Heritage: A User’s Manual by Bond, United Kingdom
Posted: January 25, 2017 Filed under: Architecture and The Built Environment, Fonts in Use, Graphic Design Reviews, Logo Reviews | Tags: Architecture Logos, Black Block Foil, Brand Identity, Brand Identity Blog, Brand Identity Reviews, Branding, Branding Blog, Branding Reviews, British Design, Design For Print, Design News, Design Opinion, Design Reviews, Designed by Bond, Fedrigoni Papers & Boards, G.F Smith Papers & Boards, Graphic Design, Graphic Design Blog, Logo Design Inspiration, Logo Design Resource, Logo Designs, Logo Opinion, Logotypes, Minimal Design, Minimal Logos, Minimalist Brand Identities, Modernist Brand Identities, Sans-serif Typography, Stencil Cut Logotypes, Typography, Uncoated Papers & Cards, Wordmark Design 1 Comment »Opinion by Richard Baird.
Heritage: A User’s Manual was an exhibition at Southbank Centre’s Archive Studio—a temporary space located within the foyer of the Royal Festival Hall—that took place between the 24th November – 13th December 2016. The exhibition was curated by MA Culture, Criticism and Curation students from London art school Central Saint Martins and “was founded on the belief that the heritage of a building is characterised by the ever-changing contributions of its community.”
The London office of international graphic design studio Bond worked to develop a visual identity for the exhibition that would create a unifying visual story for the different eras it covered. Drawing on the archival material and architectural components that were the basis of the exhibition, Bond created an typographical visual identity, based around MuirMcNeil’s Cut, that is utilitarian, structural and of two different historical periods in its stencil cut qualities and lettershapes. This, alongside bright colour, warm greys and material quality, links programme, information packs and single sheets.
Lorod by Pentagram’s Natasha Jen, United States
Posted: January 24, 2017 Filed under: Fashion, Graphic Design Reviews, Logo Reviews | Tags: American Design, Art Direction, Blind Emboss, Brand Identity Blog, Brand Identity Reviews, Branding Agency, Branding Blog, Branding Reviews, Design For Print, Design Opinion, Design Reviews, Designed by Natasha Jen, Designed by Pentagram, Fonts in Use: Austin, Graphic Design, Graphic Design Blog, Logo Design Inspiration, Logo Design Resource, Logo Designs, Logotypes, Lookbook, Minimal Design, Minimal Logos, Minimalist Brand Identities, Sans-serif Logotypes, Swing Tag Design, The Best Logo Designs of 2017, The Very Best Brand Identities of 2017, Type Foundry: Commercial Type, Typography 2 Comments »Opinion by Richard Baird.
Lorod is an American fashion label that redefines timeless basics with modern, modular construction, distinctive fabrics and vintage-inspired chic. The designers at LOROD experiment with production methods to give each garment a quirky, personal and one-of-a-kind quality, and utilise new distribution tools to produce collections within the U.S.
This intersection of the classic and contemporary, refined craftsmanship, a utilitarian functionality and quirky personality informed Lorod’s brand identity, designed by Pentagram partner Natasha Jen and her team. This is expressed in the combination of wordmark, colour and form, in messaging and art direction, and the way that these are used across tags, business cards and website.
Someone Somewhere by Sociedad Anónima, Mexico
Posted: January 11, 2017 Filed under: Fashion, Logo Reviews | Tags: Brand Identity Blog, Brand Identity Reviews, Branding Agency, Branding Blog, Branding Reviews, Coloured Paper, Condensed Logotypes, Design For Print, Design Opinion, Design Reviews, Graphic Design, Graphic Design Blog, Label Design, Logo Design Inspiration, Logo Design Resource, Logo Designs, Logotypes, Lookbook, Mexican Design, Minimal Design, Minimal Logos, Minimalist Brand Identities, Sans-serif Logotypes, Swing Tag Design, The Best Logo Designs of 2017, The Very Best Brand Identities of 2017, Type Foundry: Grilli Type, Typography, Uncoated Papers & Cards Leave a comment »Opinion by Richard Baird.
Someone Somewhere is a clothing and accessories brand. Each of its products are designed and made in Mexico by small communities of textile artisans. The social and cultural contexts that are the foundation of brand are expressed by its new visual identity, created by Mexico City-based graphic design studio Sociedad Anonima, through naming and a graphic device that calls out maker and origin.
