Flavia Zimbardi is an award-winning typeface designer and visual artist born in Rio de Janeiro — currently based in Berlin. She often collaborates with renowned foundries such as Commercial Type (e.g. Roboto Serif), Frere-Jones (e.g. Mallory), AdobeFonts (e.g Joschmi), and GoogleFonts (e.g. Fraunces); as well as clients such Pentagram, BBDO, Tyffany & Co, Ralph Lauren, and Penguin Random House. Alumni of the Type@Cooper Extended Program, Flavia was the first Brazilian woman to have a typeface awarded by the Type Directors Club in 2018. Her graduation project Lygia was also selected for the 8th Latin American Typography Biennial (Tipos Latinos). From 2005 to 2013 she worked for some of the leading fashion magazines in Brazil, such as Elle, Harper's Bazaar, Gloss, and Capricho.


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