• Who am I ?

    Nicolas Schoffers, a Cologne (Germany) based graphic designer with both experience and motivation to develop your personal concepts as well for screen as for print. But go on, discover a bit more about myself throughout this site.

    Why me ?

    Motivated to be as helpful for everyone as possible, I am constanlty interested in my partners and clients ideas to understand them and their needs as much as possible.

    My strengths ?

    I can adapt to your needs to get together to the best design for you and your products.

  • Make the difference

    Poster design was my personal starting point for my studies. Primarily motivated to give everyone a voice to be seen. A major chance during my studies has been to be part of an international workshop in Paris, directed by the Warriors Studioem> from Scottland. The workshop invited us to rethink the communication campaign for the International Assembly festival directed by the studio using experimental techniques. These posters are thought to be both static for print as well as animated through generative algorithms.
    These posters won the Best Poster price at the end of the workshop.

    SomeSwingGood

    Since 2016 I regularely design the event posters for the university choir SomeSwingGood. In 2023 I had the chance to rethink their corporate identity. Here the idea of a LP record is mixed with the sitting circle built during the rehearsals and the soundwaves of the voices.
    The logo was designed with the primary use on social media and posters in mind. The color scheme should be easily changeable to correstpond to the actuals concert mood. Finaly a font has been developed using the logo as a starting pattern.

    Series Openers

    As a part of my graphic design studies I had the chance to experiment a lot in the field of motion design. The two primary works were openers for TV fictions. The first of them is a compositing exercise reinterpreting the title sequence from the real show True Detectives. The second opener I designed was for a fictional show that should have a strong film noir inspiration and called The City of Lost Souls. This one contains a couple of 3D-shots.

    Apps for Everyone

    As for now I have had two occasions of creatinf UX/UI designs for mobile apps as part of my studies. The first, called MyHMKW should be an alternive to my university's online portal, both for people from inside like students and teachers, as also for visitors. A VR and a AR aspect were implemented by adding an AR wayfinder through the building and the possibility to visit the exhibitions online.
    The second app is a library app imagined to help every possible user to use all of the public libraries assets.

  • HMKW Cologne

    Since april 2022 I am a graphic design student with emphasis on visual communication in the Cologne (Germany) based private university for media, communication and commerce.

    University of Cologne

    I achieved a bachelor of science degree in astrophysics with a focus on computer science. This study gave me the chance to develop a pragmatic working style.

    Further studies

    During my time in university I had the opportunity to learn other skills and to open myself to a range of other experiences, such as an international Workshops in Paris (France) and Rovaniemi (Finland), managing the content and community of the ElAegilon YouTube channel and becoming a Salsa teacher until the COVID breakout.

  • A homemade memory game using my designs for icons representing litterary genres as they could be found in online and offline bookshops. Could you spot them all?

    Lean back and relax while looking at the breeze blowing through these branches or move your mouse around to push some plants aside or even play god by planting an infinit variety of trees.

    Sort the tiles to reconstruct the original image. The Logodesign was part of a workshop in Paris (France). To find more about it, just look up my works just here above.

    Set "fire" to your screen by adding a few sparks with your mouse and discover the image hidden behind the black curtain.