Formal Settings is a Berlin and Copenhagen based type- and graphic design studio, creating typographically driven visual communication and publications in collaboration with various international clients, mainly in the fields of art and culture. The studio was founded in 2014 by Amanda-Li Kollberg & Siri Lee Lindskrog and is characterised by a strong engagement in the field. The studio’s reflective practice blends tradition and experimentation as well as Scandinavian and international influences. Amanda-Li and Siri Lee are co-authors of the book Notes On Book Design, which was published in 2023 with Dutch publisher Onomatopee and from 2021-2024 have been co-organisers of the Nordic design festival Post Design Festival. They regularly give talks, workshops and participate as jury members in design competitions internationally.

Notes on Book Design is distributed worldwide and can be found at: MoMA PS1 Bookstore (USA), Printed Matter (USA), Draw Down Books (USA), Stedelijk Museum (NL), San Seriffe (NL), Idea Books (NL), Centre Georges Pompidou (FR), Do You Read Me (DE), Buchhandlung Walther König (DE), The Book Society (KR), Post Poetics (KR), Institute of Modern Art (AUS), Perimeter Books (AUS), Counter Print Books (UK) etc.

Clients include: Gothenburg International Biennial for Contemporary Art, MOMENTUM Nordic Biennale for Contemporary Art, Stiftung Buchkunst, The Royal Danish Academy of Architecture, Design and Conservation, Art Barns, Museum Vest, Adidas, Book Lab, BODE Gallery, Danish Association of Book Arts, Artland App, HAUT Scene, Anxiety Empire Magazine, AF·ART Magazine, The Danish Library Association, European Glass Context, NW Gallery, Rosinante&Co, Forlaget Silkefyret, DokumentART Film Festival, Detour Urban Dance Festival, Insitu Site-Specific Dance Festival, The Danish Music Schools, HAUT Scene.

TALKS
ATYPI, Copenhagen (2025)
ALUO University, Ljubljana (2025)
Ladies Wine & Design, Copenhagen (2025)
Process Talks, Berlin (2024)
Format Club, Berlin (2024)
Type Thursday, Berlin (2022)
Adobe Live, UK (2021)
Conversas, Berlin (2020)
Type Thursday, Berlin (2020)
Krabbesholm Højskole, Denmark (2019)

LECTURES
UDK, Berlin (2024)
HTW, Berlin (2024)
VERA School of Art & Design, Denmark (2024)
Hfg Offenbach, Germany (2024)

PRESS
Eye on Design
Adobe 99U
Page Magazine
Ordinary Wednesday
Design Rush

WRITING
Notes on Book Design (book, Onomatopee 2023)
No Word is an Island (essay, Post.Design/Tangle, 2023)

TEACHING
ALUO University, Ljubljana, Slovenia
VERA School of Art & Deign, Denmark
Krabbesholm Højskole, Denmark
ESDIP, Berlin
Godsbanen, Denmark

AWARDS
TDC Certificate of Typographic Excellence 2022

JURY
Book Pageant: a book-look competition 2024, Berlin
Best Book Design from all over the World 2023, Leipzig
Visueltprisen 2023, Grafill, Oslo