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Fonts in use: The two Fontwerk typeface families Nice Headline and Pangea Text lay the foundation for the new identity of Unique Moments, the five-day music festival of the National Museum Zurich.
Unique Moments
The two Fontwerk typeface families Nice Headline and Pangea Text lay the foundation for the new identity of Unique Moments, the five-day music festival of the Swiss National Museum Zurich.
Fonts in use: The Pangea Typeface Collection for Hamburg Sustainability Conference 2024
Hamburg Sustainability Conference 2024
There was really only one suitable typeface for the visual identity of a conference on sustainability: Pangea.
Fonts in Use: Neue DIN typeface for Baugenossenschaft Zuffenhausen
Baugenossenschaft Zuffenhausen
The basis of the new BGZ logo is the semibold variant of Neue DIN XWide, which is also used as the corporate font. The capital G in the logo has been modified in such a way that it builds a bridge to its serif predecessor, which served the brand for over 100 years.
The African version of the inclusive font family Pangea serves as the house font for the African Film & Art Festival
African Film + Art Festival
‘Choosing a font was vital because we required one that could also handle Hausa, Yoruba, Igbo or Lingala movie or song titles.’, says designer Osmond Tshuma about one of the reasons for picking Pangea Afrikan.
Fonts in Use: A customized Pangea typeface for the Competence Center for Water, Berlin
Competence Center for Water
Bureau Est have developed a completely new brand, website and literature concept for KWB using a customized Pangea.
MANA The Movement (sustainable fashion brand) using the Pangea Typeace Collection
MANA
The Pangea Typeface Collection corresponds to both the MANA design taste and its vision for sustainability.
Fonts in Use: Case Micro and Case Text for the new corporate design of the Berliner Hochschule für Technik
Berliner Hochschule für Technik
In 2021, the Beuth University of Applied Sciences became the BHT. To mark the occasion, the university launched a new corporate design featuring Case and Nice Text fonts.
The typeface McQueen Display in use for Ordinary Lifee, the Songdo-based café where you can gain an extra hour daily
Ordinary Lifee
McQueen’s strong stroke width contrasts and deep cuts in curve transitions ensure that it gives the identity of Ordinary Lifee a distinctive profile.
Change typeface and Change Letter (yet unreleased) in use as the corporate typeface of the Berlin Fire Brigade. – The Berlin ambulances adorned with Change
Berlin Fire Brigade
The Berlin Fire Brigade is the largest one in Germany. Berlin also ranks 5th in the world, coming after Tokyo, New York, Paris and London. It uses Alessio Leonardi’s Change typeface which has been made publicly available by Fontwerk.
West typeface in use for the trailside vineyard retreat The Blufftop at Rocheport
The Blufftop at Rocheport
The Blufftop at Rocheport is a trailside vineyard retreat located ten miles west of Columbia off Interstate 70. Among other typefaces, it uses West.
Nikolai typeface in use for the boulangerie-patisserie L’Amour du Pain in Vienna
L’Amour du Pain
‘Designing a new brand is about avoiding clichés.’ At the heart of the boulangerie-patisserie’s brand design is Nikolai. The agency’s goal was a contemporary, fresh appearance without losing sight of tradition.
Fonts in use: Nikolai typeface for Coronado Bikes
Coronado Bikes
Coronado’s three brand values are: locally made, quality and love for the environment – these qualities and values are reflected in the logotype which is set in Nikolai.
Fonts in use: Nikolai typeface for WMN Magazine
WMN Magazine
In search of an intimate, combative and passionate typeface for the WMN Magazine (A Publication of Lesbian Art and Poetry), Website and Promotional Materials, their makers came across Nikolai.
Romaine Logo Design Studies
Logo Design Studies
Romaine’s designer, Aad van Dommelen, wanted to show the true beauty of Romaine at work.