Studied at Western Michigan University and the Basel School of Design in Switzerland with renowned designer and educator Wolfgang Weingart. His work is rooted in Swiss design philosophy and largely influenced by the work of Charles & Ray Eames; he believes that a good designer can create anything. Designs, manages, and implements workplace branding and environments, interactive exhibitions, signage, wayfinding systems, identity systems, books, print collateral, and websites. Clients have included Google, General Motors, YouTube, Business Insider, Holt Renfrew, Truth Initiative, Memorial Sloan Kettering, and Yale University. Throughout his career Nico has collaborated with many leading architecture firms including Kevin Roche John Dinkeloo and Associates, SmithGroupJJR, Mithun, Spector Group, and Robert A.M. Stern Architects. Nico’s work has been recognized by the Society for Environmental Graphic Design, Graphis, and the Communication Arts Design Annual. His work has also been featured in Lettering Large, Steven Heller and Mirko Ilic’s collection of large-scale typographic work. He has been a guest lecturer for an undergraduate typography course at the Rhode Island School of Design and a panelist, along with representatives from Adobe, Google, and Capital One, on the topic of workplace branding for HLW International’s round table series.