LogoArchive ExtraSpecial Issue – Canada Modern (Signed)
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Following its third release, LogoArchive mixed things up with an Extra Issue in collaboration with Canada Modern. Designed and edited by Blair Thomson, and documenting the forms and colour of Canada’s modernist symbols, this issue was distinguished from the series by its Colorplan Bright Red and full-colour gatefold Chrolomux insert dedicated to the work of Gottschalk+Ash for outdoor advertising company Claude Neon. The ExtraIssue was limited to 600 copies, with 50 of these being an ExtraSpecial edition signed by the designers Stuart Ash, Glenn Fretz and Burton Kramer. This will be followed in August with LogoArchive Issue 4. Sign up here for release notifications.
LogoArchive Issue 4 by BP&O (Preview)
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Issue 1 of LogoArchive was conceived, designed and sent to the printers within a day. It was inspired by a panel discussion that took place at Somerset House as part of the exhibition Print! Tearing It Up Today’s zine and a revival of an independent spirit, as well as the continued rise of niche print, is a question posed to publishing and distribution structures of today as well as the enduring vessel but one-off material gesture of the bound book. The LogoArchive Instagram project was founded on a long-standing love for a well-crafted symbol. However, in print, it was never imagined as a document with just a singular intention; the simple documentation of symbols, rather a mode in which to build a story and migrate ideas.
This project intends to explore the potential of the zine to reconfigure itself frequently by way of a changing insert. This is housed within the consistent form of a booklet. Issue 4 explores the liminal space between architecture and graphic design, firstly, in the documentation of symbols created for architects, architectural magazines, events and unions, and secondly, by employing the architectural and literary notion of nesting; the placing of one narrative inside another. This manifests itself in the form of a “zine within a zine”. Both exist as individual objects, however, together gain further meaning in the space and dialogue between them. The abstract texts within the insert serve as a counterpoint to the visual language of the symbols chosen to be presented in this issue. Put differently, the immediacy and visual delight of mid-century symbols and the materiality of the booklet become the mode in which to move the thoughts of the zine within. For those up on your memes, Yo Dawg.
LogoArchive Issue 4 will be printed by WithPrint on Colorplan Ebony 135gsm with multiple passes of white ink on an HP Indigo press. It features an eight-page zine insert available in three different paper colours, printed with black. These are bound with black staples. Sign up for release notifications here.
René Redzepi, A Work in Progress: A Journal by Pentagram
Posted: Filed under: Food and Drink, Graphic Design Reviews | Tags: Astrid Starvo, Book & Magazine Cover Design, Book & Magazine Design, Book Design Review, Design Blog, Design For Print, Design Reviews: Editorial Design, Designed by Pentagram, Designed in London, Editorial Design, Graphic Design, Graphic Design Blog, Magazine Design, Magazine Spreads, Spot Colours, The Very Best of 2019, Women of Design Comments Off on René Redzepi, A Work in Progress: A Journal by PentagramOpinion by Richard Baird
Pentagram partner Astrid Stavro and project team Jake Gilbert and Susanna Foppoli have recently completed work on A Work in Progress: A Journal, a book from the acclaimed Danish chef René Redzepi, published by Phaidon.
Through Noma, a two-Michelin star restaurant that reimagined Nordic cuisine, René Redzepi has built a formidable reputation for innovation and inventiveness. His viewpoint and approach emerge throughout this new publication by way of a first-person narrative.
Part cookbook but largely a journal that documents a year in the life of Redzepi and his team, the writing is a “candid and witty story about creativity and inspiration”. This follows the process of discovery, creation and refinement, and profiles the struggle, determination and teamwork required to embrace and make the most of the ingredients of each new season. As you would expect from a journal this is delivered alongside the day to day, a transcript of a TedX talk, lists of work delegation, talk of dreams, moments of frustration and visceral scene setting.
