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15 elite graphic designers and agencies, and their corporate identity portfolios

September 15, 2009 by Douglas Bonneville

Who is who these days in corporate identity design? We searched out this over the course of a few days, here and there, all over the web, from scratch. We searched for things like “famous graphic designers”, “top graphic design agencies”, etc., etc., and tallied up what many other sites had mentioned as their top inspiring portfolios. The list could have been 50 long, but these 15 came up over and over. Yes, there are so many other amazing designers and agencies out there specializing in corporate identity design, but this snippet represents a nice cross-section across the whole internets, which as you know is a series of tubes. Those tubes make it 1) easy to find these elite graphic designers and 2) easy to present to you for your consideration. So, the common denominator all of these designers and firms is that they have famous clients, with which they focus on branding. Recognize any brands out there? And who did we miss? Please suggest and we’ll amend the post!

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  • Tolleson Design
  • MetaDesign
  • End Communications
  • Firstborn
  • Memo
  • VasilisMagoulas
  • AntiAnti
  • Larsen
  • Graphic Vertigo
  • Chermayeff & Geismar
  • Milton Glaser, Inc.
  • Studio Dumbar
  • Minale Tattersfield Design Strategy
  • Pentagram
  • Distant Station Ltd.
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About Douglas Bonneville

Douglas has been a graphic designer since 1992, in addition to software developer and author. He is a member of Smashing Magazine's "Panel of Experts" and has contributed to over 100 articles. He is the author of "The Big Book of Font Combinations", loves cats, and plays guitar.

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  1. Esteve GILI /// Graphic Vertigo says

    March 30, 2010 at 1:52 pm

    hello from Lyon in France.
    Thank you very much to put my graphic work in your top 15 🙂
    Best regards
    EG

  2. Douglas Bonneville says

    March 30, 2010 at 2:13 pm

    @Esteve: Greetings from Providence, Rhode Island, USA! Lovely work, especially your own logomark!

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