H+J by Spy, United Kingdom
Posted: March 21, 2017 Filed under: Food and Drink, Graphic Design Reviews, Logo Reviews | Tags: Art Direction, Brand Book, Brand Guidelines, Brand Identity Blog, Brand Identity Reviews, Branding Blog, Branding Reviews, British Design, Business Card Design, Catering Logos, Design For Print, Design Opinion, Design Reviews, Designed by Spy, Designed in London, Die Cut Design Detail, Geometric Pattern, Graphic Design, Graphic Design Blog, Logo Design Inspiration, Logo Design Resource, Logo Designs, Logo Opinion, Patterns, Sans-serif Typography, Stencil, Stencil Cut Logotypes, Still Life in Brand Identity Design, The Best Business Cards of 2017, The Best Logo Designs of 2017, The Very Best Brand Identities of 2017, The Very Best Logo Designs of 2017, The Very Best of BP&O, Typography, Unbleached Materials 2 Comments »Opinion by Richard Baird.
H+J is a UK independent catering business, established in 2004, that has provided food and catering solutions to venues such as The Cutty Sark, Moët & Chandon, Abbey Road, RIBA and Selfridges. Their services include working lunches and private dining rooms, large scale food courts, cafes and deli bars. London-based graphic design studio Spy worked with H+J to develop a new brand identity that would better express their growing ambitions and help them stand out within a highly competitive industry. This included logo design, still life photography, tone of voice, stationery, business cards, packaging and website design.
Lundén Architecture Company by Tsto, Finland
Posted: March 20, 2017 Filed under: Architecture and The Built Environment, Fonts in Use, Graphic Design Reviews, Logo Reviews | Tags: Animated Logos, Architecture Logos, Black and White, Brand Identity, Brand Identity Blog, Brand Identity Reviews, Branding, Branding Blog, Branding Reviews, Business Card Design, Design For Print, Design News, Design Opinion, Design Reviews, Designed by Tsto, Finnish Design, 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, Stationery Design, The Best Logo Designs of 2017, The Very Best Brand Identities of 2017, Typography, Uncoated Papers & Cards, Wordmark Design Leave a comment »Opinion by Richard Baird.
Lundén Architecture Company is a Helsinki-based design studio developing innovative structures, infrastructures and spaces. The studio, through their knowledge of strategic development, experimental building technology and urban design, drawn from their collaborations with experts from different fields, offer proposals that affect the future of the built environment. Projects have included a new school and community complex that inspires learning during the day and functions as a meeting place, workshop area and community space during the evening, and an infrastructure proposal that reconsider airport terminal systems for Finland’s air transportation network.
Lundén Architecture Company’s brand identity, developed by Finnish graphic design studio Tsto, is based around a logotype that acknowledges the fragility of structure and the notion that its deterioration begins as soon as it is completed. This is expressed through the breaking apart and reassembly of logotype. This runs across business cards and stationery in a static but transitory state, and in motion online.
Blå Bär by BVD, Sweden
Posted: March 16, 2017 Filed under: Graphic Design Reviews, Logo Reviews, Retail | Tags: Animated Logos, Brand Identity Blog, Brand Identity Reviews, Branding Blog, Branding Reviews, Colour in Use: Blue, Design For Print, Design Opinion, Design Reviews, Designed by BVD, Designed in Stockholm, Fonts in Use: Brown, From Scandinavian, Graphic Design, Graphic Design Blog, Homeware, Logo Designs, Logotypes, Minimal Design, Minimal Logos, Minimalist Brand Identities, Monochromatic Brand Identities, Retail Logos, Sans-serif Logotypes, Spot Colours, Swedish Design, The Best Logo Designs of 2017, The Very Best Brand Identities of 2017, The Very Best of BP&O, Type Foundry: Lineto, Typography 2 Comments »Opinion by Richard Baird.
Blå Bär (Swedish for blueberries) sells a variety miscellaneous goods from Scandinavia from its store in Osaka, Japan. These include, but are not limited to, glass and kitchenware, soft furnishings, ornaments and jewellery. Many of these could be described as having something of a shared Scandinavian simplicity of form, lightness of colour, natural material quality and cheerful character in pattern and imagery. These are displayed within a well-lit space that blends white walls and shelves, a light wood floor and storage, with the blue of its brand identity, created by Stockholm-based graphic design studio BVD. This appears as a solid matte colour wall, glossy counter, pattern detail and display case, and runs across the store’s packaging.
