Agathe Jacquillat

FL@33 is a multi-disciplinary, London-based design studio for visual communication and beyond. Its two founders, Agathe Jacquillat (French, from Paris) and Tomi Vollauschek (Austrian, but from Frankfurt, Germany), met on the Royal College of Art’s postgraduate Communication Art and Design course and set up their company after graduating in 2001.

Since then FL@33 has created an award-winning, internationally published body of work, ranging from self-initiated projects to commissioned work for clients from around the world, across many different sectors, regardless of size and budget. From logos to visual identity systems, image-making to complete book designs, from magazine and book cover designs to posters and websites, moving image and interior design.

The founding directors have been described as multi-lingual, multi-specialised design activists consistently striving to exceed expectations of their demanding clients – using wit and humour to create fresh, imaginative and engaging visual communication, products and interior designs.

Agathe and Tomi are friendly, passionate and dedicated designers who give international lectures, judge, art direct, consult, design, curate, exhibit, contribute to books and magazines, conceive, compile, edit and write their own books, run workshops, and also develop design products for the studio's sister company Stereohype. Stereohype.com was launched in 2004 as an international platform for both emerging and established talents and is a graphic art label with online boutique.

The two have also released widely-acclaimed, self-initiated and award-winning projects such as Trans-form magazine and the popular online sound collection project bzzzpeek.com that was also exhibited in New York's Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) in 2011.

FL@33 interviews, features and studio profiles have been published online and in more than 210 magazines, newspapers and books around the world – ranging from the lifestyle, art, design press including Computer Arts, Grafik, Étapes, Novum, Creative Review, RGB to The New York Times. Interviews with the duo also appeared on BBC Radio and NPR (America’s National Public Radio).


The experienced duo often judge competitions and award schemes, including YCN, FITC, D&AD and Selected. FL@33 also lectures at international design conferences and colleges such as Limelight Night: Crossing Disciplines, House of Illustration, UK (2017), ECV Lille and ECV Bordeaux design residencies with master class workshops and lectures, France (2016 and 2017 respectively), Grafik's Letterform Live: Fashion conference, UK (2016), High Noon Special, Darmstadt, Germany (2013), MICA design residency with lecture and workshop in Baltimore, MD, USA (2013), CPH:typo*12 conference in Copenhagen, Denmark (2012) and Selected A – Graphic Design from Europe in Barcelona, Spain (2010).

A FL@33 monograph was published in 2005 as part of the bilingual (English and French) design&designer book series by Pyramyd Editions.


Three other books conceived, compiled, written, edited and designed by FL@33 have been published by Laurence King: Postcard appeared in 2008, followed by Made & Sold: Toys, T-shirts, Prints, Zines and Other Stuff in 2009 and more recently The 3D Type Book in 2011. Postcard was also translated into French (Cartes Postales, Pyramyd Editions), German (Postcard: Postkarten-Design heute, DuMont Buchverlag) and Spanish (Postales: Diseño por correo, Gustavo Gili).

The name FL@33 stems from the studio's first headquarters when they were still located in Notting Hill – a flat, yes, you guessed it – number 33. Since 2005 the duo are based in Clerkenwell.

They always try to keep their guideline 'Power of 3' in mind – an equal balance between intellect, skill and emotion – based on a philosophy they first heard about at the RCA.

The studio's past and current international clients include MTV Networks, the BBC, the Royal Festival Hall, Laurence King Publishing, Creative Review, Computer Arts, Groupe Galeries Lafayette, Matelsom, Habitat, Penrhyn Books, Weeks & Cowling, MMM-Festival and Friends of the Earth, beside many others.

http://www.flat33.com - FL@33 archive v3

http://www.stereohype.com - graphic art label with online boutique v2

http://www.bzzzpeek.com - amusing sound-collection (Flash plugin required)

http://www.postcard-book.info - FL@33's first book

http://www.madeandsold.com - FL@33's second book

http://www.3d-type.com - FL@33's third book