03.11.2016
News

Open House
11.11.2016

Studio CRR and Christian Riis Ruggaber are delighted to invite for our Open House on November 11th, 2016. Join us for some good, inspiring discussions, for some fine wine, beer and roasted chestnuts as the winter season is approaching. read more

Studio

Studio CRR

Studio CRR is an independent, interdisciplinary Zurich based design consultancy. Working with a broad range of clients from privately owned companies to multinational corporations and cultural institutions, Studio CRR follows its design principles to craft effective, thoughtful and distinctive strategy and concept driven design solutions. read more

06.05.2015
News

Nestlé
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Studio CRR

Studio CRR has been commissioned to collaborate with the Nestlé Corporate Identity & Design team to craft the Nestlé 150 Years Chronicle which will be released during the 150 years anniversary of Nestlé early 2016. The project is at its start for we are heading off to an inspiring corporate publishing project engaging with various stake holders to design a concise contemporary chronicle. read more

Contact

Contacts

Studio CRR
Freilagerstrasse 25
8047 Zürich
Switzerland

T + 41 44 440 41 41
www.studiocrr.com
studio@studiocrr.com

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Editorial Design
Berliner Festspiele

Foreign Affairs

Studio CRR crafted a comprehensive publication concept – part of the corporate design program of the Berliner Festspiele – to compile a coherent visual communication of the festival within the overall visual language of the Berliner Festspiele. Thus, the developed concept shall provide the capabilities to generate and allow a visual as well as editorial interaction and reference among the individual festivals for the visual communication of the different festival becomes the core of the corporate design program of the Berliner Festspiele. read more

design principle
1

pare down to the essence

Editorial Design
Berliner Festspiele

Musikfest

Studio CRR crafted a comprehensive publication concept – part of the corporate design program of the Berliner Festspiele – to compile a coherent visual communication of the festival within the overall visual language of the Berliner Festspiele. Thus, the developed concept shall provide the capabilities to generate and allow a visual as well as editorial interaction and reference among the individual festivals for the visual communication of the different festival becomes the core of the corporate design program of the Berliner Festspiele. read more

design principle
2

eliminate the unnecessary

Editorial Design
Berliner Festspiele

Theatertreffen

Studio CRR crafted a comprehensive publication concept – part of the corporate design program of the Berliner Festspiele – to compile a coherent visual communication of the festival within the overall visual language of the Berliner Festspiele. Thus, the developed concept shall provide the capabilities to generate and allow a visual as well as editorial interaction and reference among the individual festivals for the visual communication of the different festival becomes the core of the corporate design program of the Berliner Festspiele. read more

Editorial Design
Berliner Festspiele

Maerzmusik

Studio CRR crafted a comprehensive publication concept – part of the corporate design program of the Berliner Festspiele – to compile a coherent visual communication of the festival within the overall visual language of the Berliner Festspiele. Thus, the developed concept shall provide the capabilities to generate and allow a visual as well as editorial interaction and reference among the individual festivals for the visual communication of the different festival becomes the core of the corporate design program of the Berliner Festspiele. read more

Creative Services

Visual Brand Strategy

With a strong background in engineering corporate identities and visual language programs for companies and institutions, Studio CRR explores and evaluates market behaviours and potentials through assessing adequate intelligence. read more

Corporate Identity
Berliner Festspiele

Berliner Festspiele

Studio CRR was commissioned after an extensive international creative evaluation to craft a new corporate design program to re-brand the Berliner Festspiele — a unique body of art festivals in Berlin. The multicultural and contemporary characters of the different festivals united in the Berliner Festspiele offer a wide-ranging artistic program with content spanning music, dance, theatre, literature and the visual arts. read more

Editorial Design
Berliner Festspiele

Bundeswettbewerbe der Berliner Festspiele

Within the corporate design program crafted for the Berliner Festspiele, Studio CRR has developed a distinct visual language for the Bundeswettbewerbe der Berliner Festspiele – a series of national youth contests. read more

design principle
3

beauty is not essential

Editorial Design
Studio CRR

Contemplatio

01.05.2012
News

Safety Design influences Law Making

The safety design which Studio CRR has been developing for the road authorities of the Kanton Zürich has been utilized and published within a law making decision process in 2011. The learnings, the enhanced visibility and the greater safety aspect of the design developed by Studio CRR read more

