Nguyen Gobber's Salon skug Posters Translate Live Music into Typographic Playground
Vienna-based graphic design studio Nguyen Gobber, founded by Hoang Nguyen and David Gobber, creates a dynamic poster series for Salon skug, a live event series organized by Austrian subculture magazine skug. Each poster is uniquely designed in response to the evening's performance, starting with the duo listening to the music and noting associations. The posters serve as an experimental playground for their own typefaces, such as Farmacia and the unreleased Plattenbau Grotesk. The studio has evolved into a full type foundry, with upcoming 2026 releases including Sticks and Funkhaus, and a digital typographic playground called Type Tinker. Their work for Salon skug has been recognized in the 2025 INTL International Poster Competition. The series reflects the event's supportive atmosphere for emerging musical talent, with Nguyen Gobber emphasizing creative freedom and mutual respect.
Key facts
- Nguyen Gobber is a collaborative practice between Hoang Nguyen and David Gobber.
- The studio designs posters for Salon skug, a live event series from Austrian subculture magazine skug.
- Each poster is unique and made in direct response to the evening's performance.
- The design process starts with listening to the music and noting associations.
- The posters often use the studio's own typefaces, such as Farmacia.
- An unreleased typeface, Plattenbau Grotesk, was inspired by the poster series.
- Nguyen Gobber has evolved into a type foundry with upcoming releases in 2026.
- The poster series was included in the 2025 INTL International Poster Competition.
- Salon skug hosts discussions on social issues and performances by emerging musicians.
- skug is Austria's oldest continuously published cultural magazine since 1990.
Entities
Artists
- Hoang Nguyen
- David Gobber
- Ines Wurst
Institutions
- Nguyen Gobber
- Salon skug
- skug
- INTL International Poster Competition
Locations
- Vienna
- Austria