Richard Baird
The Adventurous Blends of William Whistle by Horse
The Adventurous Blends 0f William Whistle is a small tea and coffee merchant crafting exotic flavoured teas, coffees and tisane from the highest quality ingredients sourced from across the world using an approach that is described as bringing together the very best discoveries of the past with the expertise of the present. This philosophy, as well as the merchant’s well-travelled and eccentric English nature, informed...
Korshags by Kurppa Hosk
Korshags is a family-owned seafood company located in Falkenberg on the Swedish west coast. Previously named Falkenbergs Lax (Falkenberg’s Salmon), Korshags has grown from a small local company specialising in smoked salmon, into an international player with a variety of products. With this in mind the company commissioned Stockholm-based Kurppa Hosk to establish a new name and brand identity that would better position...
Ninjaplast by Kurppa Hosk
Ninjaplast is a Swedish plastic food wrap product with a unique packaging solution that addresses the difficulties often associated with cutting similar products effectively from a roll. Rather than a serrated card bar, Ninjaplast comes with a built-in and safe to use cutting blade that makes wrapping food a “fumble free” experience. The close relationship between product and packaging is enhanced by,...
Ascui & Co. Architects by Grosz Co. Lab
Ascui & Co. Architects is an Melbourne-based studio with a rich history, depth of experience and a vision they describe as being a true perspective rather than one founded on intuition. Their projects are considered smart and environmentally sustainable, unexpected yet grounded by purpose, and range from residential additions to multimillion-dollar commercial developments. Anchored in the concept of Process & Possibility — a maxim that refers...
The Best of BP&O — Business Cards No.5
The fifth collection of business cards reviewed and published on BP&O. Between them, these highlight how colour, type, form and texture contrast, delivered through a combination of graphic design, material choice and print finish, can contribute to a distinctive and communicative brand identity. As with earlier sets, this selection includes uncoated and coated papers, edge painted detail, surface embosses, foils and a variety...
Café Royal by Pentagram
Once recognised as having the greatest wine cellar in the world and understood to have introduced French gourmet food to London, Café Royal, located on Regent Street, has been described as being the place for the avante garde to meet and dine for over a century. This year, to coincide with its reopening and reposition as a luxury five-star hotel...
Neat Confections by Anagrama
Neat Confections is a San Pedro-based pastry shop creating handmade biscuits and cakes using organic spices and fruits, are absent decoration and specifically developed as a wine or tea accompaniment. Neat Confectionery’s brand identity and packaging solution, designed by Anagrama, draws its inspiration from the theme of perfection and craft, which is then visualised through what the studio describe as a “pureness” of their...
PizzaLuxe by The Touch Agency
PizzaLuxe began in 2011 as a single restaurant located on London’s Brick Lane hand making good-value, freshly baked pizzas using locally sourced, ‘deluxe’ ingredients. To coincide with an expansion into the Stratford’s Westfield Centre, the brand approached Edinburgh-based design studio The Touch Agency in 2013 to develop a new visual identity that would communicate their core values within a more ‘polished’ environment. In 2014, The Touch Agency continued...
Streat Helsinki by Kokoro & Moi
Streat Helsinki is a festival that looks to explore and question what street food can and should be. It began this year with three events — a series of talks, opportunities to eat and time to party — held at different venues across the city. Eats, the largest of the three, was held in the Tori Quarters and included 40 food...
The Counter Press by The Counter Press
The Counter Press is a letterpress studio and workshop located in an old chocolate factory in the East End of London. They work exclusively with hand set wood and hot metal type on antique presses to create contemporary typographic design, artwork and limited edition prints. While taking on small outside projects, founders David Marshall and Elizabeth Ellis are keen to stress they are not...
The Best of BP&O — Architecture
A collection of the best brand identity and graphic design projects reviewed and published on BP&O for architecture, architectural lighting and interior architecture businesses and related exhibitions. This post covers logo, stationery and business card creation, books, portfolios, websites, and the occasional wayfinding and signage system. By balancing graphic design, material choice and print finish, utilising colour, type, form and...
Attention: Craft by Snask
Attention: Craft was an exhibition of innovative and experimental art created by eleven leading Swedish and Norwegian artists, and part of an annual programme run by and held at Stockholm’s Liljevalchs, the first independent public museum for contemporary art in Sweden. The exhibition took place between June and September this year and featured artists such as Karin Bengtson, Linus Ersson and Hanne Friis....