Background Bars provides bar, bar staff and equipment hire, pop-up and permanent bar design services, seasonal cocktail creation, bar management for corporate occasions, festivals, weddings and private parties, and income and report analysis. Alongside these, Background Bars also functions as a creative agency, helping brands to deliver compelling live events. Its visual identity, inspired by the name and which included website,...
Marbella Club is a hotel, spa and golf resort located in the Spanish coastal city of Marbella, on the shores of the Mediterranean sea. Built as the private residence of Prince Alfonso of Hohenlohe-Langenburg, and converted by the prince into an exclusive, private hotel and retreat in 1957, Marbella Club has a significant heritage, one that has played host to royalty,...
Mona De Castellarnau is a US based luxury lifestyle brand that creates and retails a unique collection of crafted and meaningful objects that are said to reflect timeless beauty, simplicity and authenticity. Objects include home furnishings, accessories, bags and throws. Each are designed with an appreciation for tradition and provenance, an understanding of artisanal disciplines, and utilise simple forms, prints, patterns and...
Junction is a bar and restaurant situated within the tourist district of the Australian twin-towns of Moama and Echuca, both of which have histories that began in the middle of the 19th century and grew to share a border along the Murray River. Originally a wooden tavern built by James Maiden in 1840, and named the Junction Inn – a reflection of...
Drawing on his extensive experience as a successful CEO, one that spans 20 years in the corporate, private and public sectors of New Zealand and Australia, Bryan Pearson has developed a niche business that provides strategic leadership and support to CEOs. His brand identity, created by design and advertising studio Strategy, is informed by the personal skills and experience that defines his business, and...
Estampaciones Fuerte is a Spanish cold metal stamping and pressing business with over forty years experience producing a variety of components for the automotive, domestic appliance and construction industries, as well as providing welding, finishing, threading and set assembling services. This year Hey worked with Estampaciones Fuerte to develop a new contemporary brand identity that would better reflect their industrial experience and professionalism....
Huckle & Goose is an online food service that delivers weekly seasonal recipes to subscribers with the intention of making it simple and easy for the conscientious home cook to plan meals according to what’s in season at the local farmers’ market. Colorado-based Cast Iron Design were appointed to bring Huckle & Goose to life, developing a brand identity which included a...
Rendez-vous des créateurs 2014 was an event that took place in September at experimental meeting, performance and exhibit space Flux Laboratory in the Swiss town of Carouge. The exhibition was an opportunity for those servicing the graphic design chain to show off finishes, materials and techniques under the title “onomatopoeia of printing”. Participants included silk screen printer Atelier Fuerm, binder Bubu, hot stamper...
Taidehalli is an art gallery, also know as Helsinki Kunsthalle, with a significant 86-year history. It is set within the walls of a distinctive building created by Jarl Eklund and Hilding Ekelund, and during its lengthy residency has secured its place as a key space within Finland for the exhibition of contemporary artworks. Taidehalli’s new brand identity, recently redesigned by Helsinki and New York based design...
Dadadum is a Swiss contemporary furniture brand created out of respect for and in homage to the functionality, technical expertise and minimalism associated with Swiss design, and that strives to bring out the beauty of each raw material. The brand draws on the ‘talents of local designers who have made an international name for themselves and whose specifications are to re-establish the notion of Gute...
Aura is a new range of high end products from door sealing system manufacturer and specialist Lorient. These include drop seals, perimeter seals, door bottom seals, threshold plates and ramps designed with a distinctive curved profile that is described by Lorient as creating a sophisticated visual aesthetic that also spreads and diffuses sound. Design studio Believe In recently worked with Lorient to develop a brand identity for...
Design studio Bunch worked with Rush Talent, a London based public relations company, to develop a visual identity, this included monogram, logotype and stationery design. Rush Talent describes itself as at forefront of the factual and lifestyle television scene and represents emerging UK broadcasters working within the fields of fashion history, sports, science, architecture, food and art, and includes the likes of Amber...