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Logo de l'agence Bruno
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San Antonio

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 San Antonio

Why choose Bruno as your graphic design agency in San Antonio?

Because Bruno starts from what your company needs to say, then makes the identity hold up everywhere it appears. Our art directors are on staff, never freelancers, so the person presenting a design route is the one who drew it. More than 500 brands have come through the agency since 2012. And the source files stay with you.

How does Bruno work with companies in San Antonio?

Bruno runs San Antonio projects from its San Francisco office at 415 Mission St; there’s no office in Texas. You’re on Central time, two hours ahead of California, so your mornings start before ours but the afternoons line up nicely. Design routes are presented over video. When a workshop really works better in the same room, we get on a plane.

What does a graphic design agency do?

A graphic design agency shapes everything people see of a brand, from the logo and typefaces to how they come together on a poster or a screen. At Bruno, that visual identity work rests on a strategy set before the first sketch. So every design choice answers a specific question. Much easier to defend in a meeting.

Which graphic design projects has Bruno worked on?

Bruno has designed identities for brands that have little in common. For Audion, an audio advertising platform, the identity grows out of a physical representation of sound. For Zazu, a digital bank for South African entrepreneurs, it draws on the country’s own design heritage. Le Collectionist got something quieter: an elegant, discreet look that suits its villas.

Does a city as colorful as San Antonio call for a colorful identity?

Not necessarily: Bruno picks a palette for what the brand needs to say, not for the scenery. What Fiesta really shows is that a color used consistently becomes a signature, year after year. A San Antonio company can just as well go understated, the way LegalPlace did on its product. What matters is sticking to it everywhere. Paper flowers optional.

Can you modernize a logo without losing the people who recognize it?

Yes, and Bruno always starts by finding what your customers actually recognize: a color, a shape, the detail of a letter. That anchor stays, and the rest can move. For Brevo, formerly Sendinblue, we kept the historic blue and built a more approachable palette around it. Done right, the change gets noticed without confusing anyone.

How long does a graphic design project take?

On average, Bruno needs two to three months for a full visual identity, from the first design routes to the finished guidelines. That number moves a lot depending on the project: a logo on its own goes faster, an identity rolled out across dozens of formats takes longer. The number of decision-makers matters too. And with a two-hour gap, calls are easy to schedule.