LogoArchive Issue 9
Posted: March 24, 2021 Filed under: BP&O Publications Comments Off on LogoArchive Issue 9 
Inspired by a panel discussion that took place at London’s Somerset House in 2018 as part of the exhibition Print! the first issue of LogoArchive was conceived, designed and sent to print the following day. Channeling the independent spirit of niche publishing the LogoArchive zine series seeks to surprise and delight within the context and practice of mid-century logo archival by iterating with each new issue.
Independent exploration followed by collaboration has become a critical part of the LogoArchive project. Finding a balance between “social influence” and a programme of individual enquiry has been necessary to keep the project moving forward. With this “social influence” in mind Issue 9 turns its attention to people, firstly through the iconic LogoArchive booklet populated with figure-related logos and secondly by way of two inserts.
LogoArchive Issue 9 can be ordered from: LogoArchive.shop
Crane by Collins
Posted: Filed under: Art and Design | Tags: American Design, Best Packaging Designs, Brand Identity, Brand Identity Reviews, Branding, Branding Agency, Branding Blog, Branding News, Branding Reviews, Coloured Paper, Creative Packaging, Custom Typefaces & Logotypes, Design For Print, Design News, Design Opinion, Design Reviews, Designed by Collins, Designed in New York, Form Language, Graphic Design, Graphic Design Blog, Logo Design & Branding Blog, Logotypes, Material Thinking, Minimal Design, Minimal Logos, Minimal Package Design, Minimalist Brand Identities, Packaging Company, Packaging Design, Packaging Design Blog, Packaging Design Resource, Packaging News, Structural Package Design, Uncoated Papers & Cards, Visual Identity Design Blog Comments Off on Crane by CollinsText by Richard Baird
Time. This is central premise of Collin’s work for American stationery brand Crane, and more specifically, the bookmarking of the past and the present, and a meditation on the “concrete” as a time machine to the future. It is a reflection of what it is to put something down on paper and what makes something last.
LogoArchive: A Graphic Design Laboratory
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LogoArchive is a series of booklets dedicated to the modernist logo-making of the mid-century. It can be enjoyed as is and just for that. However, the ideas within these booklets, in the words of Ian Anderson “exist both on and below the surface” for anyone with the inclination to dig a bit deeper.
These zines are, perhaps, best described as “free-spaces” to explore the potential of the “total project”, that is, to conceptualise, write and design concurrently, allowing each to inform and impose on each another. For LogoArchive, just as with BP&O, ideas matter. The LogoArchive booklets function as spaces for enquiry, both abstract and concrete. Outside of the booklet, these enquiries are presented as supporting articles here on BP&O, as Zoom events and as social media posts. In this way, the project is a super-narrative, to be understood in different ways and from different points. The project is also a platform for design discourse. Below, an invitation to answer questions by Elliott Moody offered such a platform to share some more of the ideas behind this Extra Issue. The answers below are published in their entirety. You can view the TBI article here.
LogoArchive Akogare is now available on the LogoArchive.shop.
