Last week we announced the launch of our new Manual Amsterdam studio led by Joseph Burrin. Born in the UK and now based in Amsterdam, Joe has played a significant role in the branding and advertising efforts of numerous global brands. At Wieden+Kennedy in Amsterdam, Joe served as Creative Director and Head of Design, managing the agency's visual output and leading design projects for global clients including Montblanc, Coca-Cola, Heineken, Evian, and Ray-Ban. He also contributed to the Dutch culture sector, rebranding institutions like The Eye and Huis Marseille Photography Museum. In addition, he has considerable editorial experience, most notably working with It’s Nice That for several years on various publications. Joe‘s work has received recognition from prestigious awards such as Cannes Lions, D&AD, and The One Show, and has been featured across various creative industry platforms. His journey reflects a commitment to excellence and innovation in the field of design and creative direction. We are thrilled to welcome Joe to Manual, expanding our presence into Europe, the UK, and beyond. More from Joe on our journal page: https://lnkd.in/gqD6GJdZ
About us
Manual is a design and branding studio based in San Francisco. We help our clients express themselves and their products through iconic brand identities and beautiful experiences. Our work clarifies purpose, builds meaning, and stirs up curiosity and emotion. Capabilities: – Brand identity and development – Brand naming and copywriting – Art direction – Packaging design – Print and publishing design – Web design – Motion graphics – Branded Environments
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http://www.manualcreative.com
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- Industry
- Graphic Design
- Company size
- 11-50 employees
- Headquarters
- San Francisco, California
- Type
- Privately Held
- Founded
- 2009
- Specialties
- branding and corporate identity, art direction, printed matter, packaging, web design, wayfinding and environments, and brand strategy
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610 22nd St
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San Francisco, California 94107, US
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A big thank you to our friends at Brand New for their kind words and thoughtful review of our latest work with Quilt.
Pump Fiction • New Logo and Identity for Quilt by Manual — 🧑💼 ABOUT THE CLIENT Established in 2022, Quilt is a home climate system that offers an electric, energy-efficient, ductless heat pump that uses smart technology to cool and heat homes, saving homeowners money and cut emissions. Founded by three former Google employees and staffed with key recruits from Apple, Nest, and Tesla, the product is a response to HVAC (heating, ventilation, and air conditioning) systems being responsible for 70% of all fossil fuel used in the home, making homes accountable for 20% of greenhouse gas emissions in the United Sates. Consisting of three physical elements — a digital dial, an indoor unit, and an outdoor unit — Quilt works like traditional mini-split systems but is infinitely more stylish (and advanced), designed to seamlessly blend into any home. • 🦸 FROM MANUAL “Our challenge was to visualize the qualities of Quilt, particularly the gentle flow of warm and cool air. To visualize the invisible airflow, we leveraged typography, technology, and motion. Collaborating with creative technologist Kiel Danger Mutschelknaus, creator of Space Type Generator, we developed a generative type tool using Processing. This tool allows typography to mimic the subtle flow of air, creating a ‘quilt’ of air enveloping a space. The Quilt type generator enables typography to adopt waveforms and create 2D animations that pulsate, radiate, and swipe, reflecting the intelligent sensing technology that allows for room-by-room climate control.” • 🧑💻 BRAND NEW’S REACTION Overall, this is a sophisticated yet not stuffy identity that establishes Quilt as a premium yet relatively attainable luxury, all with a strong sense of being a design-led product and system from start to finish. — #reviewed #branding #identity #2024 #brandnewbyucllc #beforeandafter #consumerproducts #illustration #isometric #serif #wordmark Link: https://lnkd.in/gkiEwV-U
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I'm thrilled to announce that Joseph Burrin has joined Manual to lead our new European office in Amsterdam. Joe and I first collaborated over 20 years ago in London at the design studio Spin. We've maintained our friendship and worked together on numerous design projects ever since. For the last 13 years, Joe served as Creative Director and Head of Design at Wieden+Kennedy in Amsterdam, managing the agency's visual output and leading design projects for global clients including Montblanc, Coca-Cola, Heineken, Evian, and Ray-Ban. He also contributed to the Dutch culture sector, rebranding institutions like The Eye and Huis Marseille Photography Museum. Joe brings his extensive experience in brand, editorial, and content to Manual, enhancing our reach across Europe and beyond. For more information, visit our Journal page: https://lnkd.in/gyA64wAC Feel free to get in touch with our Amsterdam studio if you’d like to work with us, submit a portfolio, or simply say hallo! > hello@manualcreative.com
