Queremos Sonreír by Mucho
Posted: Filed under: Graphic Design Reviews, Publishing | Tags: Book & Magazine Design, Book Design Review, Branding Agency, British Design, Colour in Use: Fluorescent, Coloured Paper, Design Blog, Design For Print, Design Inspiration, Design News, Design Opinion, Design Reviews, Design Reviews: Editorial Design, Editorial Design, Fluorescent Ink, From Europe, Graphic Design, Graphic Design Blog, Spanish Design, The Best Design for Print 2020, The Very Best of 2020, Typography Comments Off on Queremos Sonreír by MuchoWords by Richard Baird
Queremos Sonreír – Activar la Cultura Local (We want to smile – Activating local culture) brings together the voices of a variety of cultural agents–from citizen collectives and activists to artists and managers of cultural programmes–who are generating actions that intend to stimulate local culture, empower citizens, develop learning processes and further critical thinking. Through these voices the book explores questions around citizen participation and cultural practices, cultural activation and alternative ways of developing and accessing cultural capital.
The book is the result of a long research process led by Trànsit Projectes, who partnered with Mucho on the design of the project’s material form. Mucho worked on concept, design, and art direction with the the themes of cultural participation and visibility as central themes.Tthese manifest themselves by way of a striking use of colour and type, and book jacket that folds out and channels the provocative visual language of protest banners with the exclamation, queremos sonreír, or we want to smile.
Northstar Film Alliance by Bond
Posted: Filed under: Film | Tags: Designed by Bond, Film Production Logos Comments Off on Northstar Film Alliance by BondOpinion by Richard Baird
North Star Film Alliance (NSFA) is a joint venture between Estonia, Latvia and Finland. The Alliance intends to develop and promote themselves as one filmmaking region to international film and TV productions. It is a competitive marketplace, with other countries provide low tax rates and incentives to film big-budget spectacles on their stages using local crews. Together, the three countries offer a diverse and unspoilt nature, architectural diversity, political stability, cost effective production and infrastructure, as well as international travel hubs and the best drone pilots for arial footage. Design studio Bond recognised that the challenge lay, not only in developing an immediate and striking visual identity, but to establish a framework, codified in a new brand guidelines document, that could support and collectively raise the profiles of multiple cross-border partners in the Alliance.
Norwegian Banknotes by Metric Design
Posted: Filed under: Business, Banking, Law and Finance | Tags: Brand Identity Design, Brand Identity Reviews, Branding, Branding Blog, Branding News, Branding Reviews, Currency Design, Design For Print, Designed by Metric Design, Designed by Snohetta, From Scandinavia, Graphic Design Blog, Logo Design & Branding Blog, New Logo, Reviewed by Josh Nychuck Comments Off on Norwegian Banknotes by Metric DesignOpinion by Josh Nychuk.
If you consider all the tangible expressions of a country’s brand, money, with its essential function as a measure of value, could easily be considered one of the most important touchpoints. In this sense a country’s banknote is often the first point of physical contact with that place prior to travel. The shape, feel, colour, language, security features, artwork and heritage of currency informs the senses and begins to build perceptions. Norway understands this, and is about to show us all a little more of their personality, history and cultural identity through their new banknotes. This article was originally posted in 2014, reposted with new photography from Metric Design.