Creative Services

Design Consultancy

With a strong heritage in developing design and visual language programs, Studio CRR coaches and advises executives on creative projects ranging from mapping and sketching initial strategies and briefs throughout counseling entire design processes read more

design principle
4

consistency requires distinct choices

01.02.2012
News

Studio CRR
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Berliner Festspiele

Studio CRR was commissioned to draft the new corporate design for the Berliner Festspiele after an extensive design competition. The Berliner Festspiele — a unique body of five major art festivals in Berlin uniting a wide-ranging of artistic programs spanning music, dance, theatre, literature and the visual arts as well as incorporating the art museum Martin-Gropius-Bau — with the new artistic director Thomas Oberender read more

Interaction Design, Corporate Design
nettofolien.ch

nettofolien.ch

Rutschi AG — one of the leading providers in Switzerland of visual display systems — commissioned Studio CRR design a visual language for a new sub-brand focussing on the distribution and sale of adhesive decoration foils in large as well as small quantities. read more

Corporate Design
Visual Safety

Visual Safety

Resulting from Studio CRR's successful safety design development for the road authorities of the canton Zurich, Studio CRR has been commissioned to engineer the complete brand strategy and corporate design program for Visual Safetyread more

design principle
5

simplicity prevails

Editorial Design
Hauser&Wirth

Henry Moore

Corporate Design

MY STOP Brand Manual

To implement the developed corporate design program for MY STOP, read more

Creative Services

Corporate Identity

With great attention to the conversion of brand strategies into visual brand assets and a distinct corporate design, Studio CRR develops strong typographic and visual structures to layout and foster a bespoke brand image read more

design principle
6

the new
is only
different

Retail
MY STOP

MY STOP Products

As part of corporate identity program for MY STOP, read more

Signage, Architecture

MY STOP Signage

The signage system — part of the corporate design program of MY STOPread more

Corporate Design
MY STOP

MY STOP Corporate Identity

Studio CRR was commissioned to develop and design a new brand concept for the motorway service station chain MY STOP. After evaluating the market intelligence and reviewing the operational processes, Studio CRR crafted a corporate identity program fostering My Stop's demanding range of applications, read more

design principle
7

modesty unveils beauty

Corporate Identity, Architecture
MY STOP

MY STOP Shop

Studio CRR developed the interior architecture for the MY STOP stores designing a bespoke retail system convey the brand image at all sites read more

Creative Services

Visual Language

Studio CRR drafts unique and concise visual language program to broaden the brand image and to strengthen the long-term brand recognition. read more

Corporate Design
Road Department of the Canton of Zurich

Road Authorities

The increasingly apparent negative attitude of some motorists towards highway improvement works in the canton of Zurich was beginning to pose a danger to maintenance personal operating at roadside locations. The canton's highway department asked Studio CRR to develop a range of strategic design solutions in order to combat such problems. read more

design principle
8

restraints
reveal
possibilities

Corporate Design

Christian Riis Ruggaber Photography

Studio CRR has crafted for the photographic works of Christian Riis Ruggaber a visual design program. A distinct typographic language complements the precise photographic work read more

Editorial Design
Zürcher Hochschule der Künste — ZHdK

Space and Power

Together with the doctoral program for scenography of the Zurich University of the Arts, Studio CRR was commissioned to design the publication *Space and Power: read more

Editorial Design
Hauser&Wirth

Guillermo Kuitca

Hauser&Wirth commissioned Studio CRR to design an art book for Argentinean Guillermo Kuitca. Kuitca's work enclose recurrent themes of architecture, theater and cartography: read more

design principle
9

probe the options

Creative Services

Editorial Design

With a legacy in editorial and print design, Studio CRR designs publications and books for a wide range of formats such as art books, annual reports, brochures and magazines. Studio read more

