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Swiss undergrad Dominik Junker's portfolio of minimal graphic design

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Date
17 May 2017

Swiss graphic designer Dominik Junker has an accomplished portfolio for someone still studying. Growing up in St. Gallen, Switzerland, Dominik completed an apprenticeship as a graphic designer before moving to Zurich to study Visual Communication, a bachelor’s degree he will complete this year.

Already completing an internship in 2015 at Zak Group, London, Dominik has learnt that to push a project to the best of its potential is key. “Always try to identify the core of a project,” he tells It’s Nice That. “For me, it is always important to make the project authentic and unique.”

“Of course, as a Swiss graphic designer I’m into typography, grids and systems,” says Dominik modestly describing his process. Across poster or book design, the designer says his work is “quite minimalistic, authentic and reduced, I’m always interested in new fonts and have tried to design one myself.” Throughout Dominik’s portfolio typography appears to be the leading creative, structured minimally but with consideration. Stripping back layout designs is a brave move, leaving nowhere for a designer to hide their mistakes, but this is an area Dominik shines within.

Newer projects for the undergrad include “an album cover series for a friend’s band,” the starting ground for many a budding designer. As well as, “a booklet for the cinema program of Klub Kulsehov, which shows a series of stills from the 50 movies of the program.”

An open book displays a series of photographs and text. The top page shows four images, including a draped table and a swimming pool, while the bottom page features four columns of text titled “Take A Photo”, “Ambulance”, “Jungle” and “Not Good At Talking”.
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Dominik Junker: Wait

A typography specimen sheet on a black background showing various glyphs in a bold, white sans-serif typeface. The characters are organised into rows labelled “Groteska”, “Alternates”, “Ligatures”, “Std Accent” and “Punctuation”.
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Dominik Junker: Groteska

An open book showing two pages of a questionnaire in German. The text is arranged in a clean, minimalist layout with numbered questions and multiple-choice options.
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Dominik Junker: Habitus Helveticus

A close-up of a grey banner held up by a black metal stand against a dark background. The banner features bold, sans-serif text including “21” and “NOV.”
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Dominik Junker: Infotage

A stack of black and white printed booklets rests on a grey cutting mat. The top cover features a grid of small photographs and the text “Klub Kuleshov”.
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Dominik Junker: Kuleshov

A series of posters for “Klub Kuleshov” featuring high-contrast red, black and white imagery. The text reads “Focus on a Region: Indonesia” and lists the dates “19.5. – 28.5.2017”.
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Dominik Junker: Kuleshov

An open magazine rests on a table over a black and white graphic print. One page is bright yellow with the word “FOCUS” repeated, while the opposite page shows a photograph of a car parked by a wall.
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Dominik Junker: ZETT

An open book with black pages rests on a sheet of bubble wrap. The pages show a grainy, high-contrast black and white image.
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Dominik Junker: Mehlvideo

A stack of printed cards on a wooden table. One card features a bold red graphic of overlapping circles, while another contains a formal invitation in German.
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Dominik Junker: Buergerfeler

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About the Author

Lucy Bourton

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Lucy (she/her) was part of the It’s Nice That team from 2016–2025, first joining as a staff writer after graduating from Chelsea College of Art with a degree in Graphic Design Communication, eventually becoming a senior editor on our editorial team, and most recently at Insights, a research-driven department with It’s Nice That.

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