We are a team of designers, architects and communication specialists that crafts and evolves meaningful brands through effective ideas and strategic thinking.
People
We are a pool of diversity. At present, 7 professionals with complementary skills and at times contrasting opinions, bring their insightful and strategic focus to brand-oriented issues.
Eugenio Castiglioni
Creative director. Education Scuola Politecnica di Design, Milano. Co-founder of CCRZ in 2007.
Paolo Cavalli
Creative director. Education Politecnico di Milano, Architecture. Guest lecturer at SUPSI. Co-founder of CCRZ in 2007.
Marco Zürcher
Creative director. Education CSIA, Lugano. Guest lecturer at SUPSI Lugano. Co-founder of CCRZ in 2007.
Marco Cassino
Senior graphic designer. Education Scuola Internazionale di Grafica, Venezia. Joined CCRZ in 2008.
Simone Colombo
Junior graphic designer. Education in Visual Communication SUPSI. Joined CCRZ in 2019.
Daiana Riva
Senior graphic designer. Education in Visual Communication SUPSI. Joined CCRZ in 2012.
Tiziana Tosoni
Interior designer and project manager. Education Politecnico di Milano. Joined CCRZ in 2018.
Clients
We take the utmost care in listening to our clients because we believe that the success of a project is built on a deep understanding of its objectives. We always seek individual solutions and often establish long-term relationships.
1h Clean
Alecom
Altaeco Group
Andina Maker
Archivio Max Huber
B–F–T–M
Cetra Alimentari
Check-up
Cinex Brazil
Desalto
Dexo
Dow Chemicals
Dresswall
EC Studio
EFG Bank
Fioroni design
Gallotti&Radice
GSI
Kappaventotto
Leaf
Luceplan
Making Stands
Mandarin Oriental
MDF Italia
MEVM
Migros Ticino
Modaluce
Momò
Onsitestudio
PaganiWorks
Parco Lura
Phaidon
PPM Industries
Private
Prodir
Q1
Quadro Vehicles
Ratti
Rawstove
Schertler
Securlift
Sensai
Sintetica
Sparton
Stellavox
Tapisan
Time & Style
Victorinox Italia
Archivio Cattaneo
Associazione Danza Contemporanea Svizzera
Biennale dell’immagine Chiasso
Chiasso Letteraria
Chiasso, Culture in movimento
Collezione Olgiati
Dintorni dello sguardo 2
Domus
Edizioni Casagrande
Florette Edizioni
Fondazione Archivio Donetta
Fondazione d’Arte Erich Lindenberg
Fondazione Monte Verità
Holcim Foundation
Humboldt Books
Lugano Arte e Cultura
MASI Lugano
Museo cantonale d’Arte Lugano
Museo Civico Villa dei Cedri
Museo d’Arte Lugano
Museo d’Arte Mendrisio
Museo di Val Verzasca
Percento Culturale Migros
Prix Meret Oppenheim
Quodlibet editore
Studio CCRZ
Teatro del Tempo
Teatro dell’Architettura Mendrisio
Trickster-p
Villa del Grumello
Accademia Architettura Mendrisio
Buchbon
Camera di Commercio di Como
Città di Lugano
Comune di Balerna
Comune di Chiasso
Comune di Rossa
FAS, Federazione Architetti Svizzeri
Giovani Industriali di Como
Kiefer Hablitzel Preis
Lura Ambiente
PVP Piano Viabilità del Polo Luganese
RSI Radiotelevisione svizzera italiana
Scuola Club Migros
SUPSI Campus Mendrisio
Ticino Film Commision
Ufficio Cultura Chiasso
Ufficio Federale della Cultura UFC
Unione Industriali di Como
Univercomo
USI Università della Svizzera italiana
Act Now
Adriana Beretta
Alpe del lupo
Anthology Film Archive
Architetti Brambilla Orsoni
Assistenza e Cura a Domicilio
Associazione Biblioteca Salita dei Frati
Associazione Svizzera degli editori e dei librai
Associazione VivaChiasso
ATFMR
Bettina Mengani Eggmann
BSI Contemporary Art Collection
Comitato Balerna Sì
Dr. Chattanooga & The Navarones
L’Ideatorio
Libreria Agorà
Mariapia Borgnini
Pardo al Parco
Polyedra
Specimen
Studio Ivano Gianola Architetto
Torricelli Zwerger
Verdi di Lugano
Zürcher Balmelli & Partners
Competencies
We are versatile and multidisciplinary, and synchronize our competencies with trusted creative specialists when the project requires.
Art Direction
Strategy
Web
Graphic design
Identity design
Corporate design
Exhibition design
Editorial design
Book design
Product design
Packaging design
Signage design
Shop design
Web design
Multi-channel marketing
Publishing
Storytelling
Content creation
Copywriting
Naming
Campaigns
Photography
Video
Commercials
Motion Graphics
Styling
Architecture
Business Model Generation Workshops
Coaching
Awards & Distinctions
With great clients, great things happen. For them and for us. Here are some winning moments.
Awards & Featurings
2010
Best Cover Design, Rockport Publishers
2011
Italian Design Is Coming Home. to Switzerland, William Georgi and Tommaso Minnetti, Actar Publishers
2013
Red Dot Award, Corporate Identity, Be Pure Campaign, Prodir
2014
Swiss Poster Award
2014
Type Plus, Adrian Shaughnessy and Tony Brook, Unit edition
2014
100 Beste Plakate 2014, Deutschland, Österreich, Schweiz, by Verlag Hermann Schmidt
2014
IF Design Award, Corporate Communication, PVP, City of Lugano
2014
NiVo, Revue pour l’architecture et le fibres-ciment, Éditeur FibreCem Holding SA
2014
Form, (in no. 253), Land of Design – Switzerland,Peter Wesner Publisher
2015
50 Books/50 Covers, published by Observer Edition with AIGA, American Institute of Graphic Arts
2015
Transparent. Transparencies in design, Victionary
2015
Trnava Poster Triennal, Jan Koniarek Gallery in Trnava,Slovensko
2015
Idn International design Network (vol.22 no.1), Sistem Design Limited, Hong Kong
2015
Novum, World of graphic design, Stiebner Verlag
2015
Signage & Wayfinding Design, Designersbooks, Beijing
2015
New Signage Design. Connecting People & Spaces, Promopress
2016
Holistic Retail Design, Frame Publishers
Exhibitions
2014
100 beste Plakate 14. Deutschland Österreich Schweiz, Staatliche Museum in Berlin
2014
Senza meta. Il libro come pensiero fotografico, curated by Elio Grazioli (nell’ambito di Fotografia europea), Chiostri di San Pietro, Reggio Emilia
2015
50 Books/50 Covers, AIGA national conference, New Orleans
2016
Swiss Style Now, 41 Cooper Gallery (Cooper Union), New York
Here are some projects we’ve worked on recently:
Contacts
Would like to get in touch? For business enquiries please contact studio@ccrz.ch
If you are interested in applying for an internship please email cv@ccrz.ch with your digital portfolio or link.
Switzerland
CCRZ s.a.
via Silva, 5
6828 Balerna
+41 (0)91 6905010
Italy
CCRZ s.r.l.
via Roma, 14
22040 Anzano del Parco
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