Nicklas Haslestad is a graphic designer from Norway. Merging Scandinavian aesthetics with the pragmatic and the imaginative, he strives to weave strong conceptual ideas with solid graphic design craft. He graduated from Westerdals School of Communication, where he now occasionally lectures. Before that, he studied design in Australia. Afterwards, he worked for agencies in New York, Los Angeles and Oslo. He co-founded of 

, which has since been acquired. In 2025, he co-founded 

, where he now serves as MD and designer. Contact → 

Juries

Talks & exhibitions

Awards & merits

Selected press

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

Mjøl

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 for Kaffebaren. 
Team: Vetle Majgren Uthaug, Nicklas Haslestad

Kaffebaren

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

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

Fagbokforlaget

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

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

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

Fremtind

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

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

Identity for Burgs. 
Team: Bendik Ramm, Nicklas Haslestad

Burgs

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.