Nicklas Haslestad is a graphic designer from Norway. Merging Scandinavian aesthetics with the pragmatic and imaginary, he strives to weave strong conceptual ideas with solid graphic design craft. A graduated of 

, where he now occasionally lectures. Before that, he studied design in Australia. After, he worked for agencies in New York and Los Angeles. Co-founder of 

. Currently serving as Creative Director & Senior Designer at 

Juries

Talks

Awards & merits

Selected press

Identity for Mjøl bakery.
Team: Vetle Majgren Uthaug, Nicklas Haslestad

Mjøl

Favrit is one of Norway’s leading ordering and payment solution in the hospitality industry.
Team: Sindre Setran, Thomas Ramskjell Larsen, Nicklas Haslestad

Favrit

Identity for Matstreif – Norway's largest food festival.
Team: Vetle Majgren Uthaug, James Martin, Robin Mientjes, Nicklas Haslestad

Matstreif

Amerikalinjen is a boutique hotel in Oslo, Norway.
Team: Sunniva Grolid, Sindre Setran, Nicklas Haslestad

Amerikalinjen

Pier 42 is one of Oslo's best cocktail bars. 

 is a cocktail program exploring contrasts between New York and Norway. Designed based on Pier 42’s overall prohibition era-inspired identity, it features photography trying to capture the essence of each drink — instead of just showing it.
Team: Sunniva Grolid, Kristoffer Hunstad (all images. Inside and out), Nicklas Haslestad

Pier 42

Website for Brandpad — a digital brand guidelines system, on a mission to change the way we work with brands. 
Team: Sindre Setran, Nicklas Haslestad

brandpad.io

Identity, editorial design system, digital design and illustrations for Fagbokforlaget's vocational education.
Team: Vetle Majgren Uthaug, Petter Tangen (Illustrations), Nicklas Haslestad

Fagbokforlaget

Brand strategy and identity for the largest digital arena for the entire health sector of Norway.
Team: Vetle Majgren Uthaug, Bendik Ramm, Nicklas Haslestad
Illustrations: Petter Tangen, Oli Riches

Norsk helsenett

Visuals for brandpad.io — launch of Brand Activation Management. 
Team: Bendik Ramm, Nicklas Haslestad

BAM!

Campaign visuals for digital brand guideline platform, brandpad.io.
Team: Bendik Ramm, Nicklas Haslestad

The PDF Brand Guideline is Dead

massimosays.com was created as a side project when researching on how we can use AI to improve brandpad.io.
Team: Lasse Mejlvang Tvedt, Nicklas Haslestad

Massimo Says

New identity for Fremtind — the third largest insurance company in Norway.
Team: Bendik Ramm, Robin Mientjes, Nicklas Haslestad

Fremtind

Neat book about the process behind of trademarking your brand.
Team: Vetle Majgren Uthaug, Nicklas Haslestad
Photography: Marthe Thu

From ™ to ®

IP-Strategi (IP Strategy) serves as an introduction to the strategic approach to intellectual property. It addresses the various forms of IP (patent, trademark, design, copyright and trade secrets).
Team: Vetle Majgren Uthaug, Nicklas Haslestad
Illustrations: Magnus Engen
Photography: Marthe Thu

IP-Strategi

Protector is Norway's leading law firm on intellectual property.
Team: Vetle Majgren Uthaug, Petter Tangen, Nicklas Haslestad

Patent

Annual report and editorial design system for Fremtind.
Team: Vetle Majgren Uthaug, Nicklas Haslestad, photography inside the report: Marthe Thu, documentation: Kristoffer Hunstad

Fremtind AR19

Visual identity for Norway.
Team: Ida Andersen, Bendik Ramm, Madi Thompson, Petter Tangen, Robin Mientjes, Nicklas Haslestad

Brand Norway

Identity for falafel shop JallaJalla.
Team: William Stormdal and Nicklas Haslestad

JallaJalla

A film for the (new) Munch Museum.
Team: Bendik Ramm and Nicklas Haslestad

Munch

Oslo-based graphic designer, specializing in brand identity, editorial design, brand strategy and digital design.