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The energy we use in our homes accounts for 20% of all U.S. emissions, with 54% of that energy spent on heating and cooling—mostly using fossil fuels and often very inefficiently. Although efficient all-electric heat pump systems have existed for years, they are considered unattractive, obtrusive, and difficult to use. Enter Quilt. Quilt was founded to accelerate the energy transition by moving homes off fossil fuels with all-electric heating and cooling systems that are as beautiful as they are intuitive. Designed to seamlessly blend into any home with an unapologetically architectural design, the Quilt system offers room-by-room control, advanced sensors to prevent energy waste in empty rooms, and personal energy data reports for more informed home climate management. Quilt came to us to build a brand that reflected their future-focused mission. We crafted an identity and experience around the brand idea: Better Climate by Design. From the logo and custom typeface to 3D imaging and photography, to illustration and kinetic typography, the resulting identity balances technical precision with humanist warmth. View the full case study here: https://lnkd.in/gerjw8Eg
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4 days until we host (Re)Designing Obama at Four One Nine for San Francisco Design Week. Tickets: https://lnkd.in/g9G-T-7u
(Re)Designing Obama
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Join us at San Francisco Design Week on June 4th as we celebrate one of the proudest moments in our studio’s trajectory. In collaboration with the Obama Foundation, we have evolved the brand identity with a comprehensive redesign ahead of the Obama Presidential Center’s opening in 2026. Join Hashem Bajwa, Chief Creative Officer of the Obama Foundation, alongside Tom Crabtree, Founder, and Vanessa Lam, Design Director, from Manual. We’ll share the story behind the identity, discuss the role of design in helping engage and mobilize people, and share the beginnings of the dynamic design system Manual is proud to have created with the Foundation. Tickets: https://lnkd.in/g9G-T-7u
(Re)Designing Obama
https://sfdesignweek.org
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We’re excited to share the launch of Quilt. Founded to accelerate the energy transition by moving homes off of fossil fuels with all-electric systems that are an upgrade in every way. Designed to stylishly blend into any home, Quilt offers room-by-room control, advanced sensors to ensure energy isn’t wasted on empty rooms, temperature preconditioning, and personal energy data reports for more informed home climate management. https://www.quilt.com/ Working with a talented team, we created a comprehensive brand identity, design system toolkit, and content library. Thanks to the amazing team at Quilt, and to all collaborators: Quilt team: Paul, Matt, Bill, Lizz, Audrey, David and the whole team. Industrial Design: Mike & Maaike Website: One Design Company Photography: Cayce Clifford Videography: Kim Calvert and Robin Moore Renderings: David Olivares Generative Type Tool: Kiel Danger Mutschelknaus Illustrations: Kelsey Robinson Copy: Kate Bratskeir & Tyler Sharkey Smalls Research: Jack Freund
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Happy to share that our packaging design for Recchiuti Confections has won a silver at the Dieline Awards! View the full case study here: https://lnkd.in/gmEKK3Uf #packaging #design #awards
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New work for North Road Company. North Road stands as an eminent independent global content studio, renowned for its creation of some of the most acclaimed films, television series, and documentaries worldwide. Spearheaded by industry luminary Peter Chernin, the studio houses an array of top-tier production entities, including CHERNIN ENTERTAINMENT, LLC, Words + Pictures , and Left Right. Working closely with Peter Chernin and his team, we crafted a simple yet distinctive brand identity for the company's debut. View the full case study here: https://lnkd.in/gBdjWUGf
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So great to see two of our clients named the Worlds's Most Innovative Companies, by Fast Company. A big congratulations to Mill and Zipline for creating such amazing products. See more of our work for Mill and Zipline here: https://lnkd.in/g4nZnqaa
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