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About Parachute Typefoundry : Parachute® is an experimental space, a typographic playground expressed in a design studio, showroom and concept store under one roof with its creative hub Typeroom®. A place to experiment, play and create. Parachute's team is a small visionary group of type designers, graphic designers, font engineers and copywriters who have effectively collaborated with leading international organizations to incorporate complex custom type design into their brand’s strategic plan and convey their message in style.
Parachute has effectively used the power of typography and designed proprietary typefaces for some of the world’s most iconic brands and institutions such as Bank of America, Apple, European Commission, National Geographic, Ikea, Kraft Foods, UEFA, Samsung, Financial Times, Pernod Ricard, Ogilvy, Emirates.
Its work has earned numerous accolades around the world with top honours from TDC, Red Dot, European Design Awards, Tokyo TDC, HiiiBrand, Granshan Awards, Communication Arts and many others.
STATEMENT OF ART:
"Originality is a claim of the ignorant, Excellence is a claim of the Brave"

ORGANIZATION:
Parachute Typefoundry

EDUCATION:
Applied Science and Engineering, University of Toronto, Canada

AWARDS:
Red Dot Design Awards
German Design Awards
TDC Certificate of Excellence
Tokyo TDC Awards
Granshan Awards
HiiiBrand Awards

PRESS APPEARANCES:
2022 Communications Arts - USA

2020 IdN magazine - Hong Kong

2020 Novum magazine - Germany

2019 Graphic Stories - Cyprus

2018 AIGA Eye on Design - USA

2018 Typographic knitting - Princeton Architectural Press - USA

2018 New Typography Sketchbooks - Thames & Hudson - UK

2018 YearBook of Type 3 - Germany

2017 AIGA Eye on Design - USA

2017 Slanted 30 / Athens Issue - Germany

2015 BranD magazine - China

2014 Slanted 24 - Germany

2014 Size-specific adjustments to type designs - Germany

2014 New Graphic - Nanjing University of the Arts - China

2013 BranD magazine - China

LANGUAGE SKILLS:
Greek
English

MEMBERSHIPS & ASSOCIATIONS:
Type Directors Club new York

JURY MEMBERSHIPS:
Jury President D&AD Awards 2021 Type Design Competition

CLIENTELE:
Bank of America
European Commission
UEFA
National Geographic
Volkswagen
Financial Times
FIAT
Ogilvy

WEB SITE:
parachutefonts.com

PORTFOLIO URL:
https://www.linkedin.com/in/panosvassiliou/

REGISTRATION DATE:
2023-01-27 16:47:54

COUNTRY/REGION:
Greece

ACCOUNT TYPE:
Agency

Awards received by Parachute Typefoundry


The Stroke Typographic Coffee Mug

Bronze A' Design Award Winner for Bakeware, Tableware, Drinkware and Cookware Design Category in 2022
Yiannis Ghikas for Letteres



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