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The New York Times featured Kinjo in its “Off the Menu” column, spotlighting the restaurant’s Dumbo roots and Japanese dishes.
Renew Home, North America’s largest residential virtual power plant, is partnering with NRG Energy Inc. and Google to distribute AI-enabled thermostats to help create a cleaner electrical grid.
Team won silver for this year’s awards in the Social Purpose category for our Made Possible campaign with Children’s Hospital Association.
The Drum Awards is a global awards program which recognizes the best companies and people from across the marketing and communications industry.
The New York Post featured Kinjo’s debut, highlighting the restaurant’s expansive menu and custom sake.
The 2024 CFDA Awards, also known as the Oscars of American fashion, celebrates a new generation of designers. We worked closely with CFDA to develop the motion graphics, environmental design, and print materials for the 2024 Fashion Awards.
The Made Possible campaign for Children’s Hospital Association won the 2024 PRNEWS Platinum Award for Visual Storytelling Campaign of the Year.
We’re welcoming Laney Lynn to Team as a Senior Designer!
Laney is a designer with a focus on brand and art direction. She’s interested in crafting strong concepts that bolster dynamic visuals.
Transforming from a beloved art fair to an all-around arts organization, Independent is expanding — and Team developed a new brand identity to match.
Team worked with Pfizer Careers to create a new employee value proposition (EVP) that champions Pfizer’s purpose and celebrates their global talent community.
The Drum Awards is a global awards program which recognizes the best companies and people from across the marketing and communications industry.
Team was shortlisted for this year’s awards in the Social Purpose category for our Made Possible campaign with Children’s Hospital Association.
Last week Matthew Sprout celebrated the launch of his debut solo project, One of One. The book captures the frenetic, unpredictable energy of New York City, blending intimate snapshots of friends, strangers, and the city’s vibrant street scenes.
Team collaborated closely with Sprout to design the book, including the cover, masthead, and interior spreads, and supported the event with promotional materials, merch, and a dedicated microsite.
The Dezeen Awards is the architecture, interiors and design awards program organized by Dezeen, the world’s most popular design magazine.
Team was longlisted for this year’s Dezeen Awards in the graphic design category for our work with Independent.
For its third edition, Team developed updated signage and brand collateral for Independent 20th Century that would reflect the organization’s evolution along with its role in the New York art scene.
Team Co-founder Amy Globus spoke to Print Magazine for “What Matters,” a project that seeks to understand the interior life of artists, designers, and creative thinkers.
This September, Independent will host the third edition of its 20th Century fair. Touting the fair as an “invaluable opportunity to explore, discover, and reassess art and movements from between 1900 and 2000,” Artnet covers Surrealism as a focus for this year’s fair.
Independent 20th Century will be held at Casa Cipriani New York from September 5–8.
Artist-led nonprofit A Blade of Grass just launched their publication, Landscapes, which serves as a platform for collaboration and commissions exploring the world of socially engaged art.
Team developed the visual identity and website design for the publication, taking inspiration from hand drawn illustrations and cut outs to highlight aBoG’s commitment to showcasing original content from the artist’s perspective.
Head of Strategy, Sam Lee spoke to Creative Boom about the strategic approach to Team’s “Made Possible” campaign for Children’s Hospital Association.
We’re welcoming Isis to Team as our Marketing and Communications Intern!
Isis is a writer and cultural producer whose work focuses on communication and performance in relation to community and identity.
In 2022, Team worked with The Bronx Museum on a complete rebrand grounded in the community it serves. Today, The Bronx Museum is undergoing its $33 million renovation that will create a world-class arts facility that will further elevate and expand access to its arts programming.
Associate Design Director, Stephanie Zabala spoke to Creative Boom about Independent’s new visual identity and its inspiration in historic NYC signage.
Join us in welcoming Yixuan Liu to Team as a Design Associate.
Yixuan is a multidisciplinary designer with a focus on visual design and interactive experiences.
Shift Space is an annual digital publication exploring new media landscapes and critically interrogating technology. Shift Space is produced by United States Artists and supported by Knight Foundation.
For this year’s edition, Team developed a full design refresh that reflects the publication’s focus on technology and this issue’s emphasis on thinking beyond well-established and popular Western practices.
Senior Designer Hua Chen spoke to Communication Arts about developing a visual identity for Independent that would reflect the organization’s evolution and expansion along with its New York roots.
For Thom Browne’s Fall 2024 Couture collection, Team refined the type layout for the atelier coat and hang tags that served as the show’s invitation.
Children’s Hospital Association (CHA) is the national voice of over 220 children’s hospitals, bringing together the clinical and administrative leaders of children’s hospitals to create meaningful change in children’s healthcare.
Team helped CHA build the Made Possible campaign and website to elevate the issues facing children’s healthcare and highlight the impact of children’s hospitals.
