Nejc [Nates] Prah is a Slovenian designer based between New York and Ljubljana. His work spans between editorial design, identities, illustration and web based projects. He is a member of Ansambel.
Current status
Available for hire
Valid O1 visa for USA
web development by Anže Vavpetič
© 2010-2019 Nejc Prah, unless otherwise noted, all images on these pages are copyrighted
Education
Masters degree
Yale University School of Art
New Haven, USA
Graphic design department
August 2013 – May 2015
* Toby Devan Lewis Award for
an Artist of Exceptional Promise
Bachelors degree
Academy of Arts and Design
Ljubljana, SLO
Visual communications department
October 2009 – June 2013
Selected Clients
Axis Mundi, GB
Bloomberg Businessweek, USA
Brain Magazine, JP
Brumen Foundation, SLO
Cankarjev Dom, SLO
Fader magazine, USA
Flags for Peace, NL
Flaviar, SLO
Fotopub, SLO
Gass Records, GB
Ginza Graphic Gallery, JP
Gossamer magzine, USA
It’s nice that, GB
LEGS, USA
Medium.com, USA
MGL, SLO
MGLC, SLO
MOL, SLO
The New York Times, USA
The New Republic, USA
Outsider revija, SLO
Printed pages, GB
Project Peace Post, USA
Richard Niessen, NL
Slavs and Tatars, INTL
Space Face Books, USA
Tank Magazine, GB
Tribuna, SLO
Type Directors Club Tokyo, JP
Wolff Olins, USA
Yale University, USA
ZDSLU, SLO
Awards
D&AD awards
Wooden pencil, USA, 2019ASME awards
Best cover nomination, USA, 20188th Brumen Biennial
Grand prix, Brumen Award, SLO, 2017The Ones to Watch
itsnicethat.com selection, UK, 2017Type Directors Club Tokyo
TDC prize, JP, 2017ZGRAF, International design exhibition 12
Jury’s honorable mention, HR, 2017Young Guns by ADC New York
30 under 30, USA, 2016Type Directors Club New York
Certificate of typo. excellence, USA, 2016Type Directors Club Tokyo
Grand prix, JP, 20157th Brumen Biennial
Certificate of excellence, SLO, 2015Chaumont International Poster Festival
International exhibition selection, FR, 2015Type Directors Club New York
Certificate of typo. excellence, USA, 20146th Brumen Biennial
2 honorable mentions, SLO, 2013ZGRAF, International design exhibition 11
Jury’s honorable mention, HR, 2012
Speaking
ALUO, Ljubljana, 2018
Hopscotch Reading Room, Berlin, 2018
Shilington College, New York, 2018
University of Brighton, New York, 2017
City Hall, Ljubljana, 2017
Type Directors Club Day, Tokyo, 2017
Rutgers University, New Jersey, 2016
Type Directors Club Day, Tokyo, 2015
Parsons The New School, New York, 2015
Vojnik design conference, Belgrade, 2013
Selected Press
Outsider, SLO, 2019
Image as a tool, KR, 2019
Its Nice That, UK, 2018
Page Magazine, DE, 2018
Brain Magazine, JP, 2017
Brumen Foundation, SLO, 2017
Marketing Magazin, SLO, 2017
Mladina, SLO, 2017
The Ones to Watch, UK, 2017
Grain Edit, USA, 2017
AIGA Eye on design, USA, 2016
Its Nice That, UK, 2016
Tunica Magazine, USA, 2015
Its Nice That, UK, 2015
People of Print, 2015
Exhibitions
Typojanchi Biennial
Seoul, 2019Illuminating Graphics
Gallery 8, Tokyo, 2019Type Directors Club Tokyo
Ginza Graphic Gallery, Tokyo, 2019Mal za hec mal za res (solo show)Vetrinjski dvor, Maribor, 20188th Brumen Biennial
National gallery of Slovenia, Ljubljana, 2017Truth and lies
French Revolution Square, Ljubljana, 2017Flags of Peace
A-Lab, Amsterdam, 2017These Posters are Fireworks
Project nr.8, New York, 2017ZGRAF, International design exhibition 12
The Mestrovic Pavilion, Zagreb, 2017Type Directors Club Tokyo
Ginza Graphic GalleryTokyo, 2017DDD Gallery, Kyoto, 2017Shoulda Woulda Coulda
Leeds Print Festival, Leeds, 2017Mal za hec, mal zares (solo show)
Town Hall, Ljubljana, 2017The Ones to Watch
Uniqlo, London, 2017GDFS International Poster Exhibition
National Centre for Design, Glasgow, 2016Bridge Over Troubled Water
Ginza Graphic Gallery, Tokyo, 2016Contemporary Graphic Design from New York
Print Program Gallery, Carouge, 20167th Brumen Biennial
National gallery of Slovenia, Ljubljana, 2015Total Work
The Tunica Art Gallery, New York, 2015Type Directors Club Tokyo
Ginza Graphic Gallery, Tokyo, 2015
DDD Gallery, Kyoto, 2015Type Directors Club New York
The Cooper Union, New York City, 20146th Brumen Biennial
National gallery of Slovenia, Ljubljana, 2013Newspaper is dead, long live the Newspaper!
Gallery HUB, Belgrade, 2013ZGRAF, International design exhibition 11
The Mestrovic Pavilion, Zagreb, 2012
