for Design (2018)
Monocle (2018)
Metal (2018)
It’s Nice That (2018)
AIGA Eye for Design (2017)
It’s Nice That (2017)
Creative Review (2017)
IdN (2017)
It’s Nice That (2016)
MagCulture (2016)
MagCulture (2016)
Computer Arts Magazine (2016)
Etapes (2016)
It’s Nice That (2016)
It’s Nice That (2016)
Dazed (2016)
Dazed (2016)
Novum (2016)
Grafik (2016)
Typeroom (2016)
AIGA Eye for Design (2015)
Start Me Up, Gestalten (2015)
It’s Nice That (2015)
It’s Nice That (2015)
Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung (2015)

CREDITS

Website coded by André Pahl
Custom Yukiko Typeface by Florian Karsten + Yukiko
Selected photos by Christian Werner, Diana Pfammatter, Malte Seidel, Morgan Hickinbotham
Selected texts written by Madeleine Morley
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UPDATES

09.11.2026
Talk
(Upcoming) Yukiko to talk at Bold in Brno (Czech Republic)
06.10.2026
Talk
(Upcoming) Johannes and Michelle to talk at Paradiso in Yucatán (Mexico)
07.07.2026
Workshop
Tonia and Klara host a typography workshop at Colorama Berlin
01.06.2026
Teaching
Sébastien teaches the Editorial Seminar at UDK this Summer Semester
04.05.2026
Update
Team Yukiko in Boston – an exciting identity re-work for MIT
07.11.2025
Talk
Tonia talks at The International Assembly in Glasgow (Scotland)
25.09.2025
Talk
Johannes talks at Us By Night in Antwerp (Belgium)
06.09.2025
Launch
Opening of the Sao Paulo Bienal
28.08.2025
Talk
Klara and Ira do a homerun at Forward Festival in Berlin (Germany)
16.06.2025
Award
Fabian Saul – Die Trauer der Tangente wins ‘Most Beautiful German Book’ in 2025
07.06.2025
Talk
Klara talks at ESAD–IDEA in Porto (Portugal)
07.06.2025
Talk
Ira deep dives UKR at the CXI Konferenz (Germany)
30.04.2025
Lecture
Michelle at Elisava Barcelona (Spain)
11.04.2025
Exhibition
Yukiko Exhibition at Parco Gallery, Milan during Salone del Mobile 2025 (Italy)
13.03.2025
Talk
Klara talks at ZHdK in Zurich (Switzerland)
06.03.2025
Award
Michelle judges the graphic design category at TDC71
23.02.2025
Lecture
Yukiko to turn up at The Design Talks in Warsaw (Poland)
28.11.2024
Exhibition
Yukiko is co-curating the Doitsu Section at Tokyo Art Book Fair (Japan)
20.10.2024
Lecture
Catch Tonia at Inscript Festival this October
06.05.2024
Press
It’s Nice That on our Post Modernity book

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Beatland Telekom

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OÖ Museums OÖ

Brand Identity / Identity / Cultural Institutions / Campaign / Website

Wong Ping Times Art Center

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Techno Worlds Goethe Institute

Editorial / Identity / Cultural Institutions / Books

Electronic Beats Telekom

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Anna Ehrenstein OÖ

Editorial / Books / Art & Culture

Anthropocene HKW

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Gretchen Andrew OÖ

Editorial / Books

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Jordan Nike

Campaign

Talking Trash Nike

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Flyease Nike

Identity / Campaign / Design Direction

YZ Year Zero

Identity / Brand Identity / Editorial / Campaign

Cariad VW Group

Brand Identity / Identity

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Cafe Camaleon Camper

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Brand Identity / Identity

Dirndl OÖ

Editorial / Books

Proof of Art OÖ

Editorial / Books

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Design Direction / Music

Play Time Sofa

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Mawaheb Mawaheb

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Identity / Event

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Magical Soup Hamburger Bahnhof

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Identity / Cultural Institutions

Prototozones

Brand Identity / Identity / Cultural Institutions / Campaign / Website

Oh Boy! Sofa

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Editorial / Magazine / Art Direction

Theatre Münchner Kammerspiele

Identity

Pool Pool

Brand Identity / Identity / Campaign

Play Gou Nike

Digital campaign / Entertainment

Friends of Friends OÖ

Editorial / Books

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Design Direction / Campaign

Tribes of Europa Netflix

Identity

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Editorial / Catalogues

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Editorial / Catalogues

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