Month: November 2020

What does Westminster Palace, CNN, and Disney World have in Common? Adrian Frutiger

Avenir, Frutiger, Univers, Vectora, are just some of the +30 fonts designed by the iconic typeface artists, Adrian Frutiger (1928-2015). His typefaces grace signage and print across the world, from London, to eBay, to highway signs everywhere. What made this versatility possible, was Frutiger’s ability to create something new, again, and again, and again. He […]

One PLUS Two is CELINUNU

Take two opposing forces, put them together, and let the energy of this unlikely union burst out and bring transformative change. That’s what we did with iconic performer, Céline Dion, and trailblazing kidswear-brand, nununu. When they first approached us, wanting to create something with each other but unclear on how and what exactly, we were […]

Joseph Müller-Brockmann Prioritorized Everything

Order isn’t wishful thinking, especially not for designers. Design work has to really rely on the underlying grid of rationality and efficiency, to get simplicity, legibility, and objectivity. Celebrated Swiss designer and teacher, Joseph Müller-Brockmann (1914-1996), called this approach a “clear identification of priorities.” The influential pioneer of functional, neutral, and objective design, Müller-Brockmann insisted […]