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, ADAY, 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.

• Web design as architecture

  by Malte Müller
  145 blocks · Sep 26

• GMBH

  by WAF GMBH
  123 blocks · Sep 16

• Local Harvest

  by WAF GMBH
  43 blocks · Sep 20

• Nicely graded websites

  by WAF GMBH
  4 blocks · Sep 26

• Kiko-isms

  by WAF GMBH
  14 blocks · May 03

• A.M.

  by WAF GMBH
  9 blocks · Aug 24

• Mildly interactive

  by WAF GMBH
  24 blocks · Jun 11

• OTTO 958

  by WAF GMBH
  46 blocks · Aug 01

• Parsing Felix

  by WAF GMBH
  26 blocks · Aug 03

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.