Nun

What Nun does

Nun is a French design studio and typographic art workshop (SARL) founded in 2013 and headquartered in Strasbourg, France, operating with a small team of 1-10 employees led by founder Vincent Lamarche. The company delivers two integrated business lines: a graphic design studio offering brand identity, scientific design and data visualization, interactive web/app design, and corporate team-building workshops; and an artisan typographic printing atelier that produces limited-edition printed objects on a Heidelberg press using mobile lead type characters, augmented with hot foil stamping, blind embossing, and—on select works such as 'Entre ombre et lumière'—augmented reality via the third-party Polysens application.

The studio's e-commerce boutique (nundesign.fr) sells signed and numbered limited editions (8-50 copies each) alongside stationery and decorative objects at price points ranging from €18 to €280, with free domestic shipping above €150. Artistic collaborations with illustrators including @Missy ('Les Migrateurs') and @hellobuckwild ('Colors Urban Art') extend the product catalog. A free educational content library ('Apprendre') covering design history, typography, color theory, and art movements functions as content marketing and authority building rather than a paid revenue stream.

Revenue derives from three streams: direct e-commerce unit sales, professional design services for B2B clients and individuals, and educational content that primarily supports brand visibility. The company is bootstrapped with no disclosed external funding, no parent or subsidiary entities, and operates exclusively from its Strasbourg workshop as a member of the regional FREMAA craft federation. No revenue figures, headcount growth, or enterprise customer relationships are publicly disclosed, and the company's strategic positioning centers on craft heritage, artistic collaboration, and dual-audience brand identity across two distinct Instagram accounts (@nunstudio for design, @nunatelier for artisan craft).

Name

Nun

Legal name

nun | SARL

Website

https://nundesign.fr

Company type

Private

Founded year

2013

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Nun is a Strasbourg-based French design studio and typographic art workshop offering brand identity, scientific design, and letterpress-printed limited-edition artworks to B2B clients and individual collectors via its e-commerce boutique.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Graphic Design Services

NAICS

Graphic Design Services (54143), Art Dealers (459920)

SIC

Services-Mailing, Reproduction, Commercial Art & Photography (7330), Miscellaneous Publishing (2741)

akta.pro primary industry

Packaging & Brand Identity Creative Agencies (MPAAAAAN)

akta.pro secondary industries

Digital Creative & Experience Design Agencies (Web/App/UX) (MPAAAAAD), Office, Stationery & Craft Supplies DTC (CRAFACAL), Art & Drafting Supplies Retail (CRALABAG)

Keywords

• Graphic design services
• Letterpress printing
• Brand identity design
• Typographic art
• Scientific visualization

Headquarters

HQ city

Strasbourg

HQ country

France

HQ region

Europe

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B and B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Supply Chain, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D

Revenue model

1. E-commerce Sales of Printed Art Objects: Direct online sales of typographic prints, framed artworks, decorative objects, stationery, and artistic collaborations through the boutique. Products are sold at various price points from €18 to €280, with free shipping above €150.
2. Design Services: Professional design services including brand identity/branding, scientific design/data visualization, typographic artisan craft projects, and interactive web/app projects for B2B and individual clients.
3. Educational Content: Pedagogical articles and educational content about graphic design fundamentals, art history, typography, and creativity published on the website's 'Apprendre' (Learn) section, serving both as marketing and standalone educational offerings.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

nůn est un studio de design graphique et un atelier d'artisanat d'art en impression typographique basé à Strasbourg, France, spécialisé en projets à haute valeur ajoutée esthétique, narrative ou expérientielle. The studio conceives and produces brand identity and branding, scientific design and data visualization, typographic printing workshop services, interactive web/app projects, and artisanal team building workshops. It also sells limited-edition printed artisan objects directly through its own online boutique at nundesign.fr.

