About brand unit
For more than 15 years Brand Unit has been developing brands that leave a lasting impression. Deeply rooted in brand strategy and brand design, Brand Unit combines a strong commitment to art and culture with a curiosity for the possibilities offered by new technologies.
The most recent project: AOON, an exhibition at Designforum Wien exploring the question: Does AI influence creativity?
Those who dare to move toward new horizons will look back on the shared process with conviction.
Founded in Vienna more than fifteen years ago, the studio now works for international clients in over five countries, collaborating with creatives around the world. For Brand Unit, brand development always begins with people — with a comprehensive understanding of society, its needs, and the cultural context that shapes them. From this perspective, concepts emerge that are strategically grounded and merge cultural thinking with brand-strategic precision.
In close dialogue with the creative industries and technology partners, Brand Unit works with an interdisciplinary network of designers, architects, photographers, and filmmakers to develop identities. Alongside client projects, Brand Unit curates and initiates its own formats at the intersection of design, technology, and society — to generate knowledge, build new networks, and maintain a forward-looking perspective.
A senior team of strategists, future-oriented brand designers, and an extensive creative network.
TEAM
Albert Handler – read more
Ulrike Tschabitzer-Handler – read more
Xenia Fastnacht (on maternity leave) – read more
Clara Grillmaier – read more
Alexander Heuken – read more
Nina Köll – read more
Fiona Oehler – read more
Patrick Röschl – read more
Alexander Wallner – read more
CONTACT
brand unit GmbH
Lehargasse 7/1
1060 Vienna, Austria
Clara Grillmaier: +43 676 9012640
Patrick Röschl: +43 676 3946880
office@brand-unit.com
brand-unit.com
CLIENTS
HOSPITALITY & DESTINATION
rooms by wolfensson
grätzlhotel
Neuer Strand Neusiedlersee
Hideauts Stay
URBANAUTS STUDIOS
Cabo Villas – Beach Resort & Spa
Hotel am Brillantengrund
Markt 67
ARCHITECTURE & REAL ESTATE
YOURS, Wunschhaus
revaris
THE NEXT ENTERPRISE
Immovate
Otto Immobilien
Wien 3420 Aspern Development
Schenker Salvi Weber
FINANCE, LAW & INDUSTRY
Smart Family Office
FINAD
PremiQaMed
Avancell
Speedinvest
AMR
Vienna Stock Exchange / Wiener Börse
E+H Rechtsanwälte
Binder Grösswang
Ford Motor Company Austria
Jaguar Land Rover Österreich
OMV Trading
Toyota Frey Retail
Austrian Airlines
Engelstein & Grünberger
Merit Commodity Partners
House of Commonground
Gardena
Otto Bock Austria
CULINARY
Daliah – The Viennese Bistro in Shanghai
Steirereck / Restaurant Steirereck
Das S-Magazin
Gault&Millau Magazine
Wiener Gusto
Gaisberg Uncorked
Rudi Gernreich & Vöslauer Thermalbad
Ottakringer Getränke AG
LGV Frischgemüse Wien
WEIN & CO
Vöslauer
Del Fabro Kolarik
Das Engel
Restaurant Libelle Neuer Strand Neusiedlersee
Weingut Netzl
Messner
Taste of Sicily
LUXURY & CULTURE
Not Just A Label
Walter Scheel Medal
MXR
CAISHA by Prettyshop
SHOW OFF. Austrian Fashion Design
Unit F
Möbelnetzwerk
Ordinary House
Jork Weismann
Roland Faistenberger / Roland Faistenberger Photography
Lights of Vienna
BB Coyle
Porzellanmanufaktur Augarten
Pierre Lang Europe
A Guide Magazine
Joachim Baldauf
Jack Bauer
bretterbauer objects
Kunsthalle Krems
Ed Neumeister
Büro für Transfer
Michael Endlicher
Ronald Kodritsch
Thomas Schauer
Petra Schmögner
Manfred Wakolbinger
Kunst Haus Wien / Above The Mushroom
Vienna Design Week / Under The Mushroom
Kastner & Öhler
Amy Noel Design
Andreas Lackner
Ela Nord
