corporate years

The need to prove his theories in the field pushed Dan Friedman to break new ground and take a job with a design studio. He was offered a senior position in Anspach Grossman Portugal to work on the Citibank rebranding and moved to New York. Friedman created a corporate identity that employed all his typography knowledge and talent. Four years later he joined Pentagram where he continued to work on branding, packaging and letterheads.

The Citibank Identification Standards Manual. A book with a word Citibank on cover
Black and white logo sketches on a white wall

Sketches for the Citicorp logo, Anspach Grossman Portugal office.

The Citibank Identification Standards Manual, 1975.

Pages from the Citibank Manual

we should return to a belief in a radical spirit—the idea that design is something that can help improve society and people’s condition. —dan friedman


A multicolored folding screen

Bagatelle, 1992. Produced in Milan.