Cristian Vargas

Cristian Vargas is a Creative Director and type designer based in New York City. He is the founder of Typozon, a brand identity studio and type foundry working across brand creation and original type design. His practice explores the tension between structure and expression, where typography functions as both system and voice.

He has led design initiatives for global brands including Netflix and Apple, as well as companies across technology and consumer goods. His work has been featured in publications including Taschen, Novum, AIGA Eye on Design, Typographica, and PAGE, and in books such as L’agenda Perpetua and The World’s Best Typography. His typefaces have received recognition from the Type Directors Club.

Vargas has served as a juror for the Latin American Design Awards and has lectured at the School of Visual Arts, The New School, and SCAD. He holds an MA in Type and Media from the Royal Academy of Art (KABK) in The Hague.