Fabian Heller (M.A.) & Karen Kircher (M.A.), Founders and Creative Directors of efkei studio, are award winning designers with a focus on bold visual language through creative experimentation and the mix of different media. They’re bridging the gap between design and technology to achieve progressive and impactful designs that break the viewers’ expectations. Their work has been awarded multiple times by some of the most prestigious design awards, both nationally and internationally, including The One Club for Creativity / New York, Art Directors Club / Berlin, and Creativ Club Austria / Vienna.

Fabian Heller (M.A.) & Karen Kircher (M.A.), Founders and Creative Directors of efkei studio, are award winning designers with a focus on bold visual language through creative experimentation and the mix of different media. They’re bridging the gap between design and technology to achieve progressive and impactful designs that break the viewers’ expectations. Their work has been awarded multiple times by some of the most prestigious design awards, both nationally and internationally, including The One Club for Creativity / New York, Art Directors Club / Berlin, and Creativ Club Austria / Vienna.

Fabian Heller (M.A.) & Karen Kircher (M.A.), Founders and Creative Directors of efkei studio, are award winning designers with a focus on bold visual language through creative experimentation and the mix of different media. They’re bridging the gap between design and technology to achieve progressive and impactful designs that break the viewers’ expectations. Their work has been awarded multiple times by some of the most prestigious design awards, both nationally and internationally, including The One Club for Creativity / New York, Art Directors Club / Berlin, and Creativ Club Austria / Vienna.

efkei studio delivers award winning design, strategy and direction. Progressive imagery & aesthetics create long lasting and sustainable experiences for brands looking beyond the usual.

efkei studio delivers award winning design, strategy and direction. Progressive imagery & aesthetics create long lasting and sustainable experiences for brands looking beyond the usual.

efkei studio delivers award winning design, strategy and direction. Progressive imagery & aesthetics create long lasting and sustainable experiences for brands looking beyond the usual.

Awards

efkei studio delivers award winning design, strategy and direction. Progressive imagery & aesthetics create long lasting and sustainable experiences for brands looking beyond the usual.

Features

Grafikmagazin / Print / Issue 03.24 — Aesthetics of the Uncanny

PAGE / Online — KNOB

Talks

Grafikmagazin / Issue 03.24 — Aesthetics of the Uncanny

Teaching

Grafikmagazin / Issue 03.24 — Aesthetics of the Uncanny

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Disrupting the status quo.
Design. Aesthetics. Impact.

efkei studio for contemporary design.

Connect

Disrupting the status quo.
Design. Aesthetics. Impact.

efkei studio for contemporary design.

Connect

Disrupting the status quo.
Design. Aesthetics. Impact.

efkei studio for contemporary design.

Fabian Heller M.A.

Karen Kircher M.A.

©2023–2026 efkei studio

Manifesto

① For Craft & Innovation.
② Pushing Boundaries.
③ Exploration & Experiment.
④ Building Experiences.
⑤ For Sustainability & Accessibility.
⑥ Progressive & Disruptive.
⑦ Embrace the Unknown, the Uncommon, the Unexpected.

f**k the ordinary.
f**k the norms.
f**k the expected.

efkei studio for
contemporary design.

The Ordinary.
the norms.
The expected.