Puebla 109 is a three floor 20th century townhouse, located in the Roma Norte colonia of Mexico City, “where art, design and gastronomy converge” in the form of an evolving space utilised as a place to work in the morning, as a restaurant to eat lunch in the afternoon and as a bar to have cocktails in the evening. Puebla 109’s new brand identity—which includes...
Graphical House and Derek Welsh Studio recently produced a special edition version of their distinctive domino set and collaborative project Oblique for Paul Smith. The dominoes, handcrafted in walnut using 45 processes, 8,400 hand drilled holes, 155m of walnut, 15m² of laminate, 75m² of 150 grit sandpaper, 20m² of 320 grit sandpaper and 18 hand files, come in a drawstring bag packed in...
Fieldwork is a Manchester based digital design and branding agency who specialise in “crafting engaging experiences across digital, web and brand”. Their visual identity, a utilitarian mix of stencil cut logo-mark, a bright yet economical single colour palette, weighty boards and sticker detail, is now complemented by the launch of their self-initied print and digital project A Guide To Making Things, illustrated by Hey....
Founded in 2010 by Meg Onli, Black Visual Archive is an on-line collection of “critical writings that contextualise the work of African American artists through historical and visual history”, and is “dedicated to the documentation and review of contemporary black and post-black visual culture” through the release of “regular texts on contemporary artists, works and exhibitions.”...
YAY Festival is a Stockholm based design event, created Swedish by design studio Snask working in collaboration with ‘brand experience agency’ Grandins Flying Circus, that was launched in 2012 with guest speakers that included Aaron James Draplin and Jennifer Cirpici who replaced Jessica Hisch. The identity for the 2012 event, recently published by Snask on their website, juxtaposes traditional and fine illustrative...
Matthew Hilton is a designer working with De La Espada to bring together craftsmanship, premium materials and advanced manufacturing technologies to produce high quality furniture. Spin, the agency responsible for developing Matthew Hilton’s brand identity, have recently completed the packaging of his first time piece as well as the print for the launch event. Spin’s juxtaposition of low-fi corrugated card,...
Creagent is a Finnish ‘design broker’ that provides a “unique pool of talented designers from all fields and a wide range of expertise to match various business needs.” Creagent’s new brand identity and website, developed by multidisciplinary design studio Bond – currently on a roll with new work for Allsorts and the University of the Arts Helsinki – utilises a bold, brightly coloured set of pictograms and...
“The Finnish Academy of Fine Arts, Sibelius Academy and Theatre Academy Helsinki merged in the beginning of 2013 into the University of the Arts Helsinki. Bond created the complete branding solution for the new university. The strategy for the identity was to create a distinctive set of logotypes based on a common design language, and to introduce an anchor symbol...
Calepino is a french manufacturer and brand of “traditional yet technical notebooks with an authentic vintage spirit” made from 100% recycled, locally sourced paper, covered with a cardboard from a factory with a heritage dating back to 1927 and assembled by hand. Calepino’s brand identity and print, recently designed by Florida based Studio Birdsall, juxtaposes the earthy craft textures of an...
Food Studio is a group of food professionals, designers and photographers that come together to create unique and unconventional shared, natural and Nordic food experiences, table talks and workshops where “food becomes conceptualized through physical and mental experiments”. Design agency Bielke&Yang, who have been part of Food Studio from the beginning, recently worked with a team of copywriters, film producers and photographers to...
Jeremy Maxwell Wintrebert is a glassware designer and manufacturer currently working in France with a free hand glass blowing philosophy mastered while traveling internationally across the US and Europe. Spanish design agency Hey recently developed a new visual identity solution for Jeremy that captures the heat, craft and art of glass blowing through a smart combination of colour and laser...
One To Be is a Brussels based furniture design and manufacturing workshop that crafts custom wood pieces for residential refurbishments, bespoke kitchens, office and retail spaces, exhibitions, art installations and one-off pieces for private individuals. The workshop’s visual identity, a logo-centric solution executed across dyed uncoated paper choices by design agency Coast, is straightforward in its presentation of craft, functionality and...