Launched in 1957 by Ivan Chermayeff, Tom Geismar, and Robert Brownjohn as “Brownjohn, Chermayeff & Geismar”. Brownjohn left the firm at the end of 1959 and the name became Chermayeff & Geismar for the next 45 years. In 2006, designer Sagi Haviv became the firm’s third partner, and it is now known as Chermayeff & Geismar & Haviv.