We’re welcoming Georgie Payne to Team as our Project Coordinator!
With a unique blend of expertise and passion, Georgie brings to Team a wide breadth of experience in project management and a background in curatorial studies and arts management.
After 15 years, Independent has grown into a leading arts organization working to create a level playing field in an increasingly unequal art ecosystem. Brand New reviews its new identity and logo, designed by Team.
Founded in 2010, Independent is celebrated for its curatorial approach and favored status among artists, gallerists, curators, and collectors. To capture Independent’s expanded offerings and ambitions, Team worked on a new brand strategy and visual identity system that conveys its transformation from a seasonal art event to a leading arts organization.
Team is looking for an exceptional Senior Designer to join our team in Brooklyn.
Learn more in the job description and send your resume, portfolio, and a note about yourself to jobs@team.design.
For the 10th anniversary edition of 10% Happier, Team worked closely with Dan Harris to create a new visual identity and website, centered on his mindfulness journey and the lessons he’s learned.
We’re looking for a Marketing & Communications Intern to join our Strategy team. Full job description available here. Applications are due March 29.
Nina Johnson debuts a refreshed strategic positioning and brand system by Team. For Felix Art Fair, the gallery presents a solo presentation of new work by Dee Clements — now on view until March 3rd.
Inspired by Edgar Allen Poe’s “The Raven,” Team designed the invitations for Thom Browne’s Fall 2024 runway.
Team co-founders, John Clark and Amy Globus share their top picks of Super Bowl ads in Ad Age.
Team is seeking a talented Production Designer to join full-time.
Learn more in the job description or send your resume, portfolio, and an intro to jobs@team.design.
Is your brand message too bold? Too colorful? How far can we push our message without losing our audience?
In The Subtext, Sam Lee, Head of Strategy, breaks down his approach to brand messaging through a closer look at the language of grief organizations.
Our work with Lumanity is featured in the sixth edition of “Designing Brand Identity,” Alina Wheeler and Rob Meyerson’s comprehensive guide to the world of brands and branding. The case study features details on our design process and naming highlights from Operative Words.
The CFDA is a not-for-profit trade association of America’s foremost fashion and accessory designers.
In close collaboration with visionary Creative Director Nian Fish, Board Chairman Thom Browne, and the CFDA, Team designed the visual identity, motion graphics, and environmental design for this year’s CFDA Fashion Awards, honoring excellence in fashion design in America.
Head of Strategy, Sam Lee, speaks to Creativepool in their #BehindTheBrand series to reveal the biggest challenges and inspiration behind Team’s rebrand of Empower.
Team Co-Founder and Creative Director, Amy Globus is featured in two exhibitions now on view. ‘If the Sky Were Orange’ at Blanton Museum explores the history and contemporary urgency of climate-related issues, available now through Feb 11.
‘My Kid Could Do That’ is a free one-day exhibition on Nov 2 that showcases childhood artworks from influential contemporary artists, including Daniel Arsham, KAWS, and more. The event will raise funds for the non-profit arts organization, ProjectArt.
The RGD Branding Awards is an international design competition that celebrates the best in branding and identity design.
Team won two awards in this year’s RGD Branding Awards in Branding Identity – Rebrand & Refresh for our work with Pfizer and The Bronx Museum.
Empower is an international nonprofit that supports, connects, and empowers children and young adults who have experienced the loss of a parent.
In 2022, the organization, previously empowerHER, expanded their mission from serving girls who have experienced mother loss to serving all children. Team created a new visual identity that tells an uplifting story about grief and community built through shared experience.
CULTURED Magazine spoke to Team co-founders, Amy Globus and John Clark, about how their unique dynamic has helped Team build a reputation for finding thoughtful answers to complicated problems.
AIGA Design recognized our work with The Bronx Museum in this year’s 365: AIGA Year in Design for Best Brand and Identity System. 365: AIGA Year in Design celebrates designers, design teams, and their clients for effectively working together to design creative solutions for challenges presented by businesses and organizations.
We’re honored to join leaders in our industry with this award. Cheers to our friends at The Bronx Museum.
We’re looking for a Project Coordinator to join the team. Learn more in the job description and apply to jobs@team.design.
Baltimore-born, New York-based artist and writer Ajay Kurian speaks to CULTURED Magazine on the launch of New Crits, an online platform that provides one-on-one studio visits with some of the world’s most visionary artists.
We’re honored to support New Crits’ mission in the design and development of a visual identity and website that captured their revolutionary mission: democratizing access to arts education.
Blue Note Jazz Club teamed up with Wandering Barman, a creative craft cocktail brand and tasting room based in Brooklyn, New York, for a new signature drink: The Blue Note. The packaging, designed by Team, reflects both brands in the collaboration, and the collage aesthetic leans into the artistry deep within the heart of the partnership. The outcome is a bottle that highlights the distinguishable Wandering Barman experience, fueled by the positive vibrancy of jazz music.
