Graduate Directory 2011

Niklas Stettler

Bern University of Arts, Switzerland / 2010

Illustration

It was Niklas Stettler's instinct for avoiding derivative work that first led him to illustration. 'I wasn't very interested in copying things so I started drawing abstracts like patterns, textures and geometrical objects.' He stuck with his penchant for geometry, expanding his repertoire of shapes for his final project. 'I tried to let my drawings grow systematically by transferring crystallographic systems into my own drawing technique. Even though my drawings were similar to crystals, I never tried to copy the crystallographic nature visually, but more the construction of it.' Stettler then labelled these shapes 'fasons' in order 'that they become more like a product'. These days, he can be found running his own design studio with a couple of friends, working on editorial design, corporate identities and websites, but happily, he continues his geometric investigations in his free time.

Most inspired by: Kandinsky and Robert Fludd

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