Simon Grendene was born 1976 in Zürich, Switzerland. He studied Graphic Design at the Art Center College of Design in Pasadena, Los Angeles. After graduation with distinction and a full scholarship he moved to New York City to start his career. Simon enjoys to work on professional as well as personal projects. He is especially interested in the arts, loves jazz and the outdoors from rock climbing to surfing.

Grendene, Inc.
New York, January 2010 to present
Freelance
New York, January 2008 to 2010
Hill Holliday/Frankfurt Balkind
New York, Art Director, July 2003 to July 2007
Arnell Group
New York, Designer, October 2002 to July 2003
Focomedia
Munich, Design, Internship, Summer 2000

Barry Deck, NY
ChappsMalina, NY
Darling Agency, NY
Euro RSCG, NY
Fahrenheit 212, NY
Gotham Inc., NY
Ground Zero, LA
Hill Holliday, NY
LED Artist, Hong Kong
Piranhanyc, NY
Strategy Farm, NY
TBWA/Chiat/Day, NY
TheVeloGroup, NY
Design, Craft, Permaculture, Zürich

Grendene, Inc. is a New York based design firm that specializes in design, art-direction and branding. We help brands find their voice so they can better and more effectively connect with their customers. We believe that good design has the power to move, influence and change. We are passionate about what we do and have produced award winning work for a variety of our clients.

We have been fortunate to work on many great brands some of which are:

Addidas
Ace Group Insurance
Air Lingus
Aiwa
Amberg & Partner AG
American Red Cross
Angelo, Gordon & Co.
Artysio
Bank of America
Becks Beer
Blue Man Group
Bob Vila
Cadillac Fairview
ChappsMalina
Charles River Laboratories
Cleveland Clinic
Coca Cola
Daimler Chrysler
Danny Meyer/Equinox
Dr.Schmidlin
Ecols HK
Gabriel Kreuther
Goodhew/Sockwell
Gotham Inc.
Guggenheim Museum
Hem
Healthways
Interpublic Group
Japan Society
Laura Kauffmann
Level Vodka
McDonald's
N:Code
Nike
Nelson Mandela Foundation
Optilution AG
P.E.Guerin
Pirecordings
Pitney Bowes
Porsche
PricewaterhouseCoopers
RAlpin
Reebok
Rezie Asprah New York
Saltura
Sanofi-Aventis
Sapplife
Schaller & Weber
Steve Wynn
Smith Barney
Starwood Hotels
St.Giles Hotels
Stone Group
The Donaldson Organization
True Humboldt
US Tennis Association
Weiss