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A design studio built on the grid. We make identity, editorial, and interaction systems for people who believe precision is a form of respect.
Selected work
2014 — 2026
012 projects indexed
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Project index
Twelve of forty-one. Hover a row
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The studio
Founded 2009. Six people.
One grid.
We are not stylists. We are engineers of legibility — building systems where every measure, margin, and increment answers to the same underlying logic.
Method
Every project begins on a modular grid. We resolve hierarchy through scale and space before a single colour is chosen. Constraint is the point, not the compromise.
Belief
Good design is invisible until it fails. We measure our work by what the reader never notices — the seam that holds, the line that lands, the rhythm that carries them through.
Practice
Six designers, one archive of forty-one systems. We work slowly, print carefully, and keep a red pen close. Zürich has taught us that patience is a discipline.
Capabilities
What we make, and for whom.
- Visual systems
- Custom typography
- Logotype & mark
- Brand guidelines
- Books & catalogues
- Magazines
- Annual reports
- Type specimens
- Wayfinding
- Exhibition graphics
- Signage systems
- Poster campaigns
- Design systems
- Product interfaces
- Editorial web
- Motion & grids
General & new workstudio@buro-otto.ch
+41 44 201 09 09
StudioLöwenstrasse 11
8001 Zürich, Schweiz