Nolan Paparelli

Ghost

Type design, 2025

Ghost is a digital serif typeface, carefully drawn with a raw yet elegant touch. Initially inspired by street lettering and the sharp flow of Ghostface Killah, Wu-Tang Clan honorary member, the typeface has matured and refined over time, evolving from graffiti markers to digital typography, from street to magazine cover, from an old private sketchbook to the world. First released in only two styles, Regular and Italic, the Ghost font family has now grown to welcome new family members, featuring a range of 7 weights and 14 styles in total. The typeface’s calligraphic axis, combined with sharp triangular serifs and a distinct stroke contrast, makes it robust and versatile. Ghost retains a certain delicacy in small sizes, while showing off all its graphic peculiarities when used in large sizes. It is therefore a polyvalent typeface for editorial design, equally suited to a fashion magazine, the cover of a novel or a photographer’s portfolio. Drawn with the help of Nina Faulhaber and Kasper Pyndt Rasmussen. Illustrations by Anton Erdle. TWK Ghost is available on WELTKERN®.

Burns

Type design, 2023

Burns is a geometric sans serif typeface inspired by the work of Herb Lubalin and in particular his typeface ITC Avant Garde Gothic. Knowing the past yet trying to write the future: Burns is a new take on this specific genre of geometric typefaces, distilling a contemporary touch with a very graphic approach and a playful aesthetic. Burns’ design features a high x-height, minimal tapering and pure geometric forms. The Ultra cut became so bold that it allows stroke overlaps and clogged letters, making it unique and expressive. Yet the font family remains consistent and spans a wide range of weights, from the extremely thin Hairline to the super pumped Ultra. Burns is plain with its geometric design but also versatile with many weights and graphic alternates. Hence it is good at generating instant logos but performs well in texts too. Now available on WELTKERN®! Nota bene: Italics will be released soon!

Everett

Type design, 2021

Everett is a contemporary neo-grotesque typeface known for its characteristic sharpness. The font’s design is balanced with an organic drawing and a particular digital flavor. Strong typographic cuts add a high tension while still keeping a natural reading comfort, finding the right balance between a font that is graphic yet fluid. The typeface now spans 2 collections, the standard Everett and its monospaced variation Everett Mono, offering 40 styles in total. Both font families are now available exclusively on WELTKERN®!

Edition Taube

Visual identity, typeface, 2021

Edition Taube is a publishing house specialized in artists' books & editions based in Munich / Zurich. Together, we developed a subtle redesign of their corporate identity around their known bird symbol and the introduction of a new typeface. The new identity is very simple and straightforward: one font, one cut, a few type sizes and clear grid systems. This way, the system is simple to use in-house. The typeface FT Kunst Grotesk used in a bold way, gives a contemporary edge throughout.

Edition Taube picture n°1 by Nolan Paparelli

Edition Taube picture n°2 by Nolan Paparelli

Edition Taube picture n°3 by Nolan Paparelli

Edition Taube picture n°4 by Nolan Paparelli

Edition Taube picture n°5 by Nolan Paparelli

Edition Taube picture n°6 by Nolan Paparelli

Edition Taube picture n°7 by Nolan Paparelli

Edition Taube picture n°8 by Nolan Paparelli

Gasteig

Visual identity, poster series, 2020
with PARAT.cc (Jonas Beuchert,
Tilman Schlevogt & Johanna Wenger)

Winning proposal as part of a pitch for Gasteig, Europe’s biggest cultural center in Munich, made with PARAT.cc. The goal was to develop a CD system, in order to avoid confusion between events that the Gasteig hosts and offers. As a nod to the old logo, we designed a type system with brackets as a frame that allows type compositions in the center reacting to what is being promoted. It’s been designed to be flexible and responsive.

Art Basel Digital

Graphics, motion design, 2020
with KAIROS STUDIO
Art Direction: Sebastian Vargas
Animation: Miriam Palopoli

While Kairos Studio being the digital agency of Art Basel, we expanded their digital presence by developing a motion design system and a web tool to generate videos. This enables the communication team to create animated videos on demand to promote all programs on all channels.

Art Basel Digital picture n°1 by Nolan Paparelli

Forever Everett Specimen

Editorial design, typeface, 2022
Photography: Daniel Everett
Typography: Nolan Paparelli

Forever Everett is an hybrid publication celebrating simultaneously Daniel Everett’s photographic work and the eponymous typeface designed by Nolan Paparelli. The publication is composed of a series of 6 double-sided posters, folded twice, which becomes a large booklet when combined together, always alternating between photo- and typographic details. Now available on WELTKERN®!

Forever Everett Specimen picture n°1 by Nolan Paparelli

Forever Everett Specimen picture n°2 by Nolan Paparelli

Forever Everett Specimen picture n°3 by Nolan Paparelli

Forever Everett Specimen picture n°4 by Nolan Paparelli

Forever Everett Specimen picture n°5 by Nolan Paparelli

Forever Everett Specimen picture n°6 by Nolan Paparelli

Forever Everett Specimen picture n°7 by Nolan Paparelli

Forever Everett Specimen picture n°8 by Nolan Paparelli

Forever Everett Specimen picture n°9 by Nolan Paparelli

Forever Everett Specimen picture n°10 by Nolan Paparelli

Forever Everett Specimen picture n°11 by Nolan Paparelli

MF21

Poster series, 2021
Self-initiated

This poster series emerged out of a commission for a magazine celebrating 20 years of the Swiss music festival Festi’neuch in 2021 (hence the name “MF21” for Magazine Festi’neuch 2021). Using only typography in b/w, the posters extract and remix various content from the magazine into a poster format. It’s a way of rediscovering the experience of the magazine in a different way.

Counterpoint association

Visual identity, website, 2018
with KAIROS STUDIO
Art Direction: Sebastian Vargas
Coding: Alfatih Al Zouabi

Counterpoint association is a Zurich based non-profit organisation that investigates the present through multiple art forms, create alternative narratives to foster critical thinking and mediate new territories for culture. The whole identity is constructed by bringing together the four most spoken languages in Switzerland, inspired by the aesthetics of the federal bureaucracy while adding a more contemporary, technical feeling.

Logotype for Counterpoint association designed by Nolan Paparelli in collaboration with Sebastian Vargas (KAIROS STUDIO)

Website for Counterpoint association designed by Nolan Paparelli in collaboration with Sebastian Vargas (KAIROS STUDIO)

Jana Zornik portfolio

Visual identity, website, typeface, 2018
with KAIROS STUDIO
Art Direction: Sebastian Vargas
Photography: Cécilia Poupon
Coding: Lukas Stocklin & Pablo Perez

As part of an ongoing creative collaboration with the London based designer Jana Zornik, we created a gallery within the website to showcase her work, as well as a custom typeface to highlight projects in a unique way.

Website for London based designer Jana Zornik designed by Nolan Paparelli in collaboration with Sebastian Vargas (KAIROS STUDIO)

Matière Vive

Visual identity, 2018

Modular identity system developed for Matière Vive, a Swiss based practice specialised in digital media and websites. The logotype is composed on a dots grid that allow to write their initials “MV” in various different ways, reflecting the variety of their work and the ability to adapt themselves in any kind of constraints within a project. The use of only lowercases refer to the web designer’s way of typing code.