(00) Bureau Halm
Brand, web and film studio
Zurich, since 2011
We design brands, websites and films for people who make things.
Bureau Halm is an independent studio in Zurich. We work with makers, museums and small companies that want to look as good as they are.
Brands.
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Identity, packaging, naming
Websites.
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Design, build, CMS
Films.
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Direction, sound, edit
(↓) Selected work
Booking projects for Q1 2027
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Selected work
Eight projects from the last two years.
Brands, websites, films and a lot of paper. Each one started with a short brief and a hard deadline.
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Services
Six things we do, and do properly.
You can hire us for one of them or all six. Most projects use three.
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Brand identity
Names, wordmarks and a system your team can use without us.
Naming, wordmark, type, colour, guidelines
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Websites
Fast sites your team can edit, built on a real content model.
UX, design, build, CMS, launch
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Campaigns
Posters, out-of-home and social with one clear idea each.
Concept, art direction, production
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Film
Short films and edits, from a one-day shoot to a five-day climb.
Direction, sound, edit, grade
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Packaging
Bottles, boxes and labels designed on a strict grid.
Structure, labels, print files
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Wayfinding
Signage systems for buildings, streets and events.
Audit, signage, lettering, install
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In numbers
Small on purpose. Around for a while.
14
Years in Zurich
212
Projects shipped
9
Countries we have worked in
8
People, no account managers
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How a project runs
Four steps. Fixed dates. No surprises in week ten.
We agree the steps in writing before we start, and we show you the work at the end of each one, not only at the end.
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Brief
A call, a written brief and a fixed quote. We tell you if we are not the right studio.
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Concept
Two weeks of sketches and one strong direction. You see it on paper before it is polished.
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Build
Design, copy, code, print files, film edit. We show progress every Friday.
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Launch
Handover, training and a one-page guide. We stay on call for the first month.
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Clients
People who trusted us with the first draft.
Ostwind Coffee
Kaltbach Cycles
Lumen Theatre
Nordwand Guides
Fenster Furniture
Arkade Museum
Pale Lab
Tagwerk Rail
Sundgau Bakery
Reuss Ceramics
Halde Hotel
Marlin & Sohn
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What clients say
The season felt like one show for the first time.
Artistic director, Lumen Theatre
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Journal
Notes from the studio, written by the people who did the work.
Type
4 min
A short defence of headlines that fill the screen and text that does what it is told.
Process
5 min
Twelve columns divide by two, three, four and six. That is the whole reason.
Campaigns
6 min
Eleven plays, one designer, and the rules that let a season look like one thing.
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The studio
Eight people in an old attic in Zurich.
No account managers and no layers. The person you brief is the person who designs it. We have kept the studio small so that stays true.
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Questions
Before you write to us.
The six things people ask us most. If yours is missing, the brief form is the best place to ask.
How do we start a project with you?
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What do projects cost?
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How long does a project take?
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Do you work outside Switzerland?
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Who owns the work?
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Can we edit the website ourselves?
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