He develops
seamless, integrated experiences that evoke emotions and tell stories.
In combination
with parametric design, code, graphics and time-based media to tell stories.
Worked with
AnDico LabMusikakademie BaselNologoFeldschlösschenUKBBStudio Silvan BorerW.I.R.EStadt ZürichServices
Generative Design
Graphic Design
Webdesign
Interactive Design
Animation
Storytelling
MyDearClass { }
MyDearClass explores how creative coding can be integrated into design practice. Using JavaScript classes as a structural foundation, a p5.js exploration builds a repertoire of handwritten code concepts, deliberately without AI. This restraint acts as a productive constraint: it sharpens understanding of the code and keeps the design process one's own. Code becomes a design tool: modular, traceable, and independent of licensed software.
MyDearClass { Part 2 }
In my BA thesis, I focused heavily on the drafting process of using creative coding as a design tool. With a tool I built myself from my own defined parameters, I was able to version quickly and produce a large amount of output. By not using AI during the creative process, my creative drive came back, and more fun meant better creative output.
Bachelor Documentation
The documentation website of my BA thesis plays with the attributes of the JavaScript code concept called "class". Through the aesthetics of the syntax, the viewer gains access to four different sections, which take on the look of a JavaScript class.


Unica Family Shop
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
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
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
Type manipulation tool
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.


StrubExtrud
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.


Stick Bug Studio
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.


Catapult
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
About
He completed his studies in Visual Communication at the Basel Academy of Art and Design FHNW in 2026, focusing on digital spaces such as web, animation and interaction. In addition to his freelance practice, he gained experience during an internship at Studio Silvan Borer in Zurich.
2026
Freelancer
2023 – 26
Basel Academy of Art and Design FHNW
Summer 2025
Internship Studio Silvan Borer
2022 – 2023
School of Design Basel