Patrick Nell

Patrick Nell is a type designer from Vienna, Austria. With over twenty-five years of experience in graphic design and creative direction, working across digital and analog media, he has consistently placed typography at the core of his award-winning practice. Patrick also holds a master’s degree in political science and is particularly interested in social movements and their relationship to art—a perspective that informs his understanding of the history, craft, and role of typography. He views design as a triad, convinced that its functions—technical-practical, formal-aesthetic, and social-symbolic—are not mutually exclusive and that the most compelling designs address all three dimensions. In 2023, he established Alphabets Patrick Nell to publish his retail typefaces.