With the unveiling of the Blue Note’s collaboration with Wandering Barman, The Creative Factor spoke to Stephanie Zabala, Team Associate Design Director, on the hands-on process behind the jazz club’s new signature cocktail label.
“By using our hands, we figured out what images work well together and what creates both the right visual composition and emotional response.”
The legendary Blue Note Jazz Club has partnered with Wandering Barman, a Brooklyn-based handcrafted cocktail specialist, on a new, bottled version of its signature drink: The Blue Note. Team designed the packaging and three custom labels for Blue Note’s signature cocktail, available now at the Blue Note Jazz Festival and all Blue Note jazz clubs.
Indigo Design Awards honors our recent work with The Bronx Museum of the Arts with Gold in “Branding” and the Grand Prize for “Graphic Design of the Year.” We collaborated with The Bronx Museum to bring their mission to the fore with a new brand identity centered on the very community it serves.
We collaborated with Pfizer for this year’s Clinical Trials Day to create a video tribute dedicated to the many people who make clinical research possible and their contributions to public health and medicine.
Shift Space is an annual digital publication exploring new media landscapes and spotlighting the Knight Arts + Tech Fellows. The fellowship awards five artists working with innovative approaches to technology and new media, such as artificial intelligence, immersive installations, and VR, with unrestricted grants of $50,000.
Following the two previous editions, Team designed and developed the online publication in collaboration with Knight Foundation and United States Artists. Congrats to the 2023 fellows!
Designed by Team, Cultural Counsel’s Discovery is a thematic quarterly that brings together perspectives from different fields to further meaningful conversations relevant to culture. Discovery builds upon the ethos of affidavit by putting those voices in conversations.
Located in DUMBO, Brooklyn, Smack Mellon empowers under-represented artists to create, explore and exhibit their creative ideas outside the concerns of the commercial art world. We collaborated with the nonprofit organization to design a visual identity for their second annual benefit party & art auction.
Our visual identity work for The Bronx Museum has been shortlisted in this year’s ADC Awards in two categories, Branding Systems + Identities and Rebranding. We’re also honored to be amongst the finalists for The One Show Awards for Brand Identity – Rebrand.
Congratulations to all the finalists.
The Bronx Museum’s rebrand is featured in The Edit by The Brand Identity for its bold and inclusive identity system.
Creative Boom interviews female founders from creative agencies across US and UK, including Team co-founder Amy Globus, to share their advice for success in the creative industry.
GroupM will receive first-to-market access to Scope3’s planning platform to upgrade its carbon calculator for measuring the carbon footprint of client campaigns. The new partnership aims to reduce carbon emissions per media impression by 50% by 2030.
We’re welcoming Jerelin Reyes to Team as our Spring 2023 Design Intern.
As a multidisciplinary designer, Jerelin brings their practice in collage, illustration, and photography to life at Team. Their background in fine arts and community organizing serves as inspiration for their work. Welcome to Team!
New York City’s The Bronx Museum has a bold new visual identity and brand strategy centered on an unlikely hero element: “the.” Creative Boom reviews our latest rebranding of the contemporary art museum.
Our Associate Design Director, Stephanie Zabala, talks to Creative Boom and reveals her 2023 plans for refining her craft and finding new inspiration.
Founded in 2016, Philadelphia Contemporary is a contemporary arts organization whose mission is to connect the people and places of Philadelphia through art and partnership. Philadelphia Contemporary shares its unprecedented plan to create a two-story floating gallery on the Delaware River, with potential to travel through the Jersey coast to New York.
Congratulation to our friends at RHMF for 25 years dedicated to supporting life, art, and community.
After half a century of serving its borough, The Bronx Museum welcomes a new identity designed by Team. Brand New details our rebranding work in their latest review.
“With the renovation of our entrance and new identity, we hope to further our mission to not only champion artists who are not typically represented within museums, but also amplify our ability to educate, engage and provide a critical gathering space for our communities.” — Klaudio Rodriguez, Executive Director of The Bronx Museum
We’re introducing our 2023 Intern Program, starting this January. Full Design Intern job description available here. Applications due November 6.
At the crossroads of its residents, artists, and visitors is The Bronx Museum. Organized in 1971 by community leaders and activists, The Bronx Museum was founded on the belief that art is essential for the path to social justice. Team collaborated with the museum in a complete rebrand, centered on the community it serves.
Team is seeking an exceptional Senior Designer to join our team in Dumbo, Brooklyn.
Learn more in the job description and send your resume, portfolio, and a note about yourself to jobs@team.design.
