Radim Pesko
Type Designer, Designer
About
Graphic and type designer whose practice includes independent typeface design and collaborations across art and visual culture.
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- Designworks Creates Simple, Soulful Brand for Pod Hostel LyLo
Auckland-based Designworks created a simple, personality-led brand identity for LyLo, a pod-style hostel seeking to challenge misconceptions around hostel accommodation. The identity uses Radim Pesko’s Agipo typeface, a colourful visual system, and bespoke icons and numerals for a tactile, practical wayfinding system across LyLo’s physical spaces.
- Praline’s identity for contemporary art gallery MAP mirrors the energy of its artistic community
London-based studio Praline created a bold new visual identity for Miami art foundation MAP, reflecting its inclusive and energetic approach to contemporary art. The identity centers on the statement 'Less words. More art.' and uses Radim Peško’s A Gothic typeface alongside a color palette drawn from the gallery’s own collection. The result is a flexible, art-led system that mirrors MAP’s creative community.
- Wedge continue their collaboration with Indigo, resulting in a playful, spirited identity system
Montreal-based studio Wedge has refreshed the identity for Canadian retailer Indigo, building on Bruce Mau’s 1996 design. The updated system retains the iconic indigo blue and logomark while introducing a playful, colourful palette and a contemporary typographic mix featuring Agipo, Futura, and Bradford. The new expression, ‘Life, On Purpose,’ reflects a modern, joyful brand direction.
- Antalis awards finalists spotlight paper and print craft
This feature presents three finalists in the Antalis Creative Power Awards Packaging & Promotional category, celebrating projects that use paper and print processes as integral design elements. It covers Rob Lewis and Jürg Halter's Home Over Time poster, Cleber de Campos' tarot deck for Sabat Magazine, and BICEP's Atlas release packaging designed by The Royal Studio.
- Grávita creates melody-inspired identity for Madrid’s Orchestra Kitchen
Madrid branding studio Grávita created a lively, music-led identity for Orchestra Kitchen, a concept restaurant group encompassing cuisine-specific sub-brands including Burger Jazz, Ramen Pop and Nami-Nori Blues. The identity interprets kitchen activity as a culinary symphony, using colour tied to each cuisine and a flexible typographic system centred on Antiga, with Girott and Garnett supporting sub-brand and body copy applications.
- PORTO ROCHA devise a maximalist, vibrant and unpredictable identity for Netflix Brazil’s Tudum
PORTO ROCHA created a bold, maximalist identity for Netflix Brazil’s Tudum, a 116-page publication replacing the brand’s live event during the pandemic. The design embraces vibrant color, expressive typography, and a mix of illustration and photography to capture the energy of pop culture. The project showcases a playful yet cohesive editorial system that reflects Netflix’s dynamic entertainment ethos.
- Surface Magazine refresh centers on bespoke Surface Sans
Javas Lehn Studio refreshed Surface Magazine for its 155th issue, refining rather than radically replacing the title's established visual language. The New York studio developed Surface Sans from the approved logotype with Amsterdam type foundry Bold Decisions, pairing it with F Grotesk and the returning Sainte Colombe typeface in a flexible editorial system.
- Forth + Back design SPIRAL, a publication exploring the expansive culture of American football
The Brand Identity features Forth + Back’s design for SPIRAL, an annual publication founded by Shawn Ghassemitari that explores the culture surrounding American football. The Los Angeles studio created the magazine’s identity, editorial layout, and promotional materials, using bold typography and a vivid orange accent to reflect the sport’s energy. The first issue, themed 'Tribalism,' includes illustrations by Nathan Bell and a mix of typefaces from Matt Willey, Radim Pesko, Karl Nawrot, and Pangram Pangram Foundry.
- A Friend of Mine creates fun-filled packaging for carbon-neutral beauty brand Kester Black
Melbourne-based studio A Friend of Mine collaborated with carbon-neutral beauty brand Kester Black on a full rebrand and packaging overhaul. The new identity embraces the brand’s playful and ethical personality through vivid colors, organic patterns, and refined print finishes. The result is a sophisticated yet fun packaging system that challenges conventional cosmetic design.
- Studio FAX develops an industrial identity system for London-based design studio TMPL
Studio FAX created an industrial-inspired identity system for London-based design studio TMPL, founded by designer Dale Stephens. The project included a minimalist visual identity, printed materials, and a website, featuring the Union typeface and photography by Anna Garforth. The design reflects TMPL’s focus on materiality and industrial forms.
- Ben Mingo, Abraham Campillo, Aristide Benoist Return for Waka Waka Collection No. 2
The Brand Identity highlights the collaboration between designer Ben Mingo, photographer Abraham Campillo, and developer Aristide Benoist for Waka Waka’s Collection No.2. The project, led by Japanese designer Shin Okuda, presents a minimalist identity and website reflecting the furniture brand’s focus on proportion and simplicity. The team used Radim Pesko’s Agipo and Century Schoolbook typefaces to echo the geometric qualities of the collection’s birch plywood chairs.
- République Studio creates brutalist identity for Barrault Pressacco
Paris architecture firm Barrault Pressacco commissioned local practice République Studio to rebrand its identity with brutalist minimalism as a reference point. Rather than using Helvetica directly, the studio selected Radim Pesko's Union and created a quiet, tightly controlled typographic system using a fixed 9.2pt size, 12.25pt leading and consistent weight.