TEKNIKE
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| ISIN | 🆔 |
|---|---|
| Industry | Type foundry, Design |
| Founded 📆 | New York City |
| Founders 👔 | Thoma Kikis |
Area served 🗺️ | |
| Products 📟 | Fonts, Logos, Film |
| Members | |
Number of employees | |
| 🌐 Website | teknike |
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| 📞 telephone | |
TEKNIKE is an American multidisciplinary design studio and type foundry[1] established in 2010 by Thoma Kikis[2].
TEKNIKE is focused on experimental and culturally inspired logotypes, brand identity, story, type design and consulting. It offers a variety of fonts designed to support Latin, Greek scripts, with most supporting Cyrillic and some Hebrew alphabets.[3]
Clients have included MTV, Hulu, and Hermès among others. [4]
The first major font release, Fugues (2015), is a textured geometric monospaced sans-serif inspired by organic architecture geometry as apparent in the work of Antoni Gaudi. In 2016, he introduced Ithaka, a script typeface, followed by several releases in 2017, including the hand-lettered Anamorphic, Evangelos, Privé, and Qipao. That year, he also developed Nautis, a sans serif influenced by nautical themes; Jadeite, a mid-century modern sans; Cycladic, a sans serif inspired by Greek island architecture; Vantagram, a blackletter typeface; UNY, a slab serif designed for athletic lettering; and Designator, a modular monospaced font.
In 2019, the collection was expanded with the hand-lettered Omoshiroi, Côte, and Penzance, along with monospaced typefaces such as Monadic, Chartreux, Originator, and the high-contrast sans Quantour. In 2020 releases included the dot matrix typefaces Receptor and Departe, as well as the industrial shipping monospaced Eleusis.
Other works include Ermou (2021), a Greek emulation typeface and Telomere (2024) continuing exploration of typographic design.[5]
In 2025, Kikis led the creative direction of the Hellenic Film Society for the rebranding initiative—designing the Society’s new brand logo and the creation of the official poster for the 2025 New York Greek Film Expo—a richly layered, hand-illustrated design produced in collaboration.[6][7]
Typefaces
- 2015 – Fugues
- 2016 – Ithaka
- 2017 – Evangelos, Anamorphic, Cycladic, Designator, Nautis, Privé, Qipao, Jadeite, Vantagram, UNY
- 2019 – Omoshiroi, Cote, Penzance, Monadic, Chartreux, Originator, Quantour
- 2020 – Receptor, Departe, Eleusis
- 2021 – Ermou
- 2024 – Telomere
References
- ↑ "TEKNIKE Foundry". MyFonts.
- ↑ "Thoma Kikis Fonts". MyFonts.
- ↑ "Thoma Kikis - Designer". Luc Devroye Typography.
- ↑ "Hellenic Film Society Unveils New Logo". Queens Gazette.
- ↑ "Thoma Kikis". Fonts In Use.
- ↑ "Hellenic Film Society Unveils New Logo as Part of Exciting Rebranding". The National Herald.[permanent dead link]
- ↑ "Hellenic Film Society Unveils New Poster and Identity for 2025 New York Greek Film Expo". Greek News USA. July 16, 2025.
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