Richard Baird

BP&O Collections — Animated Logos

A continually updated collection of animated logos, flexible logos and dynamic logos and logotypes reviewed and published on BP&O. This selection features a variety of animation techniques in service of a concept that contributes to a distinctive brand identity. Featured studios include Bunch, Alphabetical, Bond and Bedow. This post was published as a quick way to browse through BP&O’s content and...

BP&O Collections — Business Cards No.2

The second collection of business cards reviewed and published on BP&O. These typically balance graphic design, material and print finish and often utilise colour, type, form and texture contrast to contribute to a distinctive brand identity. As with the first set, this selection features uncoated and coated papers, edge painted detail, surface embosses, foil finishes, dyed boards and triplex material processes as...

The Bone Line by Inhouse

The Bone Line is a New Zealand winery with a name that references the K—T Boundary, a thin band that runs close to The Bone Line’s location in the Waipara Valley, and that marks the end of the Mesozoic Era and the extinction of the dinosaurs. Auckland based graphic design studio Inhouse worked with the winery to establish a distinctive packaging and identity treatment. Like...

Merchants of Beverage by Manual

Merchants of Beverage is an online service that aims to make buying and gifting luxury items easy. Products include wines, spirits and Champagne’s, as well as hand-blown crystal stemware and professional barware. Each item has been handpicked and curated by a team of experts and sourced from a variety of international artisans. The service’s new brand identity, which included monogram, logotype,...

Sim Smith Gallery by Spin

Sim Smith is contemporary art gallery that specialises in the representation of emerging British artists. The gallery, having established relationships with curators and collectors, complements its exhibitions with artistic projects developed in collaboration with design studios, arts and cultural festivals, as well as charities, national institutions and global retail brands. The gallery’s brand identity, designed by Spin, takes the open white...

Coalition for Engaged Education by Blok

The Coalition for Engaged Education, formerly New Visions Foundation, is an LA based organisation, led by Dr Paul Cummins, that helps vulnerable children and young adults to realise their potential through an approach to education that respects and inspires them. CEE recently worked with design studio Blok to develop a new visual identity that would mark the organisation’s new national ambitions....

Interior Architecture Symposium by AKU

SISU was a symposium that took place in the summer of 2014 in the city of Tallinn. Organised by The Estonian Society of Interior Architects it was a place were recognised theoreticians and practitioners from Europe, Australia and Estonia met to discuss Dynamics of Theory and Practice within the field of interior architecture. The symposium’s identity, designed by AKU, leverages many...

PangPang Summer Beer by Snask

PangPang is a Stockholm based microbrewery that was established by oddball Fredrik Tunedal in 2011. Fredrik, only 23 at the time, tattooed PangPang across his knuckles to celebrate the founding of what he believes to be Sweden’s first microbrewery. These knuckles now form the basis of the brewery’s logotype. Swedish design studio Snask were commissioned to develop a strategy for PangPang’s 2014 summer series...

Awestruck Hard Cider by Buddy

Awestruck is a premium hard cider range from Gravity Ciders. It was created to offer America’s craft brew fanatics a refreshing alternative to beer. Awestruck is made from 100% fresh-pressed New York State apples and infused with unique flavours that reflect the company’s enthusiasm for experimentation. The range includes Lavender Hops, Hibiscus Ginger and Eastern Dry. Design studio Buddy were commissioned by Gravity...

Collective by Hey

Collective is a new Istanbul based agency that is described loosely by Hey, the design studio behind its brand identity, as producing content, communication and design work. Its has an ideology, like the name suggests, based around a collaborative approach, developing projects with an extended network of people with a variety of skills. Hey recently created an visual identity treatment for...

BP&O Collections — Business Cards No.1

A gallery of the most interesting business cards reviewed and published on BP&O. These typically and effectively balance graphic design, material and print finish and often utilise colour, type, form and texture contrast to contribute to a distinctive brand identity. This collection features uncoated and coated papers, edge painted detail, surface embosses, foil finishes, dyed boards, duplex and triplex material processes as well...

DF / Mexico by BuroCreative

DF / Mexico is the latest restaurant concept from the creators of Mexican market food experience Wahaca. Located on London’s Hanbury St. the restaurant combines an informal diner-style setting with Mexican fast-food and modern American influences. Its brand identity, a broad combination of print, signage, environmental graphics and website design by BuroCreative, is built around a simple mix of condensed type,...