Chris Dixon arrived at Vanity Fair in 2011 from New York magazine. He began reworking the typography, page design, illustrations, infographics, and photography to evolve the iconic publication section by section. In 2012, he started his collaboration with Christian Schwartz and Paul Barnes of Commercial Type on a six-month process to redesign Vanity Fair’s logo and create a new custom display typeface, a fresh interpretation of Didot that debuted in 2013.

Chris Dixon has spent the last 15 years designing at a wide variety of publications and companies, including Adbusters Magazine, the Financial Times, the New York Times Magazine, Ogilvy & Mather, as well as eight years at New York magazine where he helped execute of the most highly-regarded magazine redesigns in recent years. As the Design Director at Vanity Fair since 2011, he has carefully evolved its overall look with a more contemporary and refined design.

Christian Schwartz is a partner, along with Paul Barnes, in the New York and London-based foundry Commercial Type. They have designed typefaces for many of the world’s best-known publications including The Guardian, Bloomberg Businessweek, Esquire, and Vanity Fair, as well as corporations around the globe. Commercial Type also publishes a wide-ranging collection of typefaces for use in all types of media.

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