Do you need any typographic support?
Do you want to tell me about your latest project?
Do you want to chat?
Get in touch!
matthias{at}pauwels.ch
If you are near Bern (Switzerland), let me know. This is where I am based.
Education
2018 – 2021
Certificate Program: Teacher of the higher technical schools
Swiss Federal University for Vocational Education and Training
2015 – 2016
Master in Typeface Design, Graduation with Distinction
University of Reading (UK)
2010 – 2011
Post-graduate degree in Type Design Certificate of Advanced Studies
Zurich University of the Arts (Switzerland)
2008
Swiss Federal Certification for Typographic Designer
2006 – 2008
Post-graduate program for Typographic Design
Basel School of Design (Switzerland)
Typography workshop with Wolfgang Weingart
Basel School of Design (Switzerland)
2000 – 2004
Apprenticeship as a typographer
School of Design Aarau (Switzerland)
2021 – today
Type and Graphic Designer
Matthias Pauwels Schrift & Grafik, Bern
2017 – 2021
Designer and Partner
skop Gestaltung und Konzept GmbH, Bern
2014 – 2015
Graphic Designer
skop Gestaltung und Konzept GmbH, Bern
2013 – 2014
Graphic Designer
fugu GmbH, Bern
2010
Two-month internship as Type Designer
Dalton Maag, London
2009 – 2012
Typographic Designer
Continue AG, Basel
2008 – 2009
Freelance Designer
Tangram Partner, Basel
Typographic Designer
whiteRoom, Basel
2006 – 2008
Typographer
ROS Offset-Service AG, Solothurn
2004 – 2006
Pre-press manager
ROS Offset-Service AG, Solothurn
2022 – today
Co-Leader HF Visuelle Gestaltung
Basel School of Design (Switzerland)
2017 – today
Lecturer
Basel School of Design (Switzerland)
19/09/2023
Fachklasse für Grafik, Schule für Gestaltung Basel
Typotüftelei
19/11/2021
HF Interaction Design, Ecole des Arts Visuels Bern et Bienne
90% of Design
20/06/2017
Typografische Gesellschaft München
Amikal – eine Schrift fordert die Norm heraus
02/12/2016
Bern University of the Arts
Amikal – eine Schrift fordert die Norm heraus
06/12/2016
Department of typography, University of Reading (UK)
Amikal – a typeface challenging norms
2013 – 2015
Several lectures and classes in Typeface Design taught at the Basel School of Design and the Ecole des Arts Visuels Bern et Bienne
Awards
2016
Granshan – International Type Design Competition for non-Latin typefaces
Special Mention for my typeface Amikal
2008
Trafina award
First prize and scholarship from Trafina bank for the best diploma thesis upon graduation
Do you want to tell me about your latest project?
Do you want to chat?
Get in touch!
matthias{at}pauwels.ch
If you are near Bern (Switzerland), let me know. This is where I am based.
Education
2018 – 2021
Certificate Program: Teacher of the higher technical schools
Swiss Federal University for Vocational Education and Training
2015 – 2016
Master in Typeface Design, Graduation with Distinction
University of Reading (UK)
2010 – 2011
Post-graduate degree in Type Design Certificate of Advanced Studies
Zurich University of the Arts (Switzerland)
2008
Swiss Federal Certification for Typographic Designer
2006 – 2008
Post-graduate program for Typographic Design
Basel School of Design (Switzerland)
Typography workshop with Wolfgang Weingart
Basel School of Design (Switzerland)
2000 – 2004
Apprenticeship as a typographer
School of Design Aarau (Switzerland)
Professional experience
2021 – today
Type and Graphic Designer
Matthias Pauwels Schrift & Grafik, Bern
2017 – 2021
Designer and Partner
skop Gestaltung und Konzept GmbH, Bern
2014 – 2015
Graphic Designer
skop Gestaltung und Konzept GmbH, Bern
2013 – 2014
Graphic Designer
fugu GmbH, Bern
2010
Two-month internship as Type Designer
Dalton Maag, London
2009 – 2012
Typographic Designer
Continue AG, Basel
2008 – 2009
Freelance Designer
Tangram Partner, Basel
Typographic Designer
whiteRoom, Basel
2006 – 2008
Typographer
ROS Offset-Service AG, Solothurn
2004 – 2006
Pre-press manager
ROS Offset-Service AG, Solothurn
Teaching and talking
2022 – today
Co-Leader HF Visuelle Gestaltung
Basel School of Design (Switzerland)
2017 – today
Lecturer
Basel School of Design (Switzerland)
19/09/2023
Fachklasse für Grafik, Schule für Gestaltung Basel
Typotüftelei
19/11/2021
HF Interaction Design, Ecole des Arts Visuels Bern et Bienne
90% of Design
20/06/2017
Typografische Gesellschaft München
Amikal – eine Schrift fordert die Norm heraus
02/12/2016
Bern University of the Arts
Amikal – eine Schrift fordert die Norm heraus
06/12/2016
Department of typography, University of Reading (UK)
Amikal – a typeface challenging norms
2013 – 2015
Several lectures and classes in Typeface Design taught at the Basel School of Design and the Ecole des Arts Visuels Bern et Bienne
Awards
2016
Granshan – International Type Design Competition for non-Latin typefaces
Special Mention for my typeface Amikal
2008
Trafina award
First prize and scholarship from Trafina bank for the best diploma thesis upon graduation