Alix Stria is an Amsterdam-based interdisciplinary designer and typesetter with an interest in language, typography and legibility. They design publications, posters, websites and identities and give workshops on professionalization, book making and writing. Alix co-founded Studio SMS, a collective design practice with Katharina Shafiei-Nasab.

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Selected Clients / Commissioners / Collaborators

A Magazine
Annette Krauss
Auftakt Festival
Bea Schlingelhoff
Büro Daniela Burger
Creative Coding Utrecht
DAS Choreography
Daniel C. Müller
Eva Birkenstock
Fanny Hauser
Gerbert Stiftung für Kultur
Gerrit Rietveld Academie
Harun Farocki Institut
If I Can’t Dance
Institute of Network Cultures
Joana Velu
Kunsthalle Basel
Liza Prins
Löwenbräukunst
Mariana Fernandez Mora
Melkweg Expo
Netzforma*
PW Magazine
Real Review Magazine
Roman Gysin
Sandberg Institute
Situation Magazine
Société des arts Genève
Städel Schule Frankfurt
Unguarded
Vika Kirchenbauer
Viktor Neumann
Yannesh Meijman
Zürcher Hochschule der Künste

type in use: Tempos Mono by Samara Keller
website developed with coding support by Katharina Nejdl and built with Kirby CMS

exhibitions

2023 »»» Sweaty Dwellings @ MK&G & Slot » Hamburg
2023 »»» best student books selection 2022 @ it’s a book » Leipzig
2022 »»» by design @ Kunstkapel » Amsterdam
2022 »»» 100 Beste Plakate 21 » various locations
2021 »»» practice pending @ NDSM FUSE » Amsterdam
2021 »»» comfort + vision » The One Minutes » various locations
2019 »»» Wenn KI, dann feministisch @ Medienhaus Berlin

education

2020–2022 »»» MFA Sandberg Instituut Amsterdam (Design Department)
2018–2019 »»» Exchange: Zurich University of Arts (Visual Communication)
2015–2020 »»» BA University of Arts Berlin (Visual Communication / New Media)

workshops/talks

2023 »»» The Invisible Operators of Language » collective reading » Hallo Radio & Slot Hamburg » with Lina von Jaruntowski & Luka Zimmer
2023 »»» Cheese of Truth » writing workshop » MK&G Hamburg » with Sweaty Dwellings
2023 »»» Terms & Conditions workshop by Studio SMS » OT301 Amsterdam » with Katharina Shafiei-Nasab
2022 »»» [...] Unmoored and Adrift and Alive » instant publication » If I can’t dance Amsterdam
2022 »»» Becoming a Body of Text » collective reading & writing workshops » Kunstkapel Amsterdam
2022 »»» Studio SMS × FUBU » Düker Space Zürich » with Katharina Shafiei-Nasab
2021 »»» Slow Dive » workshop on silence and sound » NDSM FUSE Amsterdam » with Jonathan Castro, Tharim Cornelisse, Timur Tokdemir & Yannesh Meijman
2021 »»» Writing Rituals » workshop & radio show » Rietveld Pavilion » with Anna Bierler
2021 »»» Typedesign Workshop » Sandberg Design Department » with Jan Egbers
2018 »»» Das Designstudium entmystifizieren. Der UdK basics.blog » talk @ Typo Berlin @ HKW » with Judith Holly

published in

2023 »»» Slanted Magazine #42 Books
2022 »»» posse mag #01 » Patterns of Pleasure
2022 »»» 100 Best Posters 2021 Publication
2022 »»» Spreadmag issue 05 » Movement
2022 »»» Issue #7 / Sandberg Design Department
2021 »»» SOFT quarterly No. 5
2020 »»» Further Reading Print No.2 » Boundaries