Worked in Adobe InDesign on design for books and catalogues for artists and galleries (Arte, DOTS), while assisting with collecting information and data for publications for independent designer Isidora Nikolić in Belgrade, Serbia.
Nela Šuica is a graphic designer based in Berlin, Germany. Originally from Belgrade, Serbia, she holds a Bachelor's degree from the University of Arts in Belgrade and is currently pursuing her MA in Design at FH Potsdam.
Her practice spans across book design, branding and experimental software design, combining visual communication with digital and interactive approaches. She is interested in exploring the intersection of technology, culture, and art through visual and interactive forms.
Designed exhibition catalogues and promotional materials for MetArt International Contemporary Arts, Culture and Communication Center, edited visual and written content, and assisted in organizing exhibitions and related events.
Contributed to the design and production of exhibition materials and museum communications, supported the design team with layout, image processing, and preparation for print and digital platforms, as well as video editing and helping with creating and adapting visual content for social media.
Bachelors of Graphic Design, 2020 — 2024
Masters of Graphic Design, 2024 — present
Masters of Design, Studio Speculative Software, October 2025 — present
The Applied Artists and Designers Association of Serbia. Awarded at the graduate exhibition of the Faculty of Applied Arts.
Dositeja national scholarship for top academic achievement.
Semester abroad in Potsdam, Germany.
Adobe Creative Cloud — Illustrator, InDesign, Photoshop, Premiere
Pro, After Effects, Lightroom
Figma, Blender, Unity
Serbian (native), English (C1), German (B1)
Visual identity for the coffee shop “Skica” (eng. Sketch) located in the old town neighbourhood, Kosančićev venac, in Belgrade. The project consists of a logo and menu redesign, alongside designs for t-shirts, cups, bags etc.
I took the inspiration for the logo from the chairs placed in front of the coffee shop, overlooking the river Sava. Drawing various sketches of the same motive, I was able to group them and create multiple variations of the same logo.
Poster design for the 18th annual student theatre festival “FIST”.
The slogan for the year 2023, “Someone I (don’t) know”, was dealing with the questioning of the concept of identity and its diversity.
Art book following Marija Ćalić’s 2024 photography exhibition of the same name in the gallery of Ilija M. Kolarac, Belgrade. The subject of the exhibition is based on the lost footage from a private collection of a family and their travels in Africa during the 1960s.
I found a collection of old Ektachrome slides at a flea market. The exact year, names and origin of the found slides is unknown. Using and observing the scanned photographs, I got the idea to create a form of a “fictional diary”, followed by narrative presented as fictional diary entries and present it as a part of the exhibition.
Poster design for the exhibition dedicated towards the life and work of the famous actor Velimir “Bata” Živojinović, held at the Yugoslav Film Archive in Belgrade.
I created a series of posters for the 1984 film “Pejzaži u magli” (eng. Foggy Landscapes), starring Bata Živojinović, Anamarija Petričević and Ljubomir Todorović.
Manifesto is an experimental interactive web-based project developed in response to the Manifesto of the Unstable Media by the V2 collective. I translated the manifesto’s ideas around instability, unpredictability, and constant change into a digital experience where the interface itself becomes unstable and responsive.
The experience is driven by randomness and subtle user interaction, allowing the system to function almost like a living digital environment. Pressing Enter triggers one of three possible outcomes: the particles morph into a new structure, begin to fall apart, or reorganise into the manifesto’s text. Color emerges through interaction and spreads unpredictably, while unexpected behaviour and glitches are embraced as part of the design.
Reč i misao (eng. “Word and Thought”) was an iconic Yugoslav literary edition published by “Rad” from the late 1950s onward, with hundreds of individual book titles released over several decades and becoming one of the most expansive series in Yugoslav publishing history.
The aim of this project was to reinterpret its visual identity through a contemporary typographic system. The series’ approximately 500 numbered editions became an integral visual element of the new identity. Each title’s individual edition number was incorporated into the cover design, creating a consistent system across the series and giving each book a distinct visual identity.
Interface design for a fictive typography app that I created in Figma for iOS.
The app aims to inspire designers and creatives by allowing them to discover projects from other designers and instantly see which fonts were used. It also allows users to save interesting fonts to a personal list, helping them build their own collection of typographic inspiration.
Series of experimental posters created through digital collage, combining found images, textures, and graphic elements to explore composition and visual relationships.
I have always enjoyed working across different mediums and using posters as a space for experimentation, often working with different formats and print techniques such as risograph and screen printing.