Graphic Collection: 50 Years of Design in Portugal (1974–2024) was on show earlier this year at the Portugal Pavilion, Expo 2025 Osaka, celebrating five decades of Portuguese graphic design.

Curated by Barbara says…— Design Studio in collaboration with designer José Albergaria, under the joint venture Consórcio Gráfico, the exhibition brings together iconic works donated by designers and studios from across the country.

The typefaces used on the exhibition’s visual identity and other materials are Flecha Brônzea for titles and Basilar for secondary information. Staff XX Condensed also made an appearance on one of the exhibitions kinen stamps. The font(s) used for Japanese text are yet unidentified.

Kinen stamp using Basilar.

Kinen stamp using Staff XX Condensed.

For the 2022–2023 season of Le Lieu Unique, Brussels-based studio Ekta reimagined the visual identity by playfully disrupting the historical logo of the national center for contemporary arts and music venue in Nantes. The three iconic bars are exploded across layouts to create dynamic spaces for text and imagery, all set in the Staff type family. A photographic series by Charlotte Marchal explores “perfect imperfections,” echoing Erik Kessels’ quote: “Mistakes set us free. They allow us to see things differently

Translated from Ekta’s website:

We started from the existing historical logotype to shake it up and revisit it.
Superimposed onto the visual elements of the events, the three “bars” of the logo are used like captions. By exploding their format and layout on the page, we free up spaces dedicated to typography and practical information.

Using the basic elements of the logo and embracing its off-balance composition allows us to create a multitude of graphic signs related to the original logo. A large number of materials are “stamped” with these simple yet always different graphic elements.

Continuing the dynamic applied to the logo, we aimed to shift the viewer’s perspective, to avoid freezing anything in place.
In collaboration with Charlotte Marchal, we proposed a series of photos reflecting the theme of “perfect imperfections” (Erik Kessels). Happy accidents and poetic displacements joyfully disrupt the reading of these images.

Ferraria D'Alge is a Medronho brandy produced in Foz de Alge, a village in the parish of Arega, Figueiró dos Vinhos municipality, Leiria district, Portugal.

The logo was designed using the Flecha L typeface, while the rest of the label's information is set in Gineto, Gineto Fit, and Staff XX Condensed fonts.

Multiple styles and widths from the Staff Collection by R-Typography are used on the Saber Fazer website. The project aims to offer a window into Portuguese traditional arts and crafts:

Saber Fazer, initiated by the Portuguese DGArtes, showcases traditional Portuguese handicrafts as both tangible and intangible heritage. The website offers rare photos and comprehensive information about the arts, practicing artisans, and their distinctive creations. This platform serves as a gateway to understanding techniques, raw materials, regions, natural landscapes, and historical contexts.

Conceptualized by The Home Project Design Studio. Joana & Mariana from Porto executed the design, while V-A Studio from Lisbon developed the digital platform.

Drive is a venture capital firm helping founders build the next generation of world-class companies with their thesis that “greatness is in our backyard,” not just Silicon Valley or the coasts.

Studio Freight worked with the Drive team to deliver one of the most striking and bold brands in the venture capital space. This typographically driven identity makes use of several weights from five of the seven widths of R-Typography’s Staff. In addition the regular-wide styles, this includes the XXX Condensed, XX Condensed, Condensed, and Wide. Staff is supported by Klim’s Founders Grotesk Mono.

See the system in action at drivecapital.com.