Nicofunken™.                         
Nico is a chilean designer and creative director based in New York. He leads Funken Studio, where branding, spatial design, and visual systems come together to form distinct, idea-driven work.

The studio operates across disciplines—identity, architecture, editorial, digital, and motion—designing with intention rather than convention.








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Collaborating with clients around the world, Nico creates projects that are both strategic and unconventional, always grounded in research, culture, and form. Whether it’s a type system, a retail space, or a brand world, each output is built to speak clearly—and last.











Comunications University
Multimedia Design
Santiago, Chile

Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile
Postgraduate Diploma in Typography
Santiago, Chile

A-B-Z-TXT
School for 21st Century Typography
Faculty: Zach Lieberman, Mindy Seu et al.
Toronto, Canada







Creative Direction
Art Direction
Motion Graphics
Film Editing
Title Design
Kinetic Typography
Motion Visual Systems 
Typography

After Effects
Figma
Cinema 4D
Premiere Pro
Illustrator
Photoshop







Funken Studio
Founder & Creative Director
New York / Santiago
2016 – Present

Bravo
Design Director / Founder
Santiago, Chile
2023 – 2024

Archivo Records
Founder
Santiago, Chile
2024 – Present

Under Coffee
Founder
Santiago, Chile
2024 – Present







Gaika at BLACK NYC
Lighting intervention for BLACK by MATTE, NYC.
Gaika live performance.
Red light, beams, LED bars, haze. Atmosphere as spatial instrument.
 2022


Javiera Mena Espejo Tour
Live show design by Funken Studio. Lighting architecture, LED systems, motion visuals.
Stage as immersive environment.
2019


Funken x BELOW
Study of Shadows 
Understanding how shadows behave across surfaces, textures and angles. Each body in the room casts a different form. Each movement produces distortion.
2019


Particular
Interactive audiovisual installation.
Light, sound, control. Spectator as operator.
2018


Adidas _NMD
Experiential brand installation.
Past Empowers Future.
Historic location reactivated.
 2017


Everything Is Violence
Audiovisual installation by Funken Studio.
Light, shadow, sound. Technology dependence. Artificial comfort.
Original score by LORN.
2013