Lumanity is a new global force in the healthcare industry focused on accelerating and optimizing access to medical advances. Team worked closely with Lumanity to craft an identity and website for the new company, highlighting the company’s distinctive approach, incisive thinking, and decisive action.
Digital advertising has a hidden energy problem.
A single ad with one million impressions emits an estimated one metric ton of CO2 — that’s the equivalent of flying from Boston to London, twice. These emissions are the most difficult type to track, but Scope3 envisions a different path forward.
We’re excited to help our friends at Scope3 define their brand identity as the only company to measure end-to-end emissions across the media and advertising supply chain.
A common piece of advice you hear as a designer or as an entrepreneur is “Find your niche.” But, this isn’t always the case. Our co-founder, John Clark, talked to Startups Magazine about the benefits of saying “yes.”
Wandering Barman opens the first cocktail brew pub in Brooklyn. Team worked with the bottled cocktail brand to create a surreal visual identity that embraced their commitment to quality craftsmanship.
Amy Globus and John Clark, Team co-founders and creative directors, join Creative Pool’s Getting to Know series to share their learnings and their best advice for aspiring creative professionals.
Team’s rebrand of Pfizer has been celebrated as an honoree in the Best Branding of 2021 category in the 10th anniversary of the Innovation by Design Awards.
COVID-19 devastated arts organizations. But it was also a much-needed wake-up call.
Our co-founder, Amy Globus, explores how artists and creatives survived this year and how they paved a new path forward with accessibility in mind. Will a return to normal bring back the old status quo, or will art organizations commit to emerging tech to connect to broader communities?
“Promise, Witness, Remembrance” is here. The exhibition honors the life of Breonna Taylor and is running now until June 6th. Our team spoke to PRINT Magazine to share our “less is more” approach to creating a visual identity to complement the exhibition’s historical framework to anti-Black violence.
See how the exhibition came to life.
Team created the visual identity and custom illustrative expression for the Letras Boricuas Fellowship, providing $25,000 unrestricted grants to emerging and established writers in Puerto Rico and across the US diaspora.
Pfizer’s rebranding took place during one of the most important moments in the company’s history. It was also one of the most chaotic. Team Creative Director, John Clark, speaks to Transform to reveal how we overcame some challenging hurdles.
Team’s Pfizer rebrand is a featured design project for this year’s AIGA Design + Business Conference. Join us on May 14th for the full presentation.
Can a brand drive change and power progress? Our co-founder, Amy Globus, says absolutely. In the Dieline, she breaks down our recent work with Roxane Mollicchi of Wandering Barman in creating a truly empowering visual identity.
The Speed Art Museum’s upcoming exhibit, “Promise, Witness, Remembrance,” reflects on the life of Breonna Taylor, her killing in 2020, and the year of protests that followed. Curator, Allison Glenn, shares “Through this act of creating community, of calling people in, you in fact center them.”
Shift Space 2.0 is a publication exploring new media landscapes and spotlighting the 2022 Knight Arts + Tech Fellows. For the second year, Team designed and developed the online publication in collaboration with United States Artists and Knight Foundation.
Knight Foundation is composed of social investors who support a more effective democracy by funding free expression and journalism, arts and culture in community, research in areas of media and democracy.
“As we learned more about the transformation underway at the company, our conversations with Pfizer scientists led us to a powerful unifying symbol, the DNA helix.”
GDUSA covers Team’s rebranding of Pfizer and shares our strategy behind the unlocked logo design.
In their latest feature, Design Week dives into the details of Team’s Pfizer rebrand work and reveals how we unlocked Pfizer’s iconic pill form to reveal their core commitments.
Pfizer’s logo had been left unchanged for 70 years. Their new brand identity aims to embody the pharma giant’s shift from scientific fast follower to innovative science leader.
After more than 170 years, Pfizer has arrived at a new era. At the height of the pandemic, Pfizer asked Team to create a new logo and visual identity to mark their evolution into a science and innovation powerhouse with a new narrative and purpose: breakthroughs that change patients’ lives.
“With Pfizer’s increased commitment to breakthrough science, now is the time to update our identity to reflect that reality.” — Albert Bourla, Pfizer Chief Executive Officer
“Art can’t solve the world’s problems, but art can hold it.” – Deana Haggag, Artist Relief Organizer
62% of artists and creatives are out of work due to COVID-19. 95% have experienced income loss. If we are to heal as a nation, artists must survive. Artist Relief is doing its part to ensure that creativity can continue to prosper. From its start in April, Artist Relief has now raised nearly $20 million to award as emergency relief grants throughout the year.
Immunomedics is a leader in next-generation antibody-drug conjugate technology, committed to helping transform the lives of people with hard-to-treat cancers. Team worked closely with the Immunomedics team to create their visual identity.
Team worked with The Bronx Museum to design its inaugural art and music fundraiser, supporting its mission to make art accessible through its free admission policy.