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Wednesday, 4 April 2007 | Levent OZLER
Pentagram Announces Changes in its San Francisco Office
The international multi-disciplinary design consultancy Pentagram has announced today changes in its San Francisco office, resulting from the upcoming departure of partner Robert Brunner, effective July 2007. Brunner intends to pursue a range of product development opportunities, as well as continue the industrial design work upon which he has built his reputation. San Francisco partners Kit Hinrichs and Lorenzo Apicella will continue to direct the work of the office in graphics, architecture and environmental design. Brunner has been a Pentagram partner since January 1996.
"Being part of the Pentagram partnership has been a great experience and an important part of my professional life," said Robert Brunner. "But the time has come for me to try something new. This path will give me the platform I need to broaden my work and my career, and focus specifically on product development. Pentagram San Francisco will continue to grow and thrive, and I see my team and I continuing to work with the office on key brand development projects."
Pentagram has a long history of creating leading product design dating back to one of the company's original founders, the legendary Kenneth Grange. Product design will continue as a discipline at Pentagram through the London office and partner Daniel Weil. The San Francisco office continues to prosper with its graphic design and architecture teams and plans to continue its industrial design presence.
Hinrichs and Apicella's teams maintain a full work capacity and roster of clients, including Citibank, Symantec, The Natural History Museum, Stanford Law School, PG&E and Sappi Fine Papers. All designers within these teams will be unaffected by the changes within the office.
"Robert has been a valuable part of our office, and we'll truly miss him" says long time Pentagram partner Kit Hinrichs. "We wish him the best of luck, and look forward to continued collaboration with him in formal and informal ways."
Pentagram is a distinguished international design consultancy with offices in New York, London, San Francisco, Austin and Berlin. Founded in 1972, the firm has a unique multi-disciplinary approach: its 18 partners are generalists, and their practice is wide-ranging. At any one time, projects are likely to involve the design of identities, environmental graphics, exhibitions, interiors, architecture, products, packaging, publications, promotional campaigns, motion graphics and digital communication systems.
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Robert Brunner received a Bachelor of Science degree in Industrial Design from San Jose University in 1981. After working as a designer and project manager at several high technology companies, he founded Lunar Design in 1984. In 1989, Robert accepted the position of Director of Industrial Design at Apple Computer, where he provided design and direction for all Apple product lines. In January 1996 he became a partner in the San Francisco office of Pentagram. At Pentagram, Robert has served a wide range of clients from Dell and Microsoft to Nike and Amazon. His product designs have won 23 IDSA Awards from the Industrial Designers Society of America and Business Week, including 6 best of category awards.
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