Nubikini Studio & Co. is a design studio based in Bogotá, Colombia. We enjoy color, lettering, logos with something to say, and projects that don’t quite fit into boxes. Sometimes we illustrate, sometimes we create identities, or draw weird letters that somehow make sense. Sometimes we just open a blank document and hope for the best. We don’t really believe in fixed rules (though we have created a few for ourselves). We like it when a brand has personality — and when we get to push it a little further.

We don’t do everything. But what we do, we do with heart.

About Nubikini

Behind the name is Nubia Navarro — a typography lover, color enthusiast, and proud creative shapeshifter. With over 13 years of experience, she leads the studio and brings bold ideas to life through custom type, illustration, and the occasional beautifully chaotic sketch.

The studio (we mean a small room in her house) works as a flexible creative collective: a core vision led by Nubia, powered by talented collaborators such as Cami, Juanda, Boni, Leady & Julián, who jump in depending on the project — all hands on, always all heart.

We’re passionate about building bold brand identities from the ground up — crafting strategy, design, and storytelling that feel as good as they look. From concept to production, we partner with clients through branding, art direction, and visual development to bring their stories to life. Our approach blends structure with spontaneity: we believe in emotion-driven work that not only looks great, but also works — for the brand, the audience, and the moment it lives in.

We call our process a Creation Playground because we make space for exploration, surprise, and purposeful design. No project leaves the studio without intention, curiosity, and a little fun.

Our work has been recognized by the Latin American Design Awards, the Type Directors Club, and Communication Arts — but what we value most is creating design that connects.

We’re available for freelance projects, collaborations, workshops, or creative partnerships that challenge us to play smart.

RECOGNITIONS


  • LAD shortlist 2024
    Typography Category

  • Communication Illustration Annual Winner
    Illustration Category 202
    Famiglia project

  • TDC Ascender 2023

  • Communication Arts Shortlist
    Illustration Category 2023
    Emotions Poster Collection

  • Communication Arts Typography 2023 Shortlist with 4 projects.
    -Mental Health Sticker Pack
    -A Tres Manos Estudio
    -Mugre Diamante
    -Nubikini Studio Wordmark

  • Communication Arts Design Annual Winner
    Design Category 2022
    Pure Queerness

  • Communication Arts Shortlist
    Illustration Category 2022
    Metatropic NFT Collection

  • Latin American Design Awards shortlist 2022
    Pure Queerness project and A Tres Manos Studio

  • ADC 101st Annual Awards Shortlist
    Design Category 2022
    Metatropic NFT Collection

  • ADC 101st Annual Awards Shortlist
    Design Category 2022
    Doremii Handbags Logo

  • LAD Awards Jury Lettering Category 2022

  • Branding Design Lead
    Mar 2025
    → Current

  • Branding Design Supervisor
    Apr 2024 → Mar 2025

PRESS & PUBLICATIONS

EXPERIENCE


  • Senior Graphic Designer
    Edelman Colombia.
    Feb 2021 → Apr 2024

  • Digital Graphic Designer
    Contenidos El Rey
    2017 → 2021

  • IDigital Graphic Designer
    Findasense
    2015 → 2017

  • Freelance Graphic Designer
    2013 → CurrenT

  • intern
    Publiprint Express
    2012 → 2014


  • LAD FEST Latin American Design Awards. Young Talent Speaker 
    “Letras Versátiles”
    Lima / Perú, 2020

  • Ladies Wine & Design Bogotá.
    “La no búsqueda de tu propio estilo”
    Bogotá / Colombia, 2020

TALKS

  • Speaker. Queering Type
    TDC Cha Che Chi, 2023.

  • Speaker. Learn how personal projects make you a better designer.
    Watch here
    Adobe Max, 2022

  • Lab Presenter. Creating Casual Graphics with Typography and Illustration.
    Adobe Max, 2021

  • DIST. Universidad del Istmo Guatemala. “El Valor de la inspiración”
    Guatemala, 2021

  • Ilustremos. Primer encuentro de ilustración.
    Santiago / Chile, 2020

  • Semana de la tipografía de Santo Domingo.
    Dominican Republic, 2019

  • Tipos Latinos 8va Edición. “Letras Versátiles”
    Bogotá / Colombia, 2019

WORKSHOPS


  • Virtual Workshop - Letter Your City
    Center For Book Arts NYC. 2023

  • Virtual Workshop - Letter Your City
    Center For Book Arts NYC. 2021

  • Caligrafía y Lettering
    Bogotá, Colombia. 2018

  • Lettering on Surfaces - Santo Tipo
    República Dominicana. 2018

  • Somos Letras. UP Encuentro Latinoamericano de Diseño.
    Buenos Aires, Argentina. 2017

  • Logotomía
    Cali / Colombia, 2021

  • Culto Gallery
    Bogotá / Colombia, 2021

  • Kontraste Expo
    Armenia / Colombia, 2021

  • Semana de la Colombianidad
    Barcelona / Spain, 2021

  • Across Borders.
    Barcelona’s Design Week / Spain, 2020

  • Cartel Ventiao.
    Bogotá / Colombia, 2019

  • Salon visual Bacanika
    Bogotá / Colombia, 2019

EXPOS

SELECTED CLIENTS


  • T-Mobile / Wacom / eBay / Adobe / Visa / Microsoft / Refinery29/ Samsung / Airbnb / Sprite / Edding / Flowers of Colombia / Ramo / Chocoramo / Tanqueray / Bogota Beer Company (BBC) / Virgin Mobile / L'Oréal / JW Marriott / Coca-Cola / DirecTV / Popsy / Fuze Tea / Schwarzkopf / Bavaria / UNICEF / Yogurt Boom / Mary Kay / Invest In Bogotá / A Tres Manos Estudio / Infruit and more.


  • Goodtype
    Guest for Wake and Make challenge
    May 2022

  • Ladies, Wine & Design - &Walsh
    Instagram Takeover - May 2021

  • Ladies, Wine & Design - Bogotá
    Instagram Takeover - March 2021

  • Goodtype
    Guest Curator - Oct 2019

TAKEOVERS