Baluna by Grupa by Bunch
Posted: July 9, 2018 Filed under: Art and Design, Fonts in Use, Graphic Design Reviews, Material & Print Specs | Tags: Blind Emboss, Brand Identity, Brand Identity Reviews, Branding, Branding Agency, Branding Blog, Branding News, Branding Reviews, British Design, Design Blog, Design News, Design Opinion, Design Reviews, Designed by Bunch, Designed in London, Die Cut Design Detail, Form Language, Furniture Design Logos, Graphic Design, Graphic Design Blog, Typography, Uncoated Papers & Cards, Visual Identity Design Blog Comments Off on Baluna by Grupa by BunchOpinion by Richard Baird.
Grupa is an award-winning design studio and manufacturer of handmade furniture and lighting products for home, office and hospitality spaces. Building on over a decade worth of experience Grupa branched out into own brand products in 2012.
From drawing board to design and development, production, packaging and distribution, the company has developed a total design philosophy and a product range that brings together and expresses everything that inspires the team at Grupa. Their products are distinguished by an innovative and concise material and form language, a clear functionality and a flexibility of situation and movement. Baluna, a free-standing or wall and ceiling-mounted light captures this spirit. Its silent dimmer, blown glass opal diffuser and LED bulb deliver a consistent level of light dispersion while a telescopic bar and 360-degree rotational axis offer swift and broad adjustments.
To promote Baluna Grupa worked with graphic design studio Bunch to develop a communications pack and packaging. This takes the distinctive interplay of light and shadow, form and surface, flexibility and utility that characterises the light and develops a distinctive graphic and material expression.
Hages by The Studio
Posted: June 22, 2018 Filed under: Logo Reviews, Retail, Technology | Tags: Binding, Brand Identity, Brand Identity Reviews, Branding, Branding & Packaging of 2018, Branding Agency, Branding Blog, Branding News, Branding Reviews, British Design, Design Blog, Design News, Design Opinion, Design Reviews, Designed in London, Form Language, Graphic Design, Graphic Design Blog, Logo Design & Branding Blog, Logo Design Inspiration, Logo Design Resource, Logo Designs, Logo Opinion, Logos, Logotypes, Stitch Detail, Technology Logos, The Best Logo Designs of 2018, The Very Best Brand Identities of 2018, Typography, Uncoated Papers & Cards, Visual Identity Design Blog, Wordmark Design Comments Off on Hages by The StudioOpinion by Richard Baird
Hages began selling shortwave radios in Stockholm during the 1940s and is one of the oldest of its kind in Sweden. While the retailing of electronic goods has changed dramatically, sold increasingly online and on price by large chains, Hages has remained true to an independent spirit and established and developed a solid reputation.
To coincide with the opening of their second store, Stockholm based The Studio worked with Hages to develop a new graphic identity, moving it from Hages TV & Video to Hage, creating a modern and reductive visual expression and reinforcing this through repetition across signage, stationery, business cards, t-shirts and bags.
Chus x Chus by Pentagram, United States
Posted: February 28, 2018 Filed under: Art and Design, Logo Reviews | Tags: American Design, Art Direction, Black Block Foil, Brand Identity, Brand Identity Reviews, Branding, Branding & Packaging of 2018, Branding Agency, Branding Blog, Branding Reviews, Coloured Paper, Custom Typefaces & Logotypes, Custom Typography, Design Blog, Design News, Design Opinion, Design Reviews, Designed by Pentagram, Die Cut Design Detail, Graphic Design, Graphic Design Blog, Jewellery Logos, Logo Design & Branding Blog, Logo Design Inspiration, Logo Design Resource, Logo Designs, Logo Opinion, Logos, Natasha Jen, New Logo, The Best Business Cards of 2018, The Best Graphic Design Work of 2018, The Very Best Brand Identities of 2018, Typography, Women of Design Comments Off on Chus x Chus by Pentagram, United StatesOpinion by Richard Baird.
Spanish jewellery designer Chus Burés is recognised for the avant garde quality of his work and his ongoing collaborations with a wide variety artists and designers. These have included American-French artist Louise Bourgeois, American-Cuban painter Carmen Herrera and French fashion designer Agnès B.
Working with those in the fields of contemporary art, fashion, cinema and music, Chus Burés has developed CHUS X CHUS, a new range that intends to appeal to a younger audience. This range is characterised by a back to the fundamentals philosophy; everyday pieces created in partnership with emerging artists. This is expressed by the brand’s launch campaign which features the singer-songwriter Sophie Auster, who was photographed by Andres Serrano, and through a graphic identity of custom typeface, website and art direction developed by Pentagram partner Natasha Jen and team.
