Nejc Prah is a Slovenian designer. He works with a wide range of clients, occasionally teaches at the Academy in Ljubljana and often gives workshops and lectures in various institutions around the world. He collaborates with Ansambel, a network of designers, illustrators, animators and photographers, which enables him to scale up the studio when needed. Nejc worked as an art director at Bloomberg Businessweek in New York before starting his own studio in Ljubljana in 2019. He earned an MFA from Yale School of Art in 2015. 

Studio

Einspilerjeva 6

1000 Ljubljana

Slovenia

map

Latest

Undefeated

Seasons

Baltik

C. G. Jung cover

Upcoming

Tabar

kip identity

Center Rog

Hedgehogs #2

Selected Clients

  • Atlantic Records
    Remote EP
    Remote EP
  • Bloomberg Businessweek
    Forza Italia
    Forza Italia
  • Boiler Room
    Have you tried reseting the system?
    Have you tried reseting the system?
  • Brain Magazine
    Cover art
    Cover art
  • Brumen Foundation
    Brumen Biennial identity
    Brumen Biennial identity
  • Celtra
    Communication
    Communication
  • Dinamo
    Fabian & Johannes
    Fabian & Johannes
  • Fader Magazine
    F for Fader
    F for Fader
  • Frank Ocean
    DHL
    DHL
  • Gilligan Moss
    Yugo for GM
    Yugo for GM
  • Goat
  • Homer
    Pierce it!
    Pierce it!
  • It's Nice That
    INT x Adobe colab
    INT x Adobe colab
  • NBA2K
  • The New York Times
    Illustration about a sex pass
    Illustration about a sex pass
  • Opening Ceremony
    Beastie Boys
    Beastie Boys
  • Playboy
  • Portikus
  • Sadar+Vuga
  • The Shed
  • Slavs and Tatars
    for the Crack Up - Crack Down publication
    for the Crack Up - Crack Down publication
  • Tank Magazine
    Ice cream for Rosie and Kourosh
    Ice cream for Rosie and Kourosh
  • TYB
  • Type Directors Club Tokyo
    Signage for the exhibition in Tokyo
    Signage for the exhibition in Tokyo
  • Undefeated
  • Vice
    Fanatics: the deep end
    Fanatics: the deep end
  • Yale University
    Commencement 2014
    Commencement 2014
  • Die Zeit Campus
    Warum bin ich so müde?
    Warum bin ich so müde?
Custom poster framing
Custom poster framing
Knitting tests with Jona
Knitting tests with Jona
Molecule chair prototype
Molecule chair prototype
Bedside table design
Bedside table design

Exhibitions

Nejc regularly participates in various international exhibitions showcasing contemporary design. He contributed to Typojanchi Typography Biennial in Seoul, Demo festival in Amsterdam, Chaumont festival in France, NADA fair in New York, several exhibitions at the Ginza Graphic Gallery and the G8 gallery in Tokyo, among others. His first solo show, titled ‘Mal za hec, mal za res’ opened in Ljubljana in 2017. 

Flags for peace, Netherlands
Flags for peace, Netherlands
Solo show, Ljubljana, photo by Klemen Ilovar
Solo show, Ljubljana, photo by Klemen Ilovar
Typojanchi Biennial, photo by Kisu Park
Typojanchi Biennial, photo by Kisu Park
Illuminating graphics, Tokyo
Illuminating graphics, Tokyo

Lectures

2023

HSLU Luzern, lecture, CH (zoom)

2023

FLU Cetinje, lecture, MNE

2022

University of Seoul, lecture, KR

2022

ZHDK Zurich, lecture, CH

2022

Post design Stockholm, lecture, SE

2022

ALUO Uho, lecture, SLO

2022

ABK Stuttgart, lecture, DE (zoom)

2021

ECAL Master Type Design, lecture, CH

2021

RISD, lecture and crit, USA

2021

Central St. Martens, lecture, UK

2021

INTL conference, lecture, SCT

2021

Burg Giebichenstein University, conversation with students, DE

2020

EKA GD, lecture, EE

2020

Academia Nuts, lecture, SLO

2020

Indigo festival, lecture, SLO

2018

Hopscotch Reading Room, lecture, DE

2018

Shilington College, lecture, USA

2017

City Hall Ljubljana, lecture, SLO

2017

TDC Tokyo, lecture, JAP

2017

University of Brighton, lecture, UK/USA

2016

Rutgers University, lecture, USA

2015

Parsons The New School, lecture, USA

2015

TDC Tokyo, lecture, JAP

2013

Vojnik conference, lecture, SRB

Selected Press

2021

It's Nice That, UK

2020

It's Nice That, UK

2020

RTV Slovenia, SLO

2020

Delo, SLO

2020

Val 202, SLO

2020

ARS, SLO

2019

Communication Arts, UK

2019

Mladina, SLO

2019

Outsider, SLO

2018

It's Nice That, UK

2018

Page magazine, DE

2018

It's Nice That, UK

2016

AIGA Eye on Design, UK

2016

It's Nice That, UK

2016

Tunica Magazine, USA

2015

It's Nice That, UK

2022

Design360, CN

2022

BranD Magazine, HK

2022

La Vie, TW

One of the slides from Nejc's portfolio talk
One of the slides from Nejc's portfolio talk
A slide from the lecture about an ongoing research on vernacular design
A slide from the lecture about an ongoing research on vernacular design

