Leandro Erlich: Both Sides Now by Studio fnt
Posted: Filed under: Art and Design, Graphic Design Reviews | Tags: Banner Design, Brand Identity, Brand Identity Reviews, Branding, Branding Blog, Branding Reviews, Brochure Design, Catalogue Design, Colour in Use: Fluorescent, Design Blog, Design For Print, Design News, Design Opinion, Design Reviews, Designed by Studio fnt, Fluorescent Ink, Foil Blocking, Fonts In Use: Geometric Sans-serif, Graphic Design, Graphic Design Blog, Holographic Block Foil, Korean Design, Material Thinking, Sans-serif Typography, Spot Colours, Supergraphics, The Best Design for Print 2020, The Best Graphic Design Work of 2020, The Very Best of 2020, Typography Comments Off on Leandro Erlich: Both Sides Now by Studio fntWords by Richard Baird
Both Sides Now, a title borrowed from Joni Mitchell’s famous song, is a solo exhibition of Argentinian contemporary artist Leandro Erlich’s work that took place at the Seoul Museum of Art between December 2019 and March 2020. Erlich’s installations, often receiving international acclaim, mirrors, reflective surfaces, water and other various materials to create optical illusions to transform familiar, everyday spaces such as an elevator, staircase or swimming pool.
South Korean designers Studio fnt worked on the creation of a visual identity for the exhibition that would link a variety of surfaces, from supergraphics, to programmes to posters to banners and digital displays by drawing on one of the artist’s pieces to convey recurring ideas, proposals and motifs found throughout Erlich’s work.
Structure, holographic foil and distorted typographical elements are woven together to express the transience and subversiveness of a reflection or shadow, as well as the blurred boundaries between the the material objects that make up our subjective experience.
BP&O Collections — Business Cards No.17
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A collection of distinctive business cards designed as part of a broader brand identity programme, reviewed and published on BP&O. Between them, these bring to light how colour, type, form, layout and contrast, as well as material choice and print finish, contribute to a distinctive and expressive visual identity.
This set includes fluorescent ink, dyed papers and folds, illustration and striking pattern. Featured studios include Order, Bond and Spin. Click through to get a sense of how these fit within a broader brand identity program and the communicative intentions that underpin aesthetic choices.
This post was published as a quick way to browse through BP&O’s content and gain access to older but equally interesting projects through different themes, and expands upon previous posts under the category BP&O Collections. If you liked this check out – Business Cards No.16, Business Cards No.15, & Business Cards No.14, or subscribe to this series here.
Northzone by Ragged Edge
Posted: Filed under: Business, Banking, Law and Finance, Logo Reviews | Tags: Brand Identity, Brand Identity Reviews, Branding, Branding Blog, Branding Reviews, Brochure Design, Design Blog, Design For Print, Design News, Design Opinion, Design Reviews, Designed by Ragged Edge, Designed in London, From the United Kingdom, Graphic Design, Graphic Design Blog, Newsprint, The Best Design for Print 2020, The Best Graphic Design Work of 2020, The Very Best of 2020, Typography Comments Off on Northzone by Ragged EdgeText by Richard Baird.
Northzone is an early stage venture capital fund with the insight necessary to cut through the hype of funding and recognise strong teams doing good work. From their offices in London, Stockholm and New York they partner with founders at Seed, Series A and Series B stage across Europe and America. London-based Ragged Edge worked with Northzone to create a brand identity that would put founders before figures, and position boutique venture as the aspirational choice. Based around truth over hype and character over the size of an investment opportunity, Ragged Edge developed a visual language that evokes that of the editorial. This manifests itself through a bold logotype/masthead, dynamic layouts informed by stories, and an intelligible tone of voice. This links mobile and desktop digital experiences and printed surfaces such as business cards, newsprint, posters, book and invitations.
Erik Berglin: The Bird Project by Lundgren+Lindqvist
Posted: Filed under: Art and Design, Graphic Design Reviews | Tags: Art Book, Designed by Lundgren+Lindqvist, From Scandinavia, Swedish Design Comments Off on Erik Berglin: The Bird Project by Lundgren+LindqvistText by Richard Baird.
Erik Berglin is Stockholm-based contemporary artist. His work is flows from his understanding that some people find the art gallery uninviting and uncomfortable, and the artworks displayed as requiring insight to really appreciate. He himself has said that he dislikes 90% of the exhibitions he visits but adores the 10%. This clearly informs his work, which often brings the unexpected into the urban space or uses modern technologies to subvert the familiar. There is a beauty and playfulness to his work, an appealing aesthetic, but also an idea, an aha moment, for those that want to look deeper.
Beauty and the unexpected are central to Berglin’s The Bird Project. Over the last twelve years, having studied birds from antique books by the likes of J.J Audubon, the artist scanned pages from ornithology resources found in antiquarian bookshops and libraries and printed birds out at their actual size. He spent time with a scalpel and scissors carefully cutting these out and then wheat-pasted them in urban contexts around the world, documenting these as he went. From start to finish, a total of 4982 birds were wheat-pasted in twelve cities over five continents. These have been brought together in a new book, ‘The Bird Project 2006-2017’ designed by Lundgren+Lindqvist and published by ll’Editions. This is a 208 page hard back book 207×280mm in size. It features 101 plates printed using a process that substituted regular CMYK colours of the offset printing process with fluorescent alternatives. The book is also available as a special edition of 30 copies, which were divided into three sets of ten books. Each is presented in fluorescent acrylic glass slipcase with an inkjet print, signed and numbered by the artist.
