summer doodles

As to the best possible shape to give to letters,
it is useless to write of it: 

it is a matter for the taste and discernment
of the cutter, and it is in this that he displays
his proficiency or his incapacity.

Pierre Simon Fournier

Manuel typographique (1764)

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Every summer, I retreat to my family's cottage. There hasn't been a summer, in all my 47 years that I haven't been there.

stellar achievement

best of 1942 birthday logo
Stern family, Zürich, CH

Before the summer break, I was asked by a client to create a logo for her father-in-law's upcoming 70th birthday.

piece of cake

cake fairy
brand identity and business cards

Some people cook. Some people bake. And some, like me, stick to… design.

what's in a name?

nameplates
personal project

A while ago I started fiddling around with type compositions having fun simply exploring graphic form, limits of legibility, and color schemes.

sleeping with the enemy

I have read with much amusement the critique of Comic Sans trending the web this past year.

sizzle fo' shizzle

Come rain or shine, this client opens its' Maxvorstadt online agency and terrace to clients, employees and friends as a mid-year networking hub and opportunity to kick off the b-b-q season.

labour of love

Don't think that I haven't actually been busy with "real" work all week – what is "real" work anyway?

go with the flow (nip & tuck II)

As follow-up to my nip & tuck post, I finally got my hands on stationery samples designed as part of Dr. Sandra Mcgill’s identity.

26 friends for life

this past week was all about letters.

logo's got game

defining the brand of global basketball
FIBA (Fédération International de Basketball)
Geneva, Switzerland

I worked on this identity program while I was still at Interbrand Zintzmeyer & Lux in Zurich, back in 2001. It was one of those projects where the client comes in with a sketch on a napkin and says "we want something like this" – well more or less.