Sagi Haviv

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Sagi Haviv

Sagi Haviv (/səˌɡ həˈvv/ sə-GHEE hə-VEEV;[1] born 1974 in Israel) is an Israeli-American [citation needed] graphic designer and a partner in the design firm Chermayeff & Geismar & Haviv.[2][3] Called a "logo prodigy" by The New Yorker,[4] and a "wunderkind" by Out magazine,[5] he is best known for having designed the trademarks and visual identities for brands and institutions such as Discovery, Inc.'s online streaming service Discovery+,[6] the United States Olympic & Paralympic Museum,[7] the US Open tennis tournament,[8] Conservation International,[9] Harvard University Press,[10] and L.A. Reid's Hitco Entertainment, and tech and electric car company Togg.[11]

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Born1974
EducationThe Cooper Union
OccupationPartner at Chermayeff & Geismar & Haviv
Known forGraphic designer
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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.[citation needed] He studied graphic design at The Cooper Union School of Art where he earned a Bachelor of Fine Arts.[12]

Haviv joined Chermayeff & Geismar in 2003. There he created Logomotion,[13] a ten-minute motion graphics tribute to the firm’s famous logos, which was exhibited in New York (2003),[citation needed] at Corcoran Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C. (2004),[citation needed] at the Ginza Graphic Gallery in Tokyo (2005), at Centro in Mexico City (2006), and at the Pera Museum in Istanbul (2007).[citation needed]

In 2006 Haviv became a partner at Chermayeff & Geismar.[14] In 2013, his name was added to the company's masthead, making it Chermayeff & Geismar & Haviv.[15] As partner, 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 PBS documentary series Carrier[16] and Circus,[17] and a typographic animation for Alicia Keys and Youssou N’dour’s 2009 performance at The Black Ball.[18]

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).[19]

In 2018, he co-authored Identity: Chermayeff & Geismar & Haviv. The book was published by Standards Manual (ISBN 0692955232).[20]

Conferences and awards chairing

Haviv has spoken about logo design for the Adobe Max Creativity Conference[21] TEDx,[22] the AIGA,[23] the HOW Design Conference,[24] the Brand New Conference,[25] Princeton University, the Onassis Foundation, the American Advertising Federation,[26] Columbia Business School,[27] Creative Mornings,[28] and Collision.[29]

He has served as jury chair for the Clio Awards and the Art Directors Club[30] and Jury President for the D&AD Awards.[31]

Teaching

He teaches corporate identity design at The School of Visual Arts in New York City.[32]

He has also taught online courses on logo design for SkillShare[33] and for Domestika.[34]

Published articles

Haviv has written on the topic of identity design for Creative Review,[35] Domestika,[36]Print magazine,[37] Computer Arts, and for D&AD[38][39]

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.[citation needed]

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