Elfie Semotan
festival for fashion & photography
IFF International Fur Federation
Kopenhagen Fur
Liska Co KG
Thomas Roth Filmregisseur
Filmhaus
Madeleine
McArthur Glen Designer Outlet Parndorf
Nicole Adler
perfectprops Wien
RIVIVI6269
time4africa
Wolfensson
Equusir
Wiener Sängerknaben
AMFAR Salzburg
SIGNALETICS
ORF Guidance and Signage
Wien Energie – EnergieZentrum
Wiener Netze
Wiener Stadtwerke Holding
WIPARK
Vienna International Airport
ORF – Österreichischer Rundfunk
MISC / PUBLIC SECTOR / PUBLISHING
Bestattung & Friedhöfe Wien
Bundesministerium für Landesverteidigung und Sport
Bundesministerium für Unterricht, Kunst und Kultur
Bundesministerium für Verkehr, Innovation und Technologie
Neue Urbane Mobilität Wien
PID – Presse- und Informationsdienst der Stadt Wien
Universität für künstlerische & industrielle Gestaltung Linz
Wien Tourismus
SFU Sigmund Freud Privatuniversität
Wirtschaftsagentur Wien
Wirtschaftskammer Wien
FFG – Österreichische Forschungsförderungsgesellschaft
departure – Kreativzentrum der Wirtschaftsagentur Wien
Wien Energie (allgemeine Projekte)
Verlagsgruppe News
Alba Verlag
Birkhäuser Verlag
Burda Verlag
Christian Brandstätter Verlag
Distanz Verlag
Echo Medienhaus
Flydoscope
Maison Moderne Publishing & Media
Medecco Holding
RG Verlag / REWE Group
Welt am Sonntag
Harpune Verlag
Genera
Bahram Mossawat
Biocannovea
La Princessa beauty
AWARDS
1x German Design Award 2023
Wiener Gusto
1x Bronze Nagel Art Directors Club Germany 2023
S Magazin Issue #14
1x 1 Silber Nagel Art Directors Club Germany 2023
Walter Scheel Medaille
1x Joseph Binder Award 2022
Walter Scheel Medaille
1x German Art Directors Club Award 2020
Yours Wunschaus Magazin Issue #01
1x German Art Directors Club Award 2019
S Magazin Issue #09 and #10
1x Gold Best of Content Marketing (BCM) 2018
passion for life – Das Gardena Magazin für Garten, Design und Lifestyle
1x German Art Directors Club Award 2018
S Magazin Issues #07 and #08
1x German Design Award Gold
Generation 21
1 x Das beste Haus Architekturpreis 2015 (The Best House Architecture Prize 2015)
Markt67
8 × D&AD Award
Generation 21
A Guide Magazine (Issue 1)
8 magazine
Modebuch, Contemporary Fashion From Austria
1-8, Capital Bank Client’s Magazine
The All Season Fashion Paper (Spring/Summer and Fall/Winter)
Klusk Another 1.388km
2 × German Art Directors Club Award
Wolfensson (Corporate Design)
Das S Magazin (Corporate Publishing)
1 × German Art Directors Club Award
Design Agency of the Year 2007
3 × German Art Directors Club Europe Nomination
2 × Modebuch, Contemporary Fashion From Austria
0,36 Euro Pro Idee (CCA Yearbook 2006)
2 × German Art Directors Club Award Bronze
Das S Magazin (Corporate Publishing)
1 × German Art Directors Club Nomination
OFROOM (Corporate Identity)
3 × Creative Club Austria Award
The All Season Fashion Paper (Spring/Summer and Fall/Winter)
Klusk Another 1.388km
Do It Yourself
2 × Creative Club Austria Award Gold
Modebuch, Contemporary Fashion From Austria
Performance With A Capital P (Annual Report Capital Bank)
4 × Creative Club Austria Award Bronze
Die wohl aufwendigste Visitenkarte der Welt
0,36 Euro pro Idee (CCA Yearbook 2006)
What’s The End Of The Story?
Beige Caramelle
2 × The International Arc Awards NY (Gold and Bronze)
Performance With A Capital P (Annual Report Capital Bank)
1 × Green Panther
Unbezahlbar
1 × Diesel Editorial Award
Prize For Exceptional, Unpublished Editorials In The Range Of Fashion Photography
1 × Most beautiful books of Austria 2007
Modebuch, Contemporary Fashion From Austria
1 × Most beautiful books of the world 2007
Modebuch, Contemporary Fashion From Austria