Chi-Long Trieu
Chi-Long Trieu is a Swiss type designer, graphic designer, and educator based in Lausanne, Switzerland. He holds a bachelor’s degree in visual communication from ECAL/University of Art and Design Lausanne (ÉCAL), where he also teaches.
Influences: From Art Deco to Sci-Fi, a peculiar blend
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With a rich background working at design studios such as Maximage, Bureau Mirko Borsche, Gavillet & Cie, Optimo, and Zak Group, Trieu currently serves as a type director at Zak Group. In 2016, he co-founded Office for Typography with his brother, a studio specializing in graphic, type, and web design, operating in Switzerland and Japan.
Originally from Fribourg, Switzerland, Trieu now resides in Lausanne and collaborates with design studios worldwide. He has garnered recognition for his expertise in type and graphic design through his contributions to projects such as Balenciaga or Marc O’Polo. Additionally, Trieu has been a faculty member at ECAL since 2014 and a lecturer at EPFL+ECAL Lab since 2015. In 2017, he was honored with the Schweizer Kulturpreise award for his work on Basel Grotesk.
Awards
Red Dot Award: Brands and Communication Design 2024
Schweizer Kulturpreise award 2017
Schweizer Kulturpreise award 2017