The studio was founded as W.A.F. by Malte Müller and Andreas Lexa in 2011. It has since evolved into a design firm that has completed visual identities and websites for diverse international clients such as Artek, Art Basel, Die Zeit, Vitra, Kiko Kostadinov, Deutsche Telekom and Maharishi. As the digital arm of ACRONYM®, WAF GMBH provides visual design and technological direction to the brand.
Our office can be reached now by calling +49 (0) 160 96705966 or addressing email to office@waf.gmbh.
Current research
We use Are.na aligned with its self-description: as a visual platform that helps us think. We are currently working with and intrigued by the following channels.
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Material Study for Social Architecture
by WAF GMBH
98 blocks · Jul 06 -
Local Harvest
by WAF GMBH
103 blocks · Jun 15 -
GMBH
by WAF GMBH
130 blocks · Jun 09 -
OTTO 958
by WAF GMBH
49 blocks · May 12 -
Closed Cage
by WAF GMBH
19 blocks · May 12 -
Kiko-isms
by WAF GMBH
19 blocks · May 12 -
Highlight the unseen
by WAF GMBH
52 blocks · Jun 23 -
Web design as architecture
by Malte Müller
156 blocks · Jul 06 -
Mildly interactive
by WAF GMBH
29 blocks · Jun 08
Team members
Currently
Malte Müller, Tim Rausch, Klara Neubauer, Lukas Esser, Lisa Rinaldi, Mareike Kuers
Alumni
Andreas Lexa, Friederike Wolf, Nadine Schwery, Hanna Wolff, Paul Bille, Jules Moynat, Fox
Frequent collaborators
David Kamp, Louise & Florian Kunth aka. Island, Sarah Bernhard, Jens Franke, Martin Wolf, Lena Rix, Yokohama Coffee Bar, nion digital, Nadine Schwery, Jannik Schäfer, Benjamin Behr, Andreas Schober, Jihee Lee, 21st digital, Matthias Oertel, Lukas Siemoneit, Marc Wright, Anika Väth, Julian Bühler, Anne Levy, Sascha Hillingshäuser, Maria Knabe
Website information
Version: 1.3, deployed on October 26th, 2021
Typeface: Ucity, designed by Yassin Baggar for Fatypeflux
CMS: Kirby 2.5.12, by Bastian Allgeier
Are.na integration: Arena PHP
100% vanilla JS, no analytics, no cookies
No frameworks, no artificial sweeteners
Compiled using Grunt 2.4
Total page weight: 653,3kb
Postal service
WAF GMBH is a design company and occasional post office in Hamburg, Europe.
