Nicolas Birrer develops seamless, integrated digital experiences where aesthetics and code are in perfect harmony.

Experience

Freelancer at
AnDico Lab

Internship at
Studio Silvan Borer
Summer 25

Visual Communication BA 23 to 26

School of Design Basel 23


Services

Creative Coding

Digital Design

Webbased Solutions

Interactive Design

Custom digital Tools

Unica Family Shop

Coding

2025

UFS is a webbased tool designed to showcase the Unica Font Family, using april tags as a physical input, it allows the users to collaboratively design stickers. This project was developed with Robin Schneider (lead art direction & typography) and Nicolas Birrer (lead code structure & Interaction).

Basel noted

Webapplication

2026

Users can upload images and generate drawings from them using an AI workflow in the background. The first AI defines the main object and passes this information on to other AI models for masking and stylization. Google Geocoding API is used to read the GPS data from the images and assign them to the corresponding neighborhood in Basel. Basel noted is a project developed by Nicolas Birrer and Oliver Wick under the mentorship of Paulina Zybinska in the 5th semester of HGK FHNW.

Keyvisual

Animation

2026

For the annual celebration of the Basel Music Academy, I worked as a freelancer in collaboration with AnDico Lab Basel to develop the key visual for the digital invitation. Using the academy’s fonts and colors, I created a unique interactive visual language that perfectly captures the interplay and r

EU Research Project

Website

2025

During my internship at Studio Silvan Borer in Zurich, I developed the website for the EU research project, "Skill Resilience 4 EU." The website was built using Webflow, and the landing page features a horizontal scroll and an animated logo.

Type manipulation tool

Coding

2025

This graphical tool was developed using the p5.js JavaScript library. Designed for the desktop 16:9 format, it is web-based. It is an open-source project. This type manipulation tool quickly becomes very abstract, opening up a whole new horizon of graphic compositions.

Type manipulation tool
Type manipulation tool

StrubExtrud

Visual Identity

2024

For StrubExtrud, I developed a digital identity based on abstract shapes inspired by 3D printers. To bring the entire identity together, I developed an animated key visual with CSS animations to render the vectors sharply in the browser.

StrubExtrud
StrubExtrud

Stick Bug Studio

Product Design

2025

Stickbug Studio is a kit for building beetles by sticking the pieces together. All of the parts are 3D-printed. I used the silhouettes of the individual pieces to design a poster and created a stop-motion animation to demonstrate how to use the product.

Stick Bug Studio
Stick Bug Studio

Catapult

Poster Animation

2025

Catapult is an organization that supports youth projects in Basel, Switzerland. Using Blender's character rigging tool, I designed an animated poster. The characters form letters. Due to its modularity, it can be used as a complete identity and adapted to different formats.

Nicolas Luca Yuri Birrer

Creative Coder

2001

He is studying Visual Communication at the Basel Academy of Art and Design FHNW, focusing on digital spaces such as web, animation and interaction. He mainly codes in JavaScript and its Library P5.js.