Gras & Groves-Raines Architects by Graphical House
Posted: December 19, 2014 Filed under: Architecture and The Built Environment, Fonts in Use, Logo Reviews | Tags: Architecture Logos, Black Block Foil, Brand Guidelines, Brand Identity, Brand Identity Reviews, Branding, Branding Blog, Branding News, Brochure Design, Business Card Design, Colour in Use: Grey, Coloured Paper, Design For Print, Design News, Design Opinion, Design Reviews, Designed by Graphical House, Designed in Glasgow, Edge Painted Detail, Gold Foil, Graphic Design Blog, Letterpress Business Cards, Logo Design & Branding Blog, Logo Design Inspiration, Logo Design Resource, Logo Opinion, Minimal Logos, Sans-serif Logotypes, Scottish Design, Stationery Design, The Best Architecture Logos, Uncoated Papers & Cards, Visual Identity Design Blog 6 Comments »Opinion by Richard Baird.
Gras and Groves-Raines Architects are Edinburgh-based architecture practices, and two branches of the same organisation. Gras explores experimental routes and works within commercial, public and private developments as well as exhibitions, while Groves-Raines Architects takes a more traditional approach, specialising in the conservation and restoration of existing buildings. Although their fields of expertise differ, both are bound by the shared values of a high quality holistic approach from design through to execution, and favour craftsmanship and fine detail. These values informed the development of a new cohesive brand identity for both practices, managed by design studio Graphical House, and which included logotypes, stationery, business cards and brand guidelines.
Eika designed by Mission
Posted: June 26, 2014 Filed under: Business, Banking, Law and Finance, Logo Reviews | Tags: Banking Logos, Brand Guidelines, Brand Identity, Brand Identity Design, Brand Identity Reviews, Branding, Branding Blog, Branding Reviews, Custom Typefaces & Logotypes, Design For Print, Logo Design & Branding Blog, Logo Designs, Logo News, Logo Opinion, Logotypes, New Logo, Sans-serif Logotypes, Spot Colours, The Best Brand Identities of 2014, The Best Custom Logotypes, The Best Logo Designs of 2014, Visual Identity Design Blog Comments Off on Eika designed by Mission 
In response to the financial crash the Terra-Gruppen, a Norwegian financial group owned by and in alliance with 80 local banks, looked to take positive steps to reaffirm its commitment to local customers and the continued contribution it makes to the growth and development of the communities it serves. This came in the form of a rebranding exercise that led to the name Eika and the creation of a new visual identity system, developed by design studio Mission, that extended across print, digital and environmental experiences. While leveraging many of the corporate responsibility, accessibility and locality design cues that now saturate the industry, Mission adds a little craft into the mix with uncoated papers, blind embossed detail, a bright but limited number of spot colours and a bespoke typeface.
Limelight Sports designed by Studio Blackburn
Posted: June 5, 2014 Filed under: Logo Reviews, Sport | Tags: Brand Guidelines, Brand Identity, Brand Identity Design, Brand Identity Reviews, Branding, Branding Blog, Branding Reviews, British Design, Business Card Design, Colourful Business Cards, Design For Print, Designed by Studio Blackburn, Fluorescent Ink, Logo Design & Branding Blog, Logo News, Logos, Sans-serif Logotypes, Sport Logos and Packaging, Spot Colours, Stationery Design, Tinted Photography, Uncoated Papers & Cards 2 Comments » 
Limelight Sports is a London based agency that specialises in grass roots sports consultation, organises high profile events and campaigns such as ‘SwimBritain’, ‘Nike She Runs 10km’ and the London Duathlon, and creates programmes designed to engage with a mass audience by utilising mobile and location based technologies and social networking platforms to connect competitors and spectators during live events. Design agency Studio Blackburn where commissioned to create a new brand identity for Limelight Sports, which went on to include logo, website, stationery design and brand guideline development, that would better reflect what Blackburn describe as the sophistication of Limelight’s approach.
