About – Noel Pretorius

I’m Noel, an award winning designer from South Africa. I hold a degree in graphic design and a MA in type design from Reading University in the UK. Currently I’m a senior creative at the branding agency Identity Works in Stockholm and co-founder of NM type.

I'm a craft driven creative who aims to create idea fuelled concepts within the fields of branding, typography, packaging, print and digital design.

Over the years I've had the honour to work with clients such as Amnesty International, Blocket, Design Indaba, Friends, Google Arts & Culture, Holmen, Jägermeister, Kry, Nordiska Kompaniet, Save the Children, Stella Artois and more.

I've also been a key speaker at the international conference Design Indaba and given talks at CAP&Design and Berghs School of Communication in Sweden.

If you’d like to discuss a potential project, get in touch. → hi@noelpretorius.com

↑ The Art Directors Club invited me to share some of my inspirations and thoughts on type.

Distinctions:
Swedish Design Awards, Nominated: Morakniv
Art Directors Club, Shortlist: Holmen
Svenska Designpriset, 2x Nominations: Blocket
Svenska Designpriset, 2x Nominations: Kry
European Design Awards, Gold: Movement
Art Directors Club, Silver: Movement
Art Directors Club, Finalist: Rolleiflex Numbers
D&AD, Nomination: Movement
NY Festivals, Shortlist: You Are Who You Meet
Type Directors Club, Certificate: Kinetic
Epica, Bronze: Folkoperan
Kolla!, Silver & Bronze: Folkoperan
New York Festivals, Silver & Bronze: Folkoperan
Resumé, 2x Månadens Kampanj: Folkoperan
Epica, Gold: Friends
Kolla!, Gold: Rädda Barnen
Art Directors Club, Merit: Them-and-Us
Cannes Lion, Bronze: Them-and-Us
Guldägget, Shortlist: Them-and-Us
Loeries, Gold: Them-and-Us
Guldägget, Silver: Nordiska Kompaniet
Kolla!, Gold: Nordiska Kompaniet
Svenska Designpriset, Silver: Tiger Jeans
Kolla!, Shortlist: VM Handball
New York Festivals, Silver & Bronze: Stella Artois
Clio, 2x Silver: Stella Artois
D&AD, 2x Nominations: Stella Artois
Epica, Gold, Silver & Bronze: Stella Artois
Eurobest, Shortlist: Stella Artois
Guldägget, 2x Shortlist: Stella Artois
Kolla!, Gold: Stella Artois
NY Festivals, 3x Gold, 2x Silver 5x Bronze: Artois
One Show, 2x Gold, Silver & 2x Merit: Stella Artois
Webby, 6x Honouree: Stella Artois
New York Festivals, Shortlist: Nordiska Kompaniet
New York Festivals, Nomination: Tiger of Sweden
Guldägget, Bronze: Tiger of Sweden
Loeries, 2x Gold: Home
Loeries, Gold: Rohm & Haas

Services including:
Logotypes
Symbols
Branding & Identity
Brand Guidelines
Typeface design
Packaging design
Editorial design
Website design
Digital design

Selected publications:
Creative Review
It’s Nice That!
IdN™ Magazine
CAP&Design
Computer Arts
Grafik
Novum
Slanted Magazine