Zak Group is a design office. Its work focuses on identity and creative direction for people, institutions and brands guiding the trajectory of contemporary culture. By visualising strategy and articulating core values, it creates connections with global audiences. Founded in 2005 and headquartered in London, the office initiates ideas for its creative partners. Guided by a belief in the necessity of cultural expression, Zak Group uses design as a masterkey to build bridges between ideas, disciplines and people.

Address

Zak Group
64 Halliford Street
London N1 3HF
United Kingdom
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General Enquiries

+44 (0)20 7253 3870
info@zak.group

Follow Us

Instagram, Twitter

Media Enquiries

info@huxley.world

New Business

Belle Place
T: +44 (0)20 3696 9262
M: +44 (0) 7915 263143
belle@zak.group

Accounts

Emily Bruce
accounts@zak.group

Jobs

Please visit our Opportunities page.

Staff

Zak Kyes, Creative Director (US/CH)
Belle Place, Director of Projects and Operations (AU)
Chi-Long Trieu, Type Director (CH)
Florence Meunier, Senior Designer (FR)
Daniel Royle, Designer (UK)
Paul Bergés, Designer (FR)
Aaron Reid, Intern, FUTURE FWD Recipient (UK)
Felix Steindl, Developer (DE)

Clients

Architecture

Art Galleries

Cultural Events

Education

Design, Music & Fashion

Foundations

  • documenta
  • Embassy of Switzerland
  • ifa (Institut für Auslandsbeziehungen)
  • Japan Foundation
  • LUMA Foundation

Museums & Art Centres

Publishers

Awards

2022

D&AD, Graphic Design Direct Mail
Creative Review, Creative Review Annual
Tokyo TDC Annual Awards (Finalist)

2021

D&AD, Magazine & Newspaper Design
Core77, Visual Communication Award
Dezeen, Design Studio of the Year (Longlist)

2020

Cornish Family Prize for Art and Design Publishing
Tokyo TDC Annual Awards (Finalist)

2019

German Design Council, German Design Award
AIGA, 50 Books / 50 Covers Award
D&AD, Best Book Design Award

2018

D&AD, Best Book Design Award
AIGA, 50 Books / 50 Covers Award
AIGA, 50 Books / 50 Covers Award

2017

AIGA, 50 Books / 50 Covers Award
Core77, Visual Communication Award
FILAF, Special Prize of the Jury

2016

AIGA, 50 Books / 50 Covers Award
German Design Council, German Design Award (Special Mention)
Core77, Visual Communication Award
FILAF, Best Architecture Book
FILAF, Best Photography Book
Laus, Silver Award
Laus, Silver Award
British Book Design & Production Awards, Exhibition Catalogues

2015

AIGA, 50 Books / 50 Covers Award
D&AD, Best Book Design Award

2014

German Design Council, German Design Award (Gold)
Red Dot, Red Dot Award

2012

AIGA, 50 Books / 50 Covers Award
AIGA, 50 Books / 50 Covers Award

2011

GfZK Leipzig, INFORM Award for Conceptual Design
Print Magazine, New Visual Artists

2010

Inform Award, Museum of Contemporary Art Leipzig

2009

Swiss Federal Office of Culture, Most Beautiful Swiss Books
Swiss Federal Office of Culture, Most Beautiful Swiss Books

2006

Art Directors Club, Young Guns Award
Creative Review, Creative Futures

Past Staff & Collaborators

Grégory Ambos, Kristine Anderson, Joseph Atkinson, Sam Baldwin, Benedict Bock, Rémi Brandon, Andrew Brash, Nico Bucci, Matt Busher, Corentin Corneau, Jaime del Corro, Ginny Davies, Joanna Domagalska, Floris Van Driel, Rupert Dunk, Franka Eberlein, Emma Fraser, Teo Furtado, Lina Grumm, Constanze Heinz, Jenny Hirons, Rohan Hu, Frédéric Jaman, Chris Johnson, Dominik Junker, Ayasha Kahn, Julie Kim, Claudia Klat, Maja Larsson, David Loy, Corbin Mahieu, Ioana Man, Boris Meister, Aiden Miller, Monika Nef, Daniel Kang Yoon Norregaard, Vanessa Pike, Raquel Pinto, Melissa Ramos, Laurie Robins, Michael Savona, Robin Scholz, Alessandro Prepi Sot, Asel Tambay, Katharina Tauer, Annika Thiems, Arianna Tilche, Matt Tremaine, Olya Troitskaya, Julie Ulvestad, David Vallance, Marcos Villalba, Karly Wildenhaus, Eddie Wong, Arnas Ziedavicius, Marta Úrbez