Product overview

Nun is a graphic design studio and typographic art workshop based in Strasbourg, France (SARL, founded 2013), operating as a unified studio offering both design services and printed artisan objects. The core offering comprises the Studio de design & atelier d'art graphique, which delivers brand identity and branding, scientific design/data visualization, typographic printing workshops, interactive web/app projects, and artisanal team building. This is complemented by the Boutique, an e-commerce shop selling limited-edition typographically printed works including Rosarcane (holographic rose window art), Dahlia d'or (hot-marked metamorphosis art), Entre ombre et lumière (augmented reality cathedral rose), Les Migrateurs (bird illustration collaborations), Colors urban art (street art letterpress), Carte à belles pensées (motivational card sets), and Porte bonheur (decorative door handle objects). The Apprendre (learning) section provides free educational content on graphic design, typography, color theory, and art history. All products share a foundation in traditional typographic letterpress printing with mobile type characters, augmented by techniques such as hot stamping, embossing, and augmented reality integration.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Rosarcane Limited-edition (8 signed/numbered copies) typographic art print priced at €280, featuring a rose window design inspired by Art Nouveau and Strasbourg Cathedral, with holographic hot foil stamping, multi-paper stocks (Lana iridium, Lana noir, Arjowiggins blue iridescent, Fedrigoni grey/rose, white coated), presented in a black wood vitrines frame. Sold to individual art collectors through the nundesign.fr boutique.
• Dahlia d'or Limited-edition (50 signed/numbered copies) framed typographic art print priced at €120, featuring hot marking and embossing on a typographic press, on Lana Lumière 270g and Arjowiggins 300g papers, framed in a 3cm magnetic acrylic glass frame; for individual collectors.
• Entre ombre et lumière Limited-edition typographic art print (€120) that reinterprets the Strasbourg Cathedral rose window from original plans, combining letterpress printing on Fedrigoni Materica 250g paper with a 3D augmented-reality experience via the Polysens application overlaid on the print. Sold to individual collectors.
• Les Migrateurs Micro-edition artistic collaboration with illustrator @Missy combining traditional typography and illustration, printed in pantone black and gold on Fedrigoni Old Mill 200g paper; format 30 x 40 cm, signed and numbered with passe-partout, priced at €40. Sold to individual collectors.
• Colors urban art – insectes mécaniques Collaborative letterpress print series with @hellobuckwild (Colors Urban Art project) featuring mechanical insect-myth chimeras, produced on a Heidelberg press with hot silver stamping, fluorescent orange and blue Resista ink, and offset quadrichromy on grey paper; signed and numbered limited editions at €60. Sold to individual collectors.
• Carte à belles pensées Set of 8 typographically printed motivational cards on Lana Diva 320g paper with a gold iridium paper sleeve, sold at €25 per set. Sold to individual buyers and gift purchasers.
• Porte bonheur Small decorative object (6 x 18 cm) designed to hang on door handles, with hot gold or copper foil stamping on a typographic press, printed on Fedrigoni Materica blue cobalt 300g and Sirio Color 300g papers, available in Blue (gold marking) and Beige (copper marking) variants at €18. Sold to individual consumers.
• Identité de marque & branding Professional brand identity and branding service for organizations seeking distinctive visual identity. Combines contemporary graphic design expertise with the studio's typographic and artisanal craft capabilities.
• Design scientifique (visualisation de données) Scientific design and data visualization service for research and academic contexts, combining graphic design expertise with scientific communication requirements.
• Artisanat d'art – atelier d'impression typographique Typographic printing workshop service using letterpress and mobile type characters on the Heidelberg press, offered for both event-based (événementiel) and memorial (mémoriel) printing applications.
• Projet interactif (web/app) Interactive design and development service for web and application projects, combining the studio's typographic and design expertise into digital interactive experiences.
• Teambuilding artisanal Artisanal team building workshops centered on typographic craft, hosted at the Strasbourg atelier for corporate teams and group events.

Named customers2 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature5 records

Partnerships

Three partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Missy Illustration (@Missy)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCollaboration with Missy (@missyillustration) to create the 'Les Migrateurs' project - a micro-edition combining typography and illustration featuring birds and aphorisms. This is a key artistic collaboration producing limited edition works.
• Buckwild / Colors Urban Art (@hellobuckwild)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCollaboration with Buckwild (@hellobuckwild) within the @colors_urban_art project to create a series of typographic prints on the Heidelberg press featuring mechanical insect letterpress creations. Produced signed and numbered limited editions.
• FREMAA (Fédération régionale des Métiers d'Arts d'Alsace)minorOthersMember of the regional federation of craft trades in Alsace, demonstrating commitment to regional artisan tradition and craft excellence.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• Studio Dumbar: Rotterdam-based independent design agency specialising in identity systems, typography, and motion for cultural and public clients. Comparable to Nun as a European identity-led studio operating at the intersection of brand systems and crafted visual output.
• Bureau Borsche: Munich-based independent design studio for cultural and brand clients, with deep typography, identity, and editorial work. Comparable to Nun because both are founder-led European boutique studios built around typography, craft, and high-aesthetic brand identity commissions.
• Atelier Bingo: Amsterdam-based design and print studio combining graphic design, riso/print, and object making into small editions sold direct. Comparable to Nun as a small experimental studio that ships both client design work and self-initiated printed objects to a design-savvy audience.
• Hatch Show Print: Historic Nashville letterpress poster and print shop producing limited-edition hand-pulled posters with mobile type and historic presses. Closely comparable to Nun as a working letterpress atelier generating numbered editions of artisan printed objects, blending craft, collabs and direct retail.
• M/M (Paris): Paris-based graphic design and art-direction studio founded by Michaël Amzalag and Mathias Augustyniak, working across brand identity, typography, and editorial — directly comparable as a French design studio with a strong typographic, artisanal signature, serving the same cultural/luxury and B2B brand clients as Nun.
• Sagmeister & Walsh (Sagmeister Inc): New York design studio led by Stefan Sagmeister, producing brand identity, art, and craft-driven objects across print and digital. Comparable to Nun as a founder-led studio that treats craft, narrative, and limited physical artefacts as a core part of its commercial brand practice.

Broad incumbents

• Dragon Rouge: Large French branding and design agency covering identity, packaging, retail, and innovation. A broader incumbent comparable to Nun for the B2B brand identity and packaging layer of the business, with far greater scale.
• Pentagram: Largest independent design firm in the world, with partner-led identity, brand, and environmental work across many categories. A broader incumbent whose partner-led model and identity focus mirror Nun's craft positioning, but at vastly larger scale and global footprint.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xinstagram.com/nundesignstudio
• YouTubeinstagram.com/nundesignatelier
• Facebookfacebook.com/nun.designetartsgraphiques
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/about
• Instagraminstagram.com/nundesignatelier

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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