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Sagi Haviv
Born1974
EducationThe Cooper Union
OccupationPartner at Chermayeff & Geismar & Haviv
Known forGraphic designer

Sagi Haviv (born 1974 in Israel) is a New York-based graphic designer and a partner in the design firm Chermayeff & Geismar & Haviv.[1] Called a "logo prodigy" by The New Yorker,[2] and a "wunderkind" by Out magazine,[3] he is best known for having designed the trademarks and visual identities for brands and institutions such as the United States Olympic & Paralympic Museum,[4] the US Open tennis tournament,[5] Conservation International,[6], Harvard University Press[7], L.A. Reid's Hitco Entertainment,[8] Leonard Bernstein at 100[9], the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation, the Milwaukee Institute of Art & Design, the International Tchaikovsky Competition, and Women's World Banking.

Biography

Haviv was born in Nachshonim, Israel, where he spent his early life. He studied at the Telma Yelin art high school in Givataim. In 1996, Haviv moved to New York. He studied graphic design at The Cooper Union School of Art where he earned a Bachelor of Fine Arts.

Haviv began his design career when he joined Chermayeff & Geismar in 2003. There he created "Logomotion",[10] an award-winning ten-minute motion graphics tribute to the firm’s famous trademarks which was widely exhibited, appearing in New York at Corcoran Gallery of Art (2003), in Washington, D.C. (2004), the Ginza Graphic Gallery in Tokyo (2005), Centro in Mexico City (2006), and the Pera Museum Istanbul (2007).

In 2006 he became a partner at Chermayeff & Geismar,[11] where he has since developed institutional and corporate identities, print and motion graphics and art in architecture for a diverse array of clients worldwide. Haviv’s motion graphics work includes the main titles for the PBS documentary series Carrier,[12] and the 2010 PBS documentary series Circus,[13] and a typographic animation for the centerpiece performance at Alicia Keys’s Black Ball, 2009 for Keep A Child Alive.[14]

In 2013 Haviv's name was added to the masthead of the 56 year old firm Chermayeff & Geismar and it became known as Chermayeff & Geismar & Haviv.[15]

Published books

In 2011, he co-authored with Tom Geismar and Ivan Chermayeff the book Identify: Basic Principles of Identity Design in the Iconic Trademarks of Chermayeff & Geismar. The book was published by Print magazine's book imprint, (ISBN 978-1440310324).[16]

In 2018, he co-authored Identity: Chermayeff & Geismar & Haviv. The book was published by Standards Manual (ISBN 0692955232).[17]

Conferences and Awards Chairing

Haviv has spoken about logo design for the Adobe Max Creativity Conference[18] TEDx,[19] the AIGA,[20] the HOW Design Conference,[21] the Brand New Conference,[22] Princeton University, the Onassis Foundation, the American Advertising Federation,[23] Columbia Business School[24], Creative Mornings, [25] and Collision [26].

He has served as Jury Chair for the Clio Awards and the Art Directors Club[27] and Jury President for the D&AD Awards. [28]

Teaching

He teaches corporate identity design at The School of Visual Arts in New York City.[29]

He has also taught online courses on logo design for SkillShare [30] and for Domestika [31].

Published Articles

Haviv has written on the topic of identity design for Print magazine,[32] Computer Arts, and for D&AD [33]. [34]

Awards

In 2004, Haviv received the Tokyo Type Directors Club award for Logomotion, for which he also won an award from the New York Art Directors Club.

Logos designed

Further reading

References

  1. ^ Biography at Chermayeff & Geismar & Haviv
  2. ^ The New Yorker, February 17, 2011
  3. ^ Out Magazine Taste Makers Issue 2009[permanent dead link]
  4. ^ U.S. Olympic and Paralympic Museum site
  5. ^ US Open Tennis announces new logo
  6. ^ Print Magazine on Haviv's Conservation International rebrand
  7. ^ Our New Logo For The Next 100 Years announced by Harvard University Press
  8. ^ UnderConsideration Review of Hitco logo
  9. ^ The Leonard Bernstein Office announces "Leonard Bernstein at 100"
  10. ^ Logomotion
  11. ^ "Sagi Haviv | January 2009 Issue | Graphic Design USA". 2010-07-26. Retrieved 2018-08-07.
  12. ^ PBS Credits for Carrier
  13. ^ PBS Credits for Circus
  14. ^ Print Magazine on Haviv's video for Alicia Keys
  15. ^ *New York Times announcement that Sagi Haviv's name was added to Chermayeff & Geismar's masthead
  16. ^ Fast Company: NBC And Pan Am Designers On How They Made Some Of The World’s Most Iconic Logos
  17. ^ Standards Manual / Identity: Chermayeff & Geismar & Haviv
  18. ^ Adobe Max
  19. ^ TEDx Penn
  20. ^ AIGA Scholarship Jury
  21. ^ Sagi Haviv at HOW Design Live
  22. ^ Sagi Haviv at Brand New Conference
  23. ^ American Advertising Federation
  24. ^ Columbia Business School Brite '19 speakers
  25. ^ [https://creativemornings.com/talks/sagi-haviv Creative Mornings Sagi Haviv Announcement
  26. ^ Collision tech conference site
  27. ^ ADC Awards Jury
  28. ^ D&AD Awards Jury
  29. ^ SVA bio on Sagi Haviv
  30. ^ The Logo Creative
  31. ^ Domestika.org
  32. ^ Print magazine author archive on Haviv
  33. ^ [https://www.dandad.org/en/d-ad-graphic-design-sagi-haviv-features-opinions/ D&AD
  34. ^ [https://www.creativebloq.com/news/computer-arts-celebrates-300-issues-of-world-changing-design Computer Arts