The neo-grotesque that defined Swiss modernism — released as Neue Haas Grotesk and renamed Helvetica in 1960. View at Haas / Monotype →
Used by Order Design (2), Dinamo, Stink, SDL, Size, Works
Set for Askul, Dinamo, Freeform, Heron Preston, Knoll, Le Puzz, Ostro, Stephen Ambrose, Stink Studios, Vignelli90
Find design references using Helvetica. Browse project images and studio credits, then follow each case to its source. Typeface names come from catalogued studio writeups; coverage is limited to projects with recorded credits.
Creative Boom's September 2026 Type Drop surveys newly released typefaces from independent designers and foundries. Highlights include Göran Söderström's long-developed, multilingual Exemplar; a politically conscious Victorian-grotesque-inspired Foundry Kingdom; and display, editorial, branding and packaging-oriented releases including Autêntica Serif, Castillon, Peignot Jumbo, Vieno, Novaform, Raimundo and Arpeggio.
Creative Boom's September 2026 type roundup surveys newly released typefaces ranging from Brazilian-Brutalist-inspired serif Autêntica Serif to 1970s-informed Novaform. A key feature is Göran Söderström's Exemplar, completed after 32 years of development and commemorated with marble street signs in Pietrasanta, Italy. The selected releases foreground historical references, flexible families, display impact and multilingual functionality.
Los Angeles artist Hunter Harvey's Collected Text Paintings uses flashe paint, airbrush work and masking to turn fragments of everyday language into typographic paintings. Drawing on signage, overheard speech, billboards, bumper stickers, meme fonts and old Microsoft PowerPoint graphics, the works parody graphic communication while exploring how typefaces shape meaning.
BP&O examines Made in Europe, a certification concept created by Copenhagen think tank 21st Europe with Dada Projects. Unveiled at Web Summit in Lisbon, the initiative combines a twelve-star certification mark and Digital Product Passport to make European manufacturing standards, traceability and environmental protections visible to consumers.