Hugo Berger
* Book Designer
contact: h.berger@strate.design
After studying design for five years in Paris and Chiba, Hugo developed his practice in Italy and France. He collaborated with the Milan-based cultural magazine Rivista Studio, the publishing house Humboldt Books, as well as designer George Sowden and artist Nathalie Du Pasquier.
He is the co-founder of The Light Observer and the art director of CARTA BookFair. He also works as a graphic designer for the Almine Rech art gallery and Editions.
Several of the books Hugo Berger have designed have received international recognition, including nominations for the Aperture PhotoBook Awards, the Bob Calle Artist's Book Prize, and the LUMA Dummy Book Award, with exhibitions at Paris Photo (Grand Palais), Printed Matter in New York, and Les Rencontres d'Arles. These publications are also held in the collections of leading cultural and academic institutions, including the Cleveland Museum of Art, MONA (Museum of Old and New Art), the École des Beaux-Arts de Paris Library, Rhode Island School of Design (RISD), University College London (UCL), and the Seattle Art Museum.
Current
Graphic Designer
* Almine Rech
Editor-in-Chief and Creative Director
* The Light Observer
Co-founder and Creative Director * CARTA Book Fair
Publications as a Graphic Designer
2019–Present
The Light Observer magazine
So Many Real Things, Nathalie Du Pasquier
Bianco Ordinario, Hélène Bellenger
Daughter of Earth and Water, Sasha Ferré
Carros en lumière – Photographies 1983–2025, Centre international d’art contemporain
Wallpaper Paintings, Jorge Galindo
Penny & The Dimes: Dimes 4Evr, Emma Stern
Still, Brian Calvin (Palazzo Cavanis exhibition catalogue)
Faces Instead of Names, Bozo
Fantasmi di Primavera, Alejandro Cardenas
Spray Paint Paintings, Andrea Marie Breiling
Nathaniel Mary Quinn, Nathaniel Mary Quinn
Campo di Marte, Nathalie Du Pasquier
2025
Talk with artist Hélène Bellenger @ CAMERA, Torino
2024
Curation and design for Laida Lertxundi's exhibition @ Mercredi Samedi, Nice
2018-2022
Product and Graphic Designer
* George Sowden
2022
Web Designer
* Mandalaki Studio
2021
Talk with artists Cecilia Del Gatto and José Angelino @ Macro Museum, Roma
Web Designer
* Alessia Bernardini
2020
Talk with curator Valentina Ciuffi and designer Sophie Dries @ Triennale, Milano
2019
Talk with artist Adi Haxhiaj @ Reading Room, Milano
2017-18
Graphic Designer
* MoSt
2016-17
Junior Designer
* Andrea Caputo
2013
Design Intern
* Moustache Bikes & Philippe Starck
2012
Design Assistant
* Rickard Guy
©2026
Hugo Berger