Nikita Sapozhkov is a type and graphic designer whose expertise involves type development and extensive experimentation in the field. With this experience, he crafts unique wordmarks, letterings, and strong visual systems for brands, special projects, individuals, as well as cultural and art institutions.

Don’t hesitate to reach out: info@nikitasapozhkov.com

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Selected clients

Street beat • Yandex • Aa-Library • Thingers • Tuman Studio

Talks and Lectures


YEAR Place FORMAT
2024 Yandex Fabrika Talk
2024 ONY Agency Lecture
2023 Royal Academy of Art The Hague Lecture
2022 BHSD Lecture
2021 Type Design Workshop Workshop
2021 Plenum Agency Lecture
2020 Type Design Workshop Lecture
2020 Geek Brains Online Academy Online Lecture
2019 Type Design Workshop Lecture
2019 Placeholder Lecture
2019 Placeholder Library Workshop
2018–2022 British Higher School of Art & Design Tutor
2018 British Higher School of Art & Design Lecture Series
2018 Type Design Workshop Workshop
2017–2020 Moscow University of Printing Arts Tutor

Nominations and Awards


YEAR AWARD PROJECT
2020 Tokyo TDC, Typographic Excellence Vetvi Flowers
2020 Red Dot Award May: A Typeface to Remember
2020 The Communication Arts CoFo Farm Specimen
2018 TYPOMANIA, Short-list CoFo Robert Animation
2018 4th Block, Short-list Eco Posters
2017 Image of the Book, Best Book Design Book about “CoFo Holz”
2017 TYPOMANIA, Short-list Holz Typeface
2017 Graphic Stories, Short-list Theme “Nicosia, the City of Utopia”
2017 WELTFORMAT, Short-list Theme “Detours”
2016 Image of the Book, Best Book Design Book “The Old Man and the Sea” by E. Hemingway
2016 Image of the Book, Best Book Design Design layout For collection of poems by M. Tsvetaeva
2016 Poster Competition “FUKUDA!”, Short-list Posters
2016 TYPOMANIA, Short-list Project “Type_Code”. Logo shot generated in processing
2016 “Fire Book” Competition, Laureate Book “The Old Man and the Sea”
2015 Posters Exhibition “Edible-Inedible”, Short-list Posters
2014 Image of the Book, nomination “new names” Design of the book “my house”

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Exhibitions


YEAR EXHIBITION Location
2020 Open Collab Online
2018 4th Block Kharkiv
2017 WELTFORMAT Lucerne
2017 34 Youth Exhibition of the Section of Graphics Moscow
2017 TYPOMANIA Moscow
2017 Black Plan Moscow
2017 Nicosia, the City of Utopia Nicosia
2016 “26 & 33”, Curator Moscow
2016 “Lebedev 135” Moscow, Book Fair “Non-fiction”
2016 The Exhibition “FUKUDA!”. PART OF “GOLDEN BEE 12” Moscow, Art Space “ARTBasement”
2016 #More Life Moscow, Art Space “Winzavod”
2015 Edible-Inedible Moscow
2015 Typography Cube Moscow, Museum of Moscow