Workshops and Tutoring

2023

Letterform explorers, 5-day type-design workshop, ALUO, SLO

2023

Para-intelligence, five-day workshop, Design+Science summer school, SLO

2023

Alt passport, three-day workshop, FLU Cetinje, MNE

2022

Style inventory, four-day workshop, ZHDK Zurich, CH

2022

Welcome to Ljubljana, three-day workshop, Bern HKB, CH/SLO

2022

Excel typography, one-day workshop, University of Seoul, KR

2022

Cohabitation, four-day workshop, Design+Science summer school, SLO

2022

Pocket fonts, two-day workshop, Beckmans college of design, SE

2021

Yearbook, five day workshop, ECAL Master Type Design, CH

2021

Future of food, five-day workshop, Design+Science summer school, SLO

2021

Room font, one-day workshop, Central Saint Martins College of Art, UK

Yearbook, ecal workshop publication, 2021
Yearbook, ecal workshop publication, 2021
Postcard kiosk with HKB students, 2022
Postcard kiosk with HKB students, 2022
Results from the Excel typography workshop at University of Seoul, 2022
Results from the Excel typography workshop at University of Seoul, 2022

Awards and Recognitions

  • 2022
    TDC Tokyo prize nominee, JAP
  • 2022
    10th Brumen biennial, category award, SLO
  • 2020
    D&AD award, wooden pencil, USA
    Cover for Bloomberg Businessweek
    Cover for Bloomberg Businessweek
  • 2020
    Prešeren fund award, SLO
  • 2020
    Tresk festival award, best album design, SLO
    Uho je senca očesa, with Matej Stupica
    Uho je senca očesa, with Matej Stupica
  • 2019
    9th Brumen biennial, category award, SLO
    33rd graphic biennial identity
    33rd graphic biennial identity
  • 2019
    American Society of Magazine Editors, Best cover nomination, USA
    Cover for Bloomberg Businessweek
    Cover for Bloomberg Businessweek
  • 2017
    8th Brumen biennial, Grand Prix, SLO
    Koordinate zvoka poster series, with Klemen Ilovar
    Koordinate zvoka poster series, with Klemen Ilovar
  • 2017
    8th Brumen biennial, category award, SLO
    Koordinate zvoka poster series, with Klemen Ilovar
    Koordinate zvoka poster series, with Klemen Ilovar
  • 2017
    The ones to watch, Itsnicethat.com selection, UK
  • 2017
    ZGRAF, honorable mention, HR
    Koordinate zvoka poster series, with Klemen Ilovar
    Koordinate zvoka poster series, with Klemen Ilovar
  • 2017
    TDC Tokyo, TDC award, JAP
    Koordinate zvoka poster series, with Klemen Ilovar
    Koordinate zvoka poster series, with Klemen Ilovar
  • 2016
    TDC New York, Certificate of Typographic Excellence, USA
    Cover for Bloomberg Businessweek, with Tracy Ma
    Cover for Bloomberg Businessweek, with Tracy Ma
  • 2016
    Young Guns Club, Selected by ADC New York, USA
    Koordinate zvoka poster series, with Klemen Ilovar
    Koordinate zvoka poster series, with Klemen Ilovar
  • 2015
    TDC Tokyo, Grand Prix, JAP
    Pecha Kucha for Yale
    Pecha Kucha for Yale
  • 2015
    Toby Dewan Lewis Fellowship, Yale, USA
  • 2015
    7th Brumen biennial, selection, SLO
  • 2014
    TDC New York, Certificate of Typographic Excellence, USA
    Challe Salle in Tribuna mag by Klemen Ilovar
    Challe Salle in Tribuna mag by Klemen Ilovar
  • 2014
    Chaumont, international poster festival, selection, FR
  • 2013
    ZGRAF, honorable mention, HR
    Tribuna newspaper, cover by Tjaša Pogačar
    Tribuna newspaper, cover by Tjaša Pogačar
Coding by Gordan Ratković, photography by Klemen Ilovar, © 2024 all rights reserved. The company Nejc Prah s.p. is registered in the Business Register of the Republic of Slovenia, registration number 8544948000