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Logo de l'agence Bruno
Logo of the branding agency Bruno

Los Angeles

Logo de l'agence Bruno

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  • Brand architecture

  • Brand positioning

  • Brand narrative

  • Logo & art direction

  • Brand applications

  • Brand guidelines

  • Tone of voice

  • Brand name

  • Tagline & key messages

  • UI/UX

  • Web design

  • Prototyping

  • TV & display ads

  • Brand launch

  • Billboard campaign

  • Photo shoot

  • Video shoot

  • Music & sound design

The history

Ortelli family archive: a grandfather and a child on a beach
Ortelli family archive: a walk with a dog on a country road
Ortelli family archive: a stroll along a marina
Ortelli family archive: a hike through the scrubland
Ortelli family archive: a grandfather and his grandson at a café terrace
Black-and-white archive photo of a man fishing, standing on a rock
Black-and-white archive photo of a dance in the 1950s
Ortelli family archive: swimming in a pool with a child

Bruno is the grandfather of our founders, Barthélémy and Léonard. An Italian immigrant, he built everything from scratch: his businesses, his family. It must be said that he was a man of great courage and an intense worker. Bruno didn’t wait for someone else to do things for him. Yet, his demands never prevented him from being profoundly human.

Ortelli family archive: a grandfather and a child on a beach
Ortelli family archive: a walk with a dog on a country road
Ortelli family archive: a stroll along a marina
Ortelli family archive: a hike through the scrubland
Ortelli family archive: a grandfather and his grandson at a café terrace
Black-and-white archive photo of a man fishing, standing on a rock
Black-and-white archive photo of a dance in the 1950s
Ortelli family archive: swimming in a pool with a child

Bruno is the grandfather of our founders, Barthélémy and Léonard. An Italian immigrant, he built everything from scratch: his businesses, his family. It must be said that he was a man of great courage and an intense worker. Bruno didn’t wait for someone else to do things for him. Yet, his demands never prevented him from being profoundly human.

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FAQ

Graphic design agency in Los Angeles

Why choose Bruno as your graphic design agency in Los Angeles?

Because Bruno designs identities for the screen as much as for the poster, with motion designers working right next to the art directors. Nobody is freelance, and the people presenting the routes are the ones who drew them. The agency’s work has been recognized around thirty times, on Awwwards and the FWA among others. Here, an identity that moves well isn’t a luxury.

Do we need to travel to San Francisco to work with Bruno?

No. Bruno works with Los Angeles companies remotely from San Francisco, with no office in LA, and in your time zone. Presentations happen over video with your project’s art director, who stays your contact through delivery. When a session is better in person, the two cities are about an hour and a half apart by plane. Our Paris team, nine hours ahead, keeps things moving overnight.

What does an art director do on a graphic design project?

On a graphic design project, the art director sets the visual intent and makes sure every format respects it. At Bruno, the art director turns the positioning into a visual identity, chooses type and imagery, then directs illustrators and motion designers. They’re also the one presenting the routes to you. If a color puzzles you, they can tell you exactly why it’s there.

Which graphic design projects has Bruno done?

Bruno built the identity for Audion, a digital audio advertising platform, around a physical representation of sound, giving presence to a brand that lacked it. For Ausha, a podcast platform, the agency modernized the website and created a complete brand book. Two brands that sell something you hear, and needed to be seen.

How does a brand get noticed in a city as full of billboards and screens as Los Angeles?

Bruno bets on a simple, repeated sign rather than a spectacular image. In Los Angeles, between freeway billboards, trailers and phone screens, your brand is seen in passing, often for a few seconds. A system that’s recognizable as a thumbnail, in black and white or in motion cuts through that noise better. The city already has plenty of spectacle.

Should motion design be planned from the start of an identity project?

Yes, Bruno recommends thinking about it from day one, because an identity designed flat is hard to animate after the fact. Rhythm, transitions and the way the logo appears get decided alongside the type and the palette. For a brand that lives on video or social media, the animated screen is often the main format anyway. Motion gets planned, not bolted on.

How long does a graphic design project take?

For a graphic identity, Bruno puts it at two to three months on average, animation included when it’s planned from the start. The range can be wide: a clear brief and a single decision-maker speed everything up, while a brand that needs repositioning or a shoot to organize stretches the schedule. Sharing a time zone with San Francisco at least means no days lost to back-and-forth.