Editorial Design
Birkhäuser

Schriften zur Gestaltung

Studio CRR was asked to design a layout and typographic style for a series of books entitled 'Schriften zur Gestaltung', a scientific reader about design propositions, published by the University of Design and Art Zurich and Birkhäuser. read more

Editorial Design, Corporate Design
B.I.R.D. — Board of International Research in Design

B.I.R.D. — Board of International Research in Design

The newly appointed Board of International Research in Design — B.I.R.D. invited Studio CRR to devise a visual identity and design a range of publications. read more

design principle
10

comprise attrition

Architecture
Private

Chascha — Kitchen system

With the kitchen system Cascha (rumantsch, box) Studio CRR has drafted its very first furniture design project: The system consists of the modules Cascha (box), Platta (stove), Spensa (kitchen cabinet) and Maisa, Banc and Taburet (table, bench and stool). The modular kitchen furniture is based on the Chascha, a single box as a key module delivering the proportions and the systematic approach of the design. read more

Architecture
Private

H32

H32 is a historic farmhouse located in Bergün/Bravougn, a quiet village in the Swiss Alps, which Studio CRR was commissioned to transform into a modern weekend retreat. After research on its historical development, Studio CRR freed the original architectural composition of the building and complemented it with a plywood mono-structure combining heritage with contemporary architecture. The facade of the farmhouse was restored to it’s former historical exterior, the old barn was completely stripped and converted into a large encapsuled courtyard and the kitchen was re-fitted with custom designed furnishings by Studio CRR. The original interiors of the large entrance hall, the bedrooms and the living room were preserved and subtly restored. read more

Creative Services

Websites & Applications

The sites we engineer guarantee a consistent brand image with offline applications. Each is developed to permit refreshing functional interaction to refine brand image within the digital media formats. read more

Editorial Design
Swiss Design Network

Drawing new territories

Studio CRR has been assigned to support the Swiss Design Network with a variety of graphical projects to document their work within the field of Design Research. The design works commissioned included publications, brochures, invitation cards and posters. The Swiss Design Network has been active in the field of design research by networking with an extensive group researchers from the Swiss Design Universities and by publishing their proceedings. read more

Corporate Design
Inter Personal AG

IPAG

IPAG is a small, boutique recruitment firm who commissioned Studio CRR to develop a new corporate design program. This included an custom typeface, a logomark enabling to generate a series of patterns for various forms of applications, a set of stationary items and a company brochure. read more

Editorial Design
Swiss Design Network

Design despite Switzerland

Editorial Design
Zürcher Hochschule der Künste — ZHdK

Research & Development

The Zurich University of the Arts — ZHDK commissioned Studio CRR to produce publications for communication and academic activities on a regular basis. Such as the publication Research and Development, 2001-2003, read more

Creative Services

Architecture & Interiors

Studio CRR offers creative direction and art direction for architectural projects. In collaboration with architects, engineers and planers from our network of creative talents, Studio CRR designs an intensive concerted project development process to generate refreshing architectural read more

Corporate Design
The Federal Authorities of the Swiss Federation

Federal Authorities of the Swiss Confederation

Studio CRR was invited to explore the potential of an entire corporate design program for the entity of the Federal Authorities of the Swiss Confederation. The proposed corporate design program conveyed a logomark concept that installed one single visual key element common to all departments — the heraldic form of the Swiss flag — to be accompanied by each department's unique context oriented pictogram series reflecting the departments business. read more

Editorial Design
Schauspielhaus Zürich

Todesvariationen

Studio CRR has developed the programs for the plays according to the following principles: A single folder establishes a common visual platform read more

Editorial Design
Schauspielhaus Zürich

Romeo & Julia

Studio CRR has developed the programs for the plays according to the following principles: A single folder establishes a common visual platform for each program, which is then customized with the individual seal of each play. read more

Creative Services

Design Management

Establishing design projects requires often shot term additional design management resources for Studio CRR provides temporary bespoke internal design management support to assist organizations and institutions to develop, execute and read more

