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Since its inception, Parachute® has received more than 40 international distinctions including the esteemed Red Dot Grand Prix and TDC Certificate of Typographic Excellence. Additional awards were received by the European Design Awards, Tokyo TDC, German Design Awards, HiiiBrand, Granshan Awards, Communication Arts, Creative Review.
Be it magazines, books or newspapers, the work, the expertise and the bold approach to design of Parachute® Typefoundry has been featured in major publications around the world.
What started out as an online platform for the Typophile Generation, TYPEROOM developed into one of the most influential type blogs today as well as a creative hub and concept store in the historic centre of Athens/Greece. This is where culture meets typography!
We are a digital type foundry and design agency, specialising in bespoke type design, corporate typefaces and lettering. We use the power of typography to transform living brands to global brands, enrich their identity and localise their language in emerging markets. Never content with the average, we manage to bridge the West with the East, the North with the South and combine tradition with innovation. We have collaborated with several leading organizations since 2001 and designed proprietary typefaces for some of the world’s most iconic brands and institutions such as Apple, European Commission, National Geographic, Ikea, Kraft Foods, UEFA, Samsung, Financial Times, Pernod Ricard, Ogilvy, Emirates.
Our 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.
Our type library reflects the work of several talented designers, creatives, engineers and storytellers obsessed with type. Be it analog, digital or spatial, we use the power of typography to transform global brands.
EBGE Awards 2022 - Threesome
We are delighted to share that Parachute Typefoundry won three EBGE Awards during the closing ceremony of the Greek Visual Communication Design Awards 2022 (Ελληνικά Βραβεία Σχεδιασμού Οπτικής Επικοινωνίας).
Parachute has been awarded the EBGE Award of Typographic Excellence 2022 and the EBGE Award in the Visual Identity category for Baba Au Rum's Bauhaus-infused catalog. Set in PF Grand Gothik, PF Online & a selection of future releases by Parachute Typefoundry this is an ode to the trailblazing letterforms and spirits that inspire us.
Also, during this year’s EBGE uber-successful awards ceremony which took place at the Onassis Stegi, Parachute Typefoundry’s print collection for the Benaki Museum won its own EBGE Award.
Two projects that inspired us, three awards that remind us that Greece’s creative industry is vibrant, alive, and kicking.
Congratulations to all the winners and many thanks to everyone involved in these projects that keep on giving.