Chermayeff & Geismar & Haviv
Front Row: Thomas Geismar, Sagi Haviv, Ivan Chermayeff Back Row: Mika Owens, Art Beach, Helen Han, Greg Odom, Donna Driscoll, Brendan Rooney, Marilee Scott
About
Studio Size
Medium (6-20)
Year founded
1957
Borough
Manhattan
Studio Bio/Philosophy
Founded in 1957, Chermayeff & Geismar & Haviv is the brand design firm behind many of the world’s most recognizable trademarks. The firm is known for a collaborative, problem-solving approach to design, with personal involvement by all three principals in every project.
The Team
Chermayeff & Geismar & Haviv has 11 people. Of those, 3 are studio heads.
24% of studios are medium-sized (6-20 people).
Studio Disciplines
Breakdown of Work
Number of studio projects
0–25
Pro-bono projects
0
Strategy/Execution
50% Strategy
50% Execution
Primary Specialties
- Brand Strategy (42)
- Branding & Identity (77)
- Illustration (45)
- Print (75)
- Typeface Design (25)
Clients’ Industries
- Advertising (22)
- Education (40)
- Fashion (45)
- Finance & Investment (26)
- Healthcare (18)
- Local & community organizations (41)
- Media & Publishing (58)
- Movies/Film (19)
- Music (28)
- Products (32)
- Real Estate (24)
- Restaurants & Food (29)
- Retail (43)
- Sports (22)
- Technology (37)
- The Arts/Cultural Institutions (71)
- Transportation (9)
- TV (17)
Chermayeff & Geismar & Haviv’s Clients
- Armani Exchange
- Barneys New York
- CBRE
- Chase Bank
- Conservation International
- Harvard University Press
- Library of Congress
- MacArthur Foundation
- Merck Pharmaceuticals
- National Geographic (2)
- NBC (2)
- PBS
- Showtime Networks
- Smithsonian Institution (3)
- United Nations Development Programme
Ivan Chermayeff, Partner
Teaching Design
- School of Visual Arts — years
- Parsons The New School for Design — years
Board Member on Professional Design Organizations
- AIGA — years
- Museum of Modern Art — years
- International Design Conference in Aspen — years
Sagi Haviv, Partner
Teaching Design
- School of Visual Arts — years
Tom Geismar, Partner
Teaching Design
- School of Visual Arts — years
- Cooper Union — years