Richard Baird
BP&O Collections — Tote Bags
A continually updated collection of tote bags designed as part of a broader graphic identity programme, reviewed and published on BP&O. Between them, these bring to light how colour, type, form, orientation, layout and contrast can make a standard format distinctive and memorable, contribute to an effective graphic identity and catch the eye from a distance. These can function as an expression...
Architects Accreditation Council of Australia by Toko
Architects Accreditation Council of Australia (AACA) is the national voice for architect registration boards around Australia. The council runs the Architectural Practice Examination, assess overseas qualifications, collates data on the profession throughout the country, facilitates international mutual recognition agreements and provides alternative pathways to registration for local practitioners and architects from overseas. The AACA worked with Sydney-based studio Toko to clarify the complexity...
Den Norske Filmskolen by Neue
Den Norske Filmskolen (The Norwegian Film School) provides a broad range of practical film courses taught by a full-time teaching staff and guest lecturers and instructors with active careers in the national and international film industries. It is the only one of its kind in Norway, developed as a separate department at Lillehammer University College in 1997 and now part of Inland Norway University of...
Port of Mokha by Manual
Port of Mokha is a coffee, sourced from Yemen, that is said to be the rarest, most expensive and best tasting in the world. As a brand it is critically acclaimed, winning awards and receiving the highest ratings in blind cuppings, and mindful, helping to support local communities. Port of Mokha’s story begins with the return and daring escape of...
Doméstico Shop & Doméstico Market by Mucho
Doméstico Shop is online retailer of designer homeware which has grown to become the leader in the Spanish market. It stocks an array of items, from furniture and kitchenwear to textiles and lighting. To coincide with the launch of Doméstico’s concept store Doméstico Market, and the opening of a new flagship store in Barcelona, the retailer worked with Mucho to...
BP&O Collections — Multi-coloured
A continually updated collection of graphic identities and packaging design work, reviewed and published on BP&O, that feature a distinctive multi-coloured component. Between them, and in conjunction with form and context, these bring to light how the use of three or more colours can catch the eye and convey creative energy without appearing complex or overwhelming. This post includes a...
Maldini Studios by Jens Nilsson
Maldini Studios is a Stockholm-based interior design and carpentry studio made up of project manager and carpenter Rasmus Moberg, interior designer Elina Johansson and carpenter Theo Klyvar. The studio’s work often uses precise lines and geometric forms to elevate the irregular detail and texture of natural materials. There are moments of utilitarian and ornamental juxtaposition, times at which this feels subtle and transitional,...
BP&O Collections — Posters
A continually updated collection of poster designs created as part of a broader brand identity programme, reviewed and published on BP&O. Between them, these bring to light how colour, type, form, orientation, layout and contrast, as well as substrate and print technique, contribute to a distinctive and expressive brand identity. These often catch the eye from a distance and follow...
14 Islands by Bedow
14 Islands is a Swedish digital development studio that focuses on the design and build of distinctive and creative user experiences for companies such as Google, Adidas and Plume. Although its products are diverse, and include websites, apps and web-based games, these are linked by the studio’s commitment to balancing good design principles and technical performance with natural and playful...
Exploratorium After Dark by Collins
Exploratorium is a “public learning laboratory” and San Francisco based museum that enables visitors to question and make sense of the world around them through hands-on exhibits that touch upon science, art and human perception. These include a pitch-black dome, fog bridge, large-scale kaleidoscope, light displays and array of image bending mirrors. Every Thursday the museum hosts After Dark, an...
Lumik by Hey
Lumik is a Spanish lighting design and manufacture company, and partnership between the traditional metalworking company of Francesc and Ferran Martí, and interior designer and art director Frank Domínguez. Together they have 65 years of experience, and have built a catalogue of products with simple forms, moments of colour, elements of play and the industrial. These move between those that are...
Maisonette by Lotta Nieminen Studio
Maisonette is an American online retailer of luxury children’s brands, founded by former Vogue co-workers Sylvana Durrett and Luisana Mendoza Roccia. The retailer carries a carefully selected yet extensive catalogue of clothing, homeware, gifts and accessories that mixes local up-and-coming brands with those that are well-established and international. Maisonette’s visual identity, designed by New York based Lotta Nieminen Studio, intends to balance and juxtapose a...