We’ve joined together with our good friends at BOND to create a new San Francisco studio. We are now 45 creatives from more than fifteen nations across six global studios working together as one BOND.

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elbow® is an independent, stylistically agnostic, and process-oriented design studio based in San Francisco. Focused on identity systems, elbow works with a wide variety of clients from start-ups to cultural institutions to global brands.

Our work is conceptually driven by the culture and ambitions of our clients. We create systems that are surprising, challenging,  and the perfect fit.

SELECT CLIENTS

ABB
AIGA
Airbus
Apple
Applied Materials
Bank of America
Camelbak

Charles Schwab
Chronicle Books
Dwell

eBay

Facebook
Financial Engines

ForestCity
Game Developers Conf.
Genesys
Hard Rock

IDEO
Indeed
Intuit
Marc Jacobs
Microsoft

New York Philharmonic
N.I.C.E. Collective
Nokia

Palms
P&G
Storm Ventures
UCSF
USF
VF Corporation
VMware
Volkswagen

Lindsay Gravette
Lindsay Gravette is the Founder and Creative Director of elbow, a name he’s worked under for decades and is far easier to spell than Lindsey Linsy Lyndzee...  Over his 20+ year career, he has created brand systems for start-ups, global corporations, and cultural institutions including the Game Developers Conference, eBay, and the New York Philharmonic. He and his wife live in San Francisco’s Dogpatch neighborhood with their 3.5 cats. He is a typography nerd, creates electroacoustic music, and is usually cold since he grew up in the desert. 
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Azi Rad
Azi Rad is not just our Creative Director, she is also the heart of our studio. A graduate of RISD, she is a multi-disciplinary designer working with start-ups, global corporations, and cultural institutions like Chronicle Books, Apple, and Anthony Meier Fine Arts. Some of her books are classics sitting on your shelves right now. Azi and her family live in Oakland or Piedmont — depending on which part of the house you stand in. Azi is a deep thinker, talented illustrator, and we’re convinced she has created colors that have never existed before.
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We work with a regular team of creative friends including Adam Machacek, Andrew Pollak, Aoife Gibbs, Ben Lerchin, Brady Boyle, Elaine Goddard, Emily O'Hara, Gordon McNee, Jeff Allison, Jessea Hankins, John Stewart, Jonathan Haggard, Melinda Giacalone, Natalie Dobranski, and Tif Slama.