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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.
MANOS DASKALAKIS
Manos Daskalakis is Parachute’s art director and literally the man responsible for bringing the type foundry's many projects into the limelight via exhaustingly curated branding and design. Daskalakis studied visual communication at the Vakalo Art & Design College. As early as 1995 he created his first fanzine on punk music and Athens' diverse street culture. Involved in editorial design and typography since 1999, he has designed many high profile magazines (HOMME and PAPER to name a few) and newspapers providing a detailed eye on eligible, straight forward design ethos. He has worked for publishing and other companies before entering Parachute's team as Art Director and the go-to partner in crime for premium type-heavy projects that speak volumes. A collaborator of Typeroom and Parachute Typefoundry since 2015, Daskalakis bears a deep knowledge of typography's many qualities and advantages in regards to efficient design. He would totally agree with Don Draper's quote on creativity. Make it simple, but significant.
