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Christian Schwartz

Christian Schwartz (b. 1977) is principal of Schwartzco Inc., a New York-based type design and consultation firm and partner, with London-based designer Paul Barnes, in the typefoundry Commercial Type. A graduate of Carnegie Mellon University, Schwartz worked at MetaDesign Berlin and Font Bureau prior to starting Schwartzco in 2006 and Commercial Type in 2008. Schwartz has published fonts with many respected independent foundries and designed proprietary typefaces for corporations and publications worldwide. Schwartz and Barnes began an ongoing collaboration in 2005 with their extensive typeface system for The Guardian, which lead to honors from the Design Museum and D&AD. The two have completed custom typefaces for clients including Esquire, the Empire State Building, The New York Times, and Condé Nast's business magazine. Schwartz and Barnes have been named two of the 40 most influential designers under 40 by Wallpaper*, and Schwartz was included in Time’s 2007 “Design 100”. Schwartz was awarded the prestigious Prix Charles Peignot in 2007, given every four or five years by the Association Typographique Internationale to a designer under 35 who has made "an outstanding contribution to the field of type design". Schwartz’s work also has been honored by the Cooper-Hewitt National Design Museum, the New York Type Director’s Club, the American Institute of Graphic Arts and the International Society of Typographic Designers. In 2007, Schwartz and Erik Spiekermann were awarded a gold medal by the German Design Council (Rat für Formgebung) for the typeface system they designed for the Deutsche Bahn.

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