Born: 1942

Education: School of Art and Design, Basel, Switzerland

Currently resides: New York, New York

Selected honors: Medal of the AIGA; U.S. Federal Achievement Design Award; U.S. President and Director of Education, Alliance Graphique Internationale; President Emeritus, AIGA New York; two-time AIGA national board member

Teaching: Philadelphia College of Art; The Cooper Union, New York, New York; Yale University School of Art & Architecture, New Haven, Connecticut; Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, Rhode Island

Steff Geissbuhler is one of the world’s leading designers of logos and corporate identity programs. For more than 30 years as one of three partners at the former firm of Chermayeff & Geismar Inc., and now as the co-founder of C&G Partners, Mr. Geissbuhler has created identities for clients as diverse as NBC, Merck, Time Warner, National Public Radio, Telemundo, Union Pacific, and Conrad Hotels, among others.

In addition, Steff Geissbuhler is known for creating graphics and illustrations that express the character of large organizations, including the May Department Store Company and the IBM building in New York. Some of his other major commissions include the Smithsonian Institution’s Bicentennial exhibition, “A Nation of Nations,” a traveling exhibit marking the 100th anniversary of the American Chemical Society, and the identity for the New York Public Library’s centennial celebrations.

Mr. Geissbuhler’s cultural work includes the identity system, sign program, and print collateral for the New Victory Theater at Times Square; a poster series for New York City’s Department of Cultural Affairs; and an identity program for the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater. In 2004, he designed a display of Olympics photography by Sports Illustrated, “Faster, Higher, Stronger,” which was the inaugural exhibit at New York’s Time Warner Center.