1999 Winner
Typeface Design

Cholla Sans

Cholla Sans

Category—Typeface Design

1999 Winner
Typeface Design

Cholla Sans

Designer(s)

Sibylle Hagmann, Los Angeles

Client

ArtCenter College of Design

Additional Credits

ART DIRECTOR: Denise Golzales Crisp

ASSOCIATE DESIGNER: Carloa Figueroa

FOUNDRY: Emigre

CONCEPT:

The Cholla typeface family was named after a species of cactus in the Mojave Desert. The objective was to create a series of fonts for the client that would offer a great deal of variation to echo the school's nine different departments, yet together exude a unified feel.