Linden Staub by Bibliothèque, United Kingdom
Posted: Filed under: Fashion, Fonts in Use, Graphic Design Reviews, Logo Reviews | Tags: Bag Design, Brand Identity Reviews, Branding Agency, Branding Blog, Branding Reviews, British Design, Colorplan Embossed Paper, Colorplan Papers and Boards, Design For Print, Design Opinion, Design Reviews, Designed by Bibliothèque, Faces, Fonts in Use: Maison, Fonts in Use: Noe, From Europe, From the United Kingdom, G.F Smith Papers & Boards, Gold Foil, Graphic Design, Graphic Design Blog, Logo Design & Branding Blog, Logo Design Inspiration, Logo Design Resource, Logo Design Trends: Clever Logos, Logo Designs, Logotypes, Minimal Design, Minimal Logos, Minimalist Brand Identities, Sans-serif Logotypes, The Best Brand Identities of 2016, The Best Graphic Design Work of 2016, The Very Best of 2016, Tote Bag Design, Type Foundry: Milieu Grotesque, Typography Comments Off on Linden Staub by Bibliothèque, United KingdomOpinion by Richard Baird.
Linden Stuab is a UK-based model agency challenging industry conventions with their mantra ‘Empowering Women’, and by acting as a mother agency to all of their models. The name Linden Staub, derived from the maiden names of the two founding partner’s mothers, is an expression of this, and alongside the agency’s strong human-focus, was the basis for their new brand identity, created by graphic design studio Bibliothèque. This links a variety of collateral, from stationery and business cards to model cards, tote bags and a new digital platform that takes a journal-like approach to content.
Paco Rabanne by Zak Group, United Kingdom
Posted: Filed under: Fashion, Graphic Design Reviews, Logo Reviews | Tags: Bag Design, Brand Book, Brand Guidelines, Brand Identity Reviews, Branding Agency, Branding Blog, Branding Reviews, British Design, Design For Print, Design Opinion, Design Reviews, Designed by Zak Group, Fashion Store, Fonts In Use: Geometric Sans-serif, From Europe, From the United Kingdom, Graphic Design, Graphic Design Blog, Logo Design & Branding Blog, Logo Design Inspiration, Logo Design Resource, Logo Designs, Logotypes, Minimal Design, Minimal Logos, Minimalist Brand Identities, Sans-serif Logotypes, The Best Brand Identities of 2016, The Best Graphic Design Work of 2016, The Very Best of 2016, Typography Comments Off on Paco Rabanne by Zak Group, United KingdomOpinion by Richard Baird.
Paco Rabanne is Spanish designer and French fashion label established in 1966 with a catalogue of ready-to-wear garments, shoes, fragrances and accessories. Rather than an interest in the past, Paco Rabanne, who originally trained as an architect, has created strong silhouettes from new materials, and often rejected the spirit and art of the time.
Paco Rabanne’s creative director Julien Dossena worked with the London-based design studio Zak Group to reinterpret and express the essence of the fashion label through a new visual identity system, which would coincide with the opening of the label’s first new shop in ten years. Zak Group revised logo and monogram, devised a custom typeface and took a new approach to show invitations, lookbooks and bags, campaigns, art direction and website.
This post was updated June 2017 with images of, and insight into, Paco Rabanne’s latest lookbook and show invitations, also designed by Zak Group.
Altaskifer by Neue, Norway
Posted: Filed under: Architecture and The Built Environment, Graphic Design Reviews, Logo Reviews | Tags: Animated Logos, Bag Design, Brand Identity Reviews, Branding Agency, Branding Blog, Branding Reviews, Colour in Use: Green, Design For Print, Design Opinion, Design Reviews, Designed by Neue, Designed in Oslo, Fluorescent Ink, Fonts in Use: Brown, Fonts In Use: Geometric Sans-serif, Fonts in Use: GT Sectra, From Scandinavia, Graphic Design, Graphic Design Blog, Logo Design & Branding Blog, Logo Design Inspiration, Logo Design Resource, Logo Designs, Logotypes, Minimal Design, Minimal Logos, Minimalist Brand Identities, Norwegian Design, Sans-serif Logotypes, Spot Colours, The Best Brand Identities of 2016, The Best Graphic Design Work of 2016, Tote Bag Design, Type Foundry: Grilli Type, Type Foundry: Lineto, Typography, Uncoated Papers & Cards Comments Off on Altaskifer by Neue, NorwayOpinion by Richard Baird.
Alta Quartzite is a natural building material quarried from the mountains of Norway’s Alta region with a unique green/grey colour, fine texture and hard wearing non-slip properties. These make it a good choice for both interior and exterior applications, from roofing, paving and staircases, to roads and walkways. Although it is material with a long history of use it is being utilised in increasingly more innovative ways, and on an international scale.
Working on the mountainside of Peska, Norwegian company Altaskifer mines Alta Quartzite using traditional methods, and is a joint sales and marketing company for the entire slate industry in the Alta region.
Altaskifer worked with Scandinavian graphic design studio Neue to develop a brand identity that would run across a variety of touch points. These are now linked by the concept of “rough beauty” and the history of the material, from the hard manual labour and functional focus of the past, to today’s modern design and crafted contexts. This is visualised through a bright but simple colour palette, typographical contrast and the meeting of organic and geometric form across business cards, tote bags, brochure and soon to launch website.
