Grilli Type

GT Maru is an ode to rounded English characters found on signage across Japan. Check out the typeface family: from light to mega, GT Maru is the result of a design exploration into roundness… and kawaii 🐱 Visit the minisite! gt-maru.com

GT Cinetype in Winchester School of Art’s BA Degree Show ⚙️ Designed by Studio 3015, the 2024 identity system celebrates the cohort of students graduating from the six undergraduate programs at the University of Southampton. Playfully alluding to the ‘cogs’ and ‘wheels’ in motion during the curation and installation of the Summer Show, Studio3015 incorporated GT Cinetype alongside a custom arrow system for the graduate showcase graphics.

Designed by NY studio Ania et Lucie using GT Alpina, Kindred Black is an environmentally focused beauty brand that offers skincare, cosmetics, and botanical perfumes. Kindred Black’s new brand identity, includes a packaging system that uses only two boxes to accommodate 70 different product shapes and sizes, with specific labels for each item.

GT Pressura IN-USE. Romaeuropa is an experimental performing arts festival in Rome that has been around for almost 40 years. The current festival's identity, designed by Studio Mistaker in 2021 using GT Pressura, is renewed with every edition. This identity system is based on the movements of typography and the performing arts through images and geometry. https://lnkd.in/e4twjusX

GT Alpina IN-USE: As part of his graduation project and apprenticeship at Raffinerie, graphic designer Lukas Fuster created an identity and promotional material for the fictional event "Nacht der Bibliotheken" (Night of the Libraries). This event promotes the collective effort of libraries in Zurich, which open their doors free of charge for one night. Using GT Alpina as the main typeface, Lukas aimed to depict libraries as vibrant meeting places intended to be fun and exciting.

GT Pressura IN-USE: Designed by Seogwon Hwang, the Korean personal care brand Tenui uses GT Pressura and GT Pressura Mono in its clean and stylish packaging system. Don't forget to send us your projects using a Grilli Type font to [email protected]

Grilli Type Retreat 2024 took us to Bern and Zürich in Switzerland, where everything began. Swipe through to check some of the design stuff we did and found (and the not-so-design-y things) during these 2 days. 1. Early sketches of GT America, featured in Volume II of Wir Und Unse Re Grafik magazine that Patrick Savolainen designed back during their student days, found in the Hochschule der Künste in Bern. 2. Said magazine and a grilli.ch flyer, circa 2009. 3. 2024 Noël, Thierry Blancpain, Tobias Rechsteiner, and Reto Moser in the workspace they used to share back around 2008-2010 at HKB. 4. A peak at the newly inaugurated Japanische Grafik heute at the Museum für Gestaltung in Zürich, which we highly recommend for some really great graphic design inspo coming all the way from Japan. 5. The Grilli team in Zürich🫰 6. GT Sectra in use in the July issue of Reportagen, found during a coffee break. 7. Took our specimen caps for a swim (available very soon on Grilli Kiosk.)

Some chunky and funky flare from the 1970s and ’80s from our GT Ultra specimen 🪩 📼 GT Ultra dances between the worlds of sans and serifs, fusing calligraphy and construction 🕺

All roads lead to Rome, eventually... 🏛️ Early sketches and WIP images of the upcoming GT Pantheon in all its grandiose glory. Stay tuned! 👀

Do you know where the name GT Cinetype comes from? It is named after a Swiss company that specialized in subtitling movie reels using a laser machine to set the type directly onto the film 🎞️. To the eye, the straight segments are only noticeable in larger sizes. When used in small sizes, the typeface looks normal and rounded. Have you used GT Cinetype in your projects? Send your work to [email protected] for a chance to be featured!