Yichan Wang is a visual designer based in New York City. She crafts brand stories rooted in strategy, and champions research in her design practice.

Outside her office, she might be spotted sketching in a park in NYC, or stumbling in all sorts of traffic on bikes, skates and skis.

Contact: L.yichanwang@gmail.com

Yichan Wang is a visual designer based in New York City. She crafts brand stories rooted in strategy, and champions research in her design practice.

Outside her office, she might be spotted sketching in a park in NYC, or stumbling in all sorts of traffic on bikes, skates and skis.

Contact: L.yichanwang@gmail.com

Yichan Wang

Lexington Partners

Lexington Partners

Brand + Web Design

Senior Digital Designer
2023

At Leibowitz Design, we refreshed the brand for Lexington Partners, a global investment firm specializing in secondary private equity. The work covered stakeholder interviews, brand strategy, a refined wordmark, updated typography and color, a new photography approach, and an event identity for the firm's Annual Meeting.

Challenge

Lexington's reputation rests on consistency. The brand needed a refresh to stay relevant while retaining its equity. Ourwork was finding the balance between legacy and edge.

Solution

We interviewed more than fourteen stakeholders to sort out what should stay and what should change. From those interviews came the strategy "The extraordinary power of stability," which became the basis for the design system. We refined the wordmark, updated the brand fonts, and expanded the palette around the signature maroon. For imagery, we photographed employees at work in Lexington's offices; their average tenure is over fifteen years, and the photography puts that longevity front and center. We also flexed the new system to design the identity for Lexington's Annual Meeting, where the refresh was unveiled.