Founded in 1997, Netflix is the streaming media service that now serves more than 65 million users in more than 50 countries worldwide and growing. New York-based Gretel were tasked with creating an identity that would connect everything the Netflix brand touches. The result is one of the strongest and most comprehensive identities of recent times.

netflix-logo-crop Netflix, by Gretel design tips

netflix-box-set Netflix, by Gretel design tips

“Our solution: The Stack, a visual metaphor and an identity system in one. It implies both the infinite, ever-changing catalogue and the custom-curated selections that make up the core of the Netflix service.”

netflix-icons Netflix, by Gretel design tips

netflix-digital-identity Netflix, by Gretel design tips

Client: Netflix
Strategy: Gretel
Design and animation: Gretel
Typefaces: Gotham Bold, Gotham Book

netflix-billboards-02 Netflix, by Gretel design tips

See a lot more of the case study on the Gretel website, with a few more words from the designers on Fast Company.