What Qturn does

Qturn GmbH is a privately held Swiss full-service design agency founded in 2006 and headquartered in Bolligen, Bern. The company specializes in four interlocking disciplines: signage and wayfinding (Signaletik und Orientierung), marketing and communication, graphic design, and UI/UX design. Its service portfolio spans physical wayfinding systems integrated with architectural environments (e.g., University of Bern historic main building, FMH Swiss Medical Association headquarters, Welle7 in Bern's train station, SfG BB design school campus), brand identity and rebranding projects (Hotel Bern, AGEL AG, Vom Chäser), digital platforms (NFP 73 Information Hub for the Swiss National Science Foundation, built in collaboration with development partner jkweb), and editorial/communication design (Be-ton magazine for the City of Bern, Swissmilk educational materials, DSM annual report).

The company operates as a micro-enterprise of approximately 12 people under a holacratic management model introduced in 2019, with ownership and decision-making distributed across five principal team members including Managing Director Tasha Del Percio. Revenue is generated entirely through project-based professional services fees, with no disclosed software product, subscription, or licensing component. The GTM motion is sales-led via direct client engagement, primarily with Swiss public institutions, enterprises, and trade associations concentrated in the Bern region. Marketing relies on a project portfolio website, organic social channels (LinkedIn, Facebook, Instagram), and industry award recognition (AWWWARDS Honorable Mention 2023; Best of Swiss Web shortlistings 2023 and 2024) rather than paid acquisition. The company has remained independent with no external funding, no parent entity, and no subsidiaries.

Name

Qturn

Legal name

Qturn GmbH

Website

https://qturn.ch

Company type

Private

Founded year

2006

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Qturn GmbH is a Swiss full-service design agency specializing in signage and wayfinding, branding, graphic design, and UI/UX for public institutions, corporates, and associations in Switzerland, primarily around Bern.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Bolligen

HQ country

Switzerland

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Design and Branding Services: Project-based professional services revenue from signage/wayfinding design, branding, UI/UX design, and communication design services. Clients include public institutions, corporations, and hospitality businesses.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

Qturn is a Swiss full-service design agency that delivers wayfinding and signage (Signaletik) systems, branding and visual identity, marketing and communication design, and UI/UX design for digital platforms. The firm operates on a project-based model, providing custom design solutions to public institutions, corporations, and trade associations primarily in the Bern region of Switzerland. It also produces editorial work such as annual reports, magazines, and educational materials.

Product overview

Qturn is a Swiss full-service design agency specializing in signage and wayfinding (Signaletik), branding, graphic design, and UI/UX. The company operates as a project-based service agency rather than a software product company, delivering custom design solutions across multiple domains including public infrastructure, hospitality, healthcare, education, and corporate identity. Their core service offerings include Signaletik und Orientierung (wayfinding systems), Marketing und Kommunikation (marketing and communication), and Grafikdesign und UI/UX (graphic design and user interface design). These services are delivered through diverse client projects such as campus wayfinding systems for educational institutions (SfG BB, Universität Bern), brand identity projects (Hotel Bern, AGEL AG, Vom Chäser), digital platforms (NFP 73 Information Hub), and communication materials (Be-ton Magazin, Swissmilk brochures). The agency collaborates with external developers (notably jkweb) for technical implementation on digital projects.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Signaletik und Orientierung (Wayfinding and Signage Design) End-to-end wayfinding and signage design services for public buildings, campuses, transportation hubs, and complex built environments. Qturn creates industrial, clean, and barrier-free orientation systems, including pictograms and icons engineered for production (for example, wood-milled icons for FMH), that integrate with the surrounding architecture and address accessibility.
• Marketing und Kommunikation (Marketing and Communication Design) Marketing and communication design services including campaign development, content creation, brand communication strategies, editorial design (magazines, annual reports), educational workbooks, and infographics. Past work includes the Be-ton magazine for the City of Bern, the Dachverband Schweizer Müller annual report (seven-year engagement), and Swissmilk educational worksheets.
• Grafikdesign und UI/UX (Graphic Design and UI/UX) Graphic design, user interface and user experience design services for digital and print applications, including logo design, visual identity systems, website and webshop design, motion design, and interactive information hubs. Lead capabilities sit with Nick Napodano (Lead UI/UX & Motion) and Joëlle Zaugg (Lead Grafikdesign). Notable output includes the NFP 73 Information Hub for the Swiss National Science Foundation (AWWWARDS Honorable Mention 2023).

Quantifiable outcome

• AWWWARDS Honorable Mention recognition for nfp73.ch information hub
• +1 more outcomes

Named customers10 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

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• jkwebcoreTechnology or IntegrationDevelopment partner for digital projects. Qturn collaborated with jkweb developers on the nfp73.ch information hub project, combining Qturn's design expertise with jkweb's technical development capabilities.

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves7 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Broad incumbents

• Interbrand: Global brand consultancy offering brand strategy, identity design, and experience. Provides a broader incumbent benchmark against Qturn's brand identity offering.
• MetaDesign: International brand and design consultancy with offices across Europe, including German-speaking markets. Comparable on brand identity and wayfinding, with broader scale and geographic reach.
• Pentagram: Independent global design studio renowned for identity, signage, and environmental graphic design. Comparable to Qturn on the signage/wayfinding and identity dimensions, but at much larger scale and prestige.
• Landor & Fitch: Global branding and design firm covering brand strategy, identity, and experience design. Comparable in branding scope but operates at significantly greater scale and geographic reach than Qturn.
• Publicis Communications Schweiz: Swiss arm of global advertising and communications network Publicis, offering brand, creative, and digital services. Comparable on integrated communications but operates with significantly broader scale and resource base than Qturn.

Direct peers

• Feinheit AG: Swiss digital agency specializing in web, branding, and communications for public-interest and commercial clients. Directly comparable to Qturn's branding + UI/UX + marketing communications mix.
• Jung von Matt Limmat: Major Swiss creative agency offering brand strategy, advertising, and digital design. Comparable to Qturn in serving Swiss institutional and consumer brand mandates with integrated creative services.
• Wirz Werbeagentur AG: One of Switzerland's largest independent advertising and brand agencies offering integrated branding, communications, and digital services. Comparable to Qturn in serving Swiss enterprise and institutional clients across brand and campaign work.
• Atelier Pol: Swiss branding and design studio working on brand identity and communication for cultural and commercial clients. Comparable to Qturn's mid-sized Swiss full-service design positioning.
• NOSE AG: Swiss design agency providing branding, visual identity, and digital design for institutional and consumer clients. Comparable in offering integrated branding and design services from a similar-sized Swiss base.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/qturnsocial
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/qturn
• Instagraminstagram.com/qturn.ch

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Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles6 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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

M&A

Investments

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