Center for the Study of Political Graphics by Blok
Posted: March 9, 2018 Filed under: Art and Design, Fonts in Use, Logo Reviews | Tags: Brand Identity, Brand Identity Reviews, Branding, Branding & Packaging of 2018, Branding Blog, Branding Reviews, Canadian Design, Design Blog, Design For Print, Design News, Design Opinion, Design Reviews, Designed by Blok, Fonts in Use: GT Walsheim, Fonts In Use: Simplon, Graphic Design, Graphic Design Blog, Logo Design & Branding Blog, Logo Design Inspiration, Logo Design Resource, Logo Designs, Logo Opinion, Logotypes, Sans-serif Typography, The Best Graphic Design Work of 2018, The Best Logo Designs of 2018, The Very Best Brand Identities of 2018, The Very Best of 2018, Typography, Wordmark Design Comments Off on Center for the Study of Political Graphics by BlokOpinion by Richard Baird.
The Center for the Study of Political Graphics (CSPG) explores the enduring power and immediacy of the political poster in the fight against inequality, their capacity to acknowledge and bring to light the injustices and atrocities of the world, and through their archival, keep alive the stories, voices and controversies that they have come to represent.
CSPG worked with Canadian studio Blok to develop a graphic identity that would honour the role the centre serves as a chronicler and catalyst, reflect its position as a participant in the fight for human rights, leave space to frame and connect the graphic and bring to light the diversity of their political poster archive.
Modern Recreation by Blok, Canada
Posted: December 1, 2017 Filed under: Food and Drink, Logo Reviews | Tags: Brand Identity Reviews, Branding & Packaging of 2017, Branding Blog, Branding Reviews, Canadian Design, Coffee Logos and Packaging Design, Colour in Branding and Packaging, Copy Opinion by Seth Rowden, Creative Packaging, Design Blog, Design For Print, Design Opinion, Design Reviews, Designed by Blok, Graphic Design, Graphic Design Blog, Logo Design & Branding Blog, Packaging Design, Packaging Design Blog, Packaging Design Resource, Packaging News, Pastel Colours, Sans-serif Typography, The Very Best Brand Identities of 2017, The Very Best of 2017, The Very Best of BP&O, The Very Best Packaging of 2017, Typography 3 Comments »Opinion by Richard Baird & Seth Rowden
Modern Recreation (ModRec) is an international coffee subscription service that offers its subscribers an ever-changing selection of the very best in micro-roast coffees sourced from around the world. ModRec takes pride in its positioning; the rejection of artifice, pretence and mass culture in favour of what it says is a realness, spontaneity and individuality. This attitude, and the unique character of ModRec’s coffee collections, is expressed throughout its graphic identity; in the remixing of colour, type and form, and alongside intimate imagery and in the individual and straight talking tone of voice used online. This was developed by Canadian design studio Blok with the result being a cheerful blend of the modern and personable, variety and discovery.
Hands On: Rain, Gravity, Heat, Cold by Blok, Canada
Posted: September 5, 2017 Filed under: Architecture and The Built Environment, Graphic Design Reviews, Hands On | Tags: Book & Magazine Cover Design, Book & Magazine Design, Branding & Packaging of 2017, Canadian Design, Coloured Paper, Design Blog, Design For Print, Design Reviews, Design Reviews: Editorial Design, Designed by Blok, Editorial Design, French Fold, From Toronto, Graphic Design, Graphic Design Blog, The Best Graphic Design Work of 2017, The Very Best of 2017 Comments Off on Hands On: Rain, Gravity, Heat, Cold by Blok, CanadaOpinion by Richard Baird.
Superkül is a Canadian architecture studio with a diverse portfolio of understated boldness, subtlety and spacial richness, rooted in a process that intends to find the essence of each project and remain true to this throughout design and development. To celebrate the studio’s first ten years Superkül worked with Blok to create Rain, Gravity, Heat, Cold, a book that would serve as a collection of work and as a tool to articulate the firm’s unique philosophy and design approach. This was an exercise in discovery and positioning which then was expressed materially through paper transition, finishes and printing techniques.
In the first of an on-going series, BP&O takes a hands on look at Rain, Gravity, Heat, Cold. This follows, and intends to augment, the initial impressions given by Blok’s press release and promotional images, as reviewed in BP&O’s first article which can be read here.
