Studio Bramesfeld

Studio Bramesfeld is the Berlin-based, but globally open design practice of independent graphic designer Wibke Bramesfeld, founded in 2019.

While specialising in (art) book design, the studio is also involved in the development of branding strategies and identities, the design of exhibition spaces, and the creation and realisation of a wide range of digital and analogue visual materials. Studio Bramesfeld focuses on creating visually appealing designs with a strong conceptual foundation, tailored to the needs and target audience of each project. We prioritise attention to detail and quality, infusing passion, dedication and a love of working with colour to effectively convey the project’s message.

The studio has worked with many cultural organisations and art publishers, including Valiz, Het Nieuwe Instituut, nai010, Design Academy Eindhoven and Onomatopee Projects.

Wibke is also co-founder with Amy Gowen of HumDrumPress, an extended publishing project that focuses on collaboration and commons-based approaches to question the processes and boundaries of publishing.

Award

DAE Graduation Catalogue, Best Dutch Book Designs 2021, Student Selection

Lectures and Teaching

Lecture at Boston University Publication Class, 2022 & 2020
2-day workshop on information design and design research Gengdan Academy of Design, Beijing 2022
External examiner of master’s theses at Boston University, invited by Christopher Slebodad

Publications

upcoming

The Colonial Familiar Nostalgic Radical Transformative life of the strawberry, Marika Vandekraats, 2024, HumDrumPress
Fragment Found, Eva Jack (ed.)
Script for a synthetic play, Flora Reznik (ed.), Onomatopee Projects, Eindhoven

Worlding Ecologies, Art, Science and Activism Towards Climate Justice, Niekolaas Johannes Lekkerkerk, Eva Burgering, 2024, Valiz
How do we know what we know about hormones, i0 xen0, 2024, HumDrumPress
Utterances, Composing a Care-Informed Research Practice in the Cracks, Promiscuous Care Study Group, 2024, HumDrumPress
Water Wareness, Panta Rhei Collaborative, 2024, HumDrumPress
Lumbung, commons and community art, Simon Kentgens and Florian Cramer, 2023, HumDrumPress
Women in Architecture, with Team Thursday, Laurence Osteyn (ed.), 2023, nai010
Future Book(s). Sharing Ideas on Books and (Art) Publishing, with Line Arngaard, Isa Grienberger, Elisabeth Klement (met Katla Einarsdóttir), Zuzana Kostelanská, Dymfy van Meel, Victoria Paeva, Laura Pappa, Lotte Lara Schröder and Irene Stracuzzi, Valiz, 2023
unununimimimdededesign, Joannette van der Veer (ed.), 2022, Onomatopee Projects
Rights of Way, Amy Gowen (ed.), 2022, Onomatopee Projects
Design Academy Eindhoven Graduation Catalogue 2021
Script for a Synthetic Play, Flora Reznik (ed.), 2022, Onomatopee Projects
Tales from a Technocratic City, Josh Plough (ed.), 2022, Onomatopee Projects
Archiprix 2021, The Best Dutch Graduation Projects Architecture, Urbanism, Landscape Architecture, 2021, nai010
Meeting Grounds: On Locality, Community, Connection & Care, On Locality, Community, Connection and Care, Amy Gowen (ed.), 2021, Onomatopee
What Bungalows Can Tell, Paoletta Holst, Brigita Murti, Mira Asriningtyas (eds.), 2021, Onomatopee
CriticALL!, Joannette van der Veer (ed.), 2021, Onomatopee
Design in conservative times, Joannette van der Veer (ed.), 2020, Onomatopee
Social Matter, Social Design, Jan Boelen & Michael Kaethler (eds.), 2020, Valiz
Co-Machines, ON/OFF architecture (ed.), 2020, Onomatopee
Recipes for the Future, Lene ter Haar, Valérie-Anne Houppermans, Astrid Kaminski, Beate Gerlings (eds.), 2020, Onomatopee
Post—the Poster, Wibke Bramesfeld, Freek Lomme (eds.), 2020, Onomatopee

Exhibition Design

Graduation Show 2021, Design Academy Eindhoven, Identity & Signing, in collaboration with Ward Goes
Archiprix 2021 in Gallery 6 at Het Nieuwe Instituut, Rotterdam. 05/06/2021—29/08/2021
Rights of Way, November—December, 2020, Curator: Amy Gowen, Onomatopee Projects
The phantom of design, October 2020, Curator: Joannette van der Veer, Onomatopee Projects
CriticALL, June—September 2020, Curator: Joannette van der Veer, Onomatopee Projects
Post— The Poster, June—September 2020, Curator: Wibke Bramesfeld, Freek Lomme, Onomatopee Projects

Fellowships

Starting Grant, Design Grant Scheme, Creative Industries Fand NL with HumDrumPress, 2022
LEARN Research Fellowship ith HumDrumPress, School of Commons, Zürich, 2022

Various

Bücher von morgen, 2023
Designing the Catalogue: A Conversation with Wibke Bramesfeld , 2022
Interview Chambre Fluide Magazine, 2021
Exhibition GS19 Graduation Show, Design Academy Eindhoven, NL, 2019
Panel discussion on National Identity at the Arena during GS19, together with Adriana Comparetto, Anna Zimmermann and Jing He, 2019
Exhibition Overturning Othering, Den Haag showing Decentralizing the Peace Palace, together with June Park, Dorian Renard and Gianmaria Della Ratta, 2018
Talk Decentralizing the Peace Palace, presented during Hague Talks – How can we invest in sustainable peace?, together with June Park, Dorian Renard and Gianmaria Della Ratta, 2018
Exhibition Sprache als Ereignis. Ein allegorischer Liebesbrief, Heinrich-Heine-Institut Düsseldorf, 2016—2017
Exhibition Kriegskinder, Graduation Show PBSA/Hochschule, Düsseldorf, 2016
Kriegskinder, Design made in Germany, 2016

Wibke studied at the Peter Behrens School of Arts in Düsseldorf, DE (2012–2016), HDK - Academy of Design and Crafts, Göteborg, SE (2014–2015), and received her MA from the department ‘Information Design’ at Design Academy Eindhoven, NL, in 2019. Since then she has been running ‘Studio Bramesfeld’.
To receive a current CV please send an email to hi@bramesfeld.com.

There are no open job vacancies or internships available.