LogoArchive International by BP&O
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BP&O’s LogoArchive began in 2015 as an Instagram account documenting the form language and abstract form-making of corporate identity designers and commercial artists that developed between 1920–1989. This now has a following of over 160,000 people, and was then expanded upon in 2018 to include a series of zines published by BP&O. These include seven numbered issues and three Extra Issues, with a fourth due out soon. The LogoArchive.International programme intends to develop this further. By giving geo-specific teams access to LogoArchive’s extensive archive of logos we hope to continue in the publishing tradition of building cultural bridges and catalysing conversation around the cultural production of individual nations.
Graphic Design No. 14, 1964
Posted: Filed under: Graphic Design History, Texts Comments Off on Graphic Design No. 14, 1964Text by Richard Baird.
Graphic Design / グラフィックデザイン was a monthly Japanese magazine published by Diamond Publishing that explored graphic design and visual culture. This covered the latest in Japanese design and some of its history as well as international developments, competitions, exhibitions and new publications. As well as designer showcases, reviews and reportage. It is distinctive in its proportionality, 300mm × 260mm (which feels nearly square), and in its mix of papers. These includes semi-transparent substrates, over-print detail and dyed uncoated papers towards the back of the magazine. This is now available on the LogoArchive.Shop.
Hanji by Studio fnt
Posted: Filed under: Art and Design, Graphic Design Reviews | Tags: Art Direction, Brand Identity, Brand Identity Reviews, Branding, Branding Agency, Branding Blog, Branding News, Branding Reviews, Design Blog, Design For Print, Design Inspiration, Design News, Design Opinion, Design Reviews, Designed by Studio fnt, Graphic Design, Graphic Design Blog, Korean Design, Logo Design & Branding Blog, Logotypes, New Logo, Sans-serif Typography, The Best Brand Identities of 2020, The Best Design for Print 2020, The Very Best of 2020, The Very Best of BP&O, Typography, Visual Identity Design Blog, Wordmark Design Comments Off on Hanji by Studio fntText by Richard Baird.
Hanji is a new brand of traditional Korean papers from KCDF created to, not just inspire interest in both professionals and the general public nationally and internationally, but to also serve as a symbol of the craft inherent to the paper making workshops. And further, to promote the paper’s potential and excellence internationally. Hanji began as a basic paper, a material to contain writings and paintings, often finished with a final seal. This is where Studio fnt found their inspiration, recognising a commonality between these seals and the logos used today, both as gestures of “existence and intent”, as the studio neatly put it. That more than one seal belonged to a single individual, cast with unique meanings, provided them with the foundation for a visual identity system. Hanji thus became a person, with a series of imagined seals to unify the brand and tell its story.
