The design firm headed by Ivan Chermayeff, Tom Geismar, and Sagi Haviv specializing in visual identity and brand design, art in architecture, motion graphics and exhibit design. Responsible for hundreds of the most famous trademarks in the world such as Mobil Oil, Chase bank, PBS, Viacom, Showtime, National Geographic, NBC, Barneys New York, Univision, Xerox, Cornell and Brown universities, Museum of Modern Art, and many more.

Black Ball 2009

Alicia Keys’ Black Ball charity event raises money for her Keep a Child Alive HIV/AIDS philanthropy, which this year honored Bill Clinton, Richard Branson, and singer Youssou N’dour. Chermayeff & Geismar was asked to create motion graphics to play during the keynote performance by Keys and N’dour. The firm conceived a piece that animated the names of the donors one-by-one on a massive screen. At the climax of the song, the names converged into a giant circle symbolizing the world.

Produced by Semerad.

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