Editorial Design, Corporate Design
Schauspielhaus Zürich

Nach der Liebe beginnt ihre Geschichte

Studio CRR has developed the programs for the plays according to the following principles: A single folder establishes a common visual platform for each program, which is then customized with the individual seal of each play. The content of each folder is designed according to the context of the individual play and is not bound by any specific guidelines. Finally, each folder complemented with a season calendar and performance overview. These principles allowed the design of a series of programs that were each individual yet established a clear overall visual identity for the Schauspielhaus Zürich. read more

Editorial Design
Schauspielhaus Zürich

Brand

Studio CRR has developed the programs for the plays according to the following principles: A single folder establishes a common visual platform for each program, which is then customized with the individual seal of each play. The content of each folder is designed according to the context of the individual play and is not bound by any specific guidelines. read more

Editorial Design
Schauspielhaus Zürich

John Gabriel Borckmann

Studio CRR has developed the programs for the plays according to the following principles: A single folder establishes a common visual platform for each program, which is then customized with the individual seal of each play. The content of each folder is designed according to the context of the individual play and is not bound by any specific guidelines. Finally, each folder complemented with a season calendar and performance overview. read more

Editorial Design
Schauspielhaus Zürich

Kirschgarten

Studio CRR has developed the programs for the plays according to the following principles: A single folder establishes a common visual platform for each program, which is then customized with the individual seal of each play. read more

Creative Services

Creative Workshops

Studio CRR organizes refreshing customized design workshops for executives and teams tailored to explore, evaluate or to kick start specific creative strategies, processes and projects leading to bespoke design solutions which incorporate as well convey a unique brand statement. read more

Editorial Design
Schauspielhaus Zürich

Schauspielhaus Zürich Preview

The seasonal catalogue for the "Schauspielhaus Zurich" is the key publication within the theatre's promotional strategy introducing the new seasonal program and the cast. Thus, it has also been the very first publication utilizing the newly developed corporate design for the Schauspielhaus Zürich, Studio CRR has designed a black book referring to the black stages within the theatre. read more

Corporate Design
Schauspielhaus Zürich

Schauspielhaus Zürich

Studio CRR was assigned to develop a new visual language read more

Editorial Design
Louisiana Museum of Modern Art

I hate you

Studio CRR has been commissioned to design the exhibition catalogue for the exhibition I hate you — The Falckenberg Collection Meets Louisiana at Louisiana Museum of Modern Art. Studio CRR developed a concept symbolizing the meeting of these two collection: Thick white cardboard covers resembling the museum enfolding the various art pieces from the Falckenberg Collection. read more

Editorial Design

SDN Symposium Programme

Studio

Jobs & Internships

Studio CRR has no job vacancies at this moment. read more

Editorial Design
SIG

SIG Blomax Series

The development of the visual language for SIG included an analysis of the company publications performance rate including brochures, customer magazines and corporate newsletter. read more

Photography
SIG

SIG Photography

The photographic language, we established for SIG as a part of the visual language program, spanned across many areas including industry, people, architecture and product photography. Each image possessed a signifying visual element that then made it instantly recognisable as part of the same visual language, helping SIG to build a strong and distinctive visual presence with a precise and fresh selection of context driven photographs. read more

Corporate Design
SIG

SIG Visual Language

Studio CRR was contracted to design a global visual language program for SIG, a worldwide packaging company, founded in 1853 producing a wide range of nutritional and liquid packing solutions. read more

Editorial Design
Zürcher Hochschule der Künste — ZHdK

ZHDK Annual Report

The Zurich University of the Arts — ZHDK commissioned Studio CRR to produce publications for communication and academic activities on a regular basis. Such as the Annual Report 2001, Studio CRR has set a photographic report of the university aside the actual reports of the different faculties and departments. Thus, Studio CRR distributed pocket film cameras to the employees and students to document the everyday life receiving an refreshing portrait of the Zurich University of the Arts — ZHDK. The annual report for the Zurich University of the Arts — ZHDK has been awarded as one of the The Most Beautiful Books. read more