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Optimo is an independent type label developing and distributing high-quality original typefaces, available exclusively through this website. It is run by Gilles Gavillet and David Rust, two graphic designers working in Geneva, Switzerland.
Custom Typefaces / Lettering
We develop custom typefaces for corporate identities and title lettering. Please contact us for more information.
Archives
07.06–30.06.2006
We make fonts
Deck typeface featured in an exhibition and a book displaying type design at the University of Art & Design Lausanne (écal) through projects realized in workshops and by alumni.
03–06.11.2005
Editions & Artists' Book Fair, NYC
Produced by Fabian Monod for the release of his typeface Deck, a limited edition of specimens screenprinted on skateboards will be exhibited at the Hard Hat booth. Starrett Lehigh Bldg, 601W 26 St, NYC.
30.06.2005
F7 / Paris
A lecture, organized by the association F7, took place at the Centre culturel suisse in Paris.
19.06–09.10.2005
Signes quotidiens, Centre culturel suisse, Paris
Optimo typefaces are on show in Paris. For this exhibition, co-featuring a selection of swiss designers, a wallpainting was crafted by Philippe Desarzens, Gilles Gavillet and David Rust.
27.05.2005
ZKM Karlsruhe
Optimo has been invited by Tania Prill to speak at the Hochschule für Gestaltung in Karlsruhe.
10.2004
Type One [Discipline and Progress in Typography]
Cargo, Didot Elder and Montana featured in this book edited by R. Klanten, M. Mischler, N. Thönen, S. Bilz and published by Die Gestalten Verlag.
15.6 – 24.10.2004
Work from Switzerland
Optimo fonts featured in the exhibition curated and designed by Adam Machacek at the Museum of Applied Arts in Brno, Czech Republic, an accompanying exhibition to the 21st Brno Biennale. A set of eight screenprinted stickers designed by Fabian Monod were produced for the show and are available on request.
06.2004
IDEA Magazine 305
"Didot Elder – Radical revival of Historical Typefaces"
An introduction to Didot Elder by François Rappo
21.04 – 04.07.2004
Museum of Design Zurich
Cargo & Didot Elder featured in the exhibition and catalogue “Fresh Types”.
04.2004
Page Magazine
"Grosser Bruder"
A report on Didot Elder by Antje Dohmann.
07.19.2003
Typeface Twin Cities
Following a competition to design a new typeface for the twin cities of Minneapolis and Saint Paul, as part of the Twin Cities Design Celebration 2003, the University of Minnesota Design Institute invited the six participating teams to a panel discussion as part of TypeCon 2003. |
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