G . F Smith by Made Thought
G . F Smith is an independent British paper merchant with a heritage dating back to 1885 and a loyal staff, some of whom have provided over 20 years of loyal service. Made Thought, the design studio behind the visual identity for G . F Smith’s distinctive Colorplan range, were recently commissioned to develop a new brand identity for the company that would better...
Nina Jobs by BVD
BVD have recently completed their brand identity work for Nina Jobs, a Swedish industrial designer working within the fields of art direction, product and furniture design for companies such as Ikea, Uniqlo and MoMa New York. Based around a responsive website that balances identity and content with large product images set against a white background, as well as a good...
Collective Gallery by Graphical House
Collective is a contemporary visual arts organisation founded in 1984 to help new and emerging artists exhibit their work in Scotland’s capital city Edinburgh. The organisation delivers a diverse programme of new exhibitions and commissions, and is described as being “fundamental to the cultural vitality of the country”. Following a move to The City Observatory, Glasgow based design studio Graphical House worked with...
Numbered by Martín Azúa by P.A.R
Numbered is a range of handcrafted home-ware products and individual commissions, created by Basque product, space and graphic designer Martín Azúa, that explore the relationship between functionality, emotion and conceptual thinking, and blur the line between tradition and innovation. A limited and controlled production context, personalisation and a connection to the local environment bring further value to each object and influence their...
Slåke Møbelfabrikk by Ghost
Slåke is a small furniture manufacturer, located in Norway’s Hjelmeland, with a heritage that dates back to 1938. Although it produces a variety of contemporary pieces it is also known throughout Scandinavia for making jærstol, a traditional, high quality, wood and reed chair. As part of its 75th anniversary Slåke commissioned Ghost to develop a new brand identity—which went on to include...
Mark Milton by ico Design
London-based design studio ico Design have recently completed their brand identity work for Mark Milton, a jeweller with a family heritage within the industry that dates back to 1947, and who carefully selects and retails a range of necklaces, earrings, bracelets and rings for women. Bound by the theme of curation, ico Design’s solution provides the Mark Milton brand with a high quality communicative breadth...
Cerovski by Bunch
Cerovski is a young Croatian print production studio that revels in the challenge of “nebulous finishing, microscopic editions, absurd materials and crazy deadlines”. Bunch worked with Cerovski to develop a new brand identity for the studio—which included a custom logotype and typeface, website, and a variety of printed collateral—that delivers a distinctive contrast of utility and creative flourish, technology and individualised service...
Puebla 109 by Savvy
Puebla 109 is a three floor 20th century townhouse, located in the Roma Norte colonia of Mexico City, “where art, design and gastronomy converge” in the form of an evolving space utilised as a place to work in the morning, as a restaurant to eat lunch in the afternoon and as a bar to have cocktails in the evening. Puebla 109’s new brand identity—which includes...
Oblique Paul Smith Edition by Graphical House
Graphical House and Derek Welsh Studio recently produced a special edition version of their distinctive domino set and collaborative project Oblique for Paul Smith. The dominoes, handcrafted in walnut using 45 processes, 8,400 hand drilled holes, 155m of walnut, 15m² of laminate, 75m² of 150 grit sandpaper, 20m² of 320 grit sandpaper and 18 hand files, come in a drawstring bag packed in...
Fieldwork by Fieldwork & Hey
Fieldwork is a Manchester based digital design and branding agency who specialise in “crafting engaging experiences across digital, web and brand”. Their visual identity, a utilitarian mix of stencil cut logo-mark, a bright yet economical single colour palette, weighty boards and sticker detail, is now complemented by the launch of their self-initied print and digital project A Guide To Making Things, illustrated by Hey....
Black Visual Archive by Fivethousand Fingers
Founded in 2010 by Meg Onli, Black Visual Archive is an on-line collection of “critical writings that contextualise the work of African American artists through historical and visual history”, and is “dedicated to the documentation and review of contemporary black and post-black visual culture” through the release of “regular texts on contemporary artists, works and exhibitions.”...
Yay Festival by Snask
YAY Festival is a Stockholm based design event, created Swedish by design studio Snask working in collaboration with ‘brand experience agency’ Grandins Flying Circus, that was launched in 2012 with guest speakers that included Aaron James Draplin and Jennifer Cirpici who replaced Jessica Hisch. The identity for the 2012 event, recently published by Snask on their website, juxtaposes traditional and fine illustrative...