St. ERHARD by Bedow, Sweden
Posted: January 24, 2018 Filed under: Food and Drink, Packaging Reviews | Tags: Alcohol Packaging, Amber Glass and Plastic Packaging, Best Packaging Designs, Blue Block Foil, Bottle Label Design, Branding & Packaging of 2018, Coaster Design & Beer Mats, Craft Beer Packaging, Craft Brewery Packaging, Designed by Bedow, Drinks Packaging, Foil Blocking, From Scandinavia, Green Block Foil, Lettering, Modernist Brand Identities, Packaging Design, Packaging Design Resource, Packaging Opinion, Red Block Foil, Silver Block Foil, Swedish Design, The Best Graphic Design Work of 2018, The Very Best Packaging of 2018, Type Play Comments Off on St. ERHARD by Bedow, SwedenOpinion by Richard Baird
With a desire to stand out, and in response to the extensive saturation of heritage-related visual cues throughout the German beer market, brewery St. ERHARD worked outside of the country with Swedish studio Bedow to develop a modern graphic identity for three of its brews. Farmer, Mayflower and Saison are premium beers, each of which are crafted, brewed and bottled by St. Erhard in the Bamberg area of Northern Bavaria.
Bedow’s work is characterised by a strong use of contrast, a graphic simplicity and immediacy. This can be seen in the meeting of curvy traditional structure and rectilinear labelling, in the mix of black ink, white substrate and colourful foiling, in the reductive typographical form of the range and the more conventional logotype of St. ERHARD, and finally, the systematic nature of the collection yet the irregularity and playful character of each label.
Earls.67 by Glasfurd & Walker, Canada
Posted: November 22, 2016 Filed under: Cafes, Bars and Restaurants, Graphic Design Reviews, Logo Reviews | Tags: Bar Logos and Brand Identities, Blue Block Foil, Brand Identity, Brand Identity Reviews, Branding, Branding Agency, Branding Blog, Branding Reviews, Cafe Logos, Canadian Design, Colour in Use: Blue, Design For Print, Design News, Design Opinion, Design Reviews, Designed by Glasfurd & Walker, Designed in Vancouver, Graphic Design, Graphic Design Blog, Lettering, Logo Design & Branding Blog, Logo Design Inspiration, Logo Design Resource, Logo Designs, Logo Opinion, Logotypes, Restaurant & Cafe Menu Designs, Restaurant Logos, Sans-serif Typography, Typography 4 Comments »Opinion by Richard Baird.
Earls is a family-owned premium but casual restaurant chain with 66 locations throughout Canada and the United States and a thirty year history. The hospitality sector has seen a lot of change in this time. It continues to be highly competitive and often demands innovation and adaptability to remain relevant. With this in mind, Earls commissioned Canadian graphic design studio Glasfurd & Walker and interior design studio Ste Marie to reimagine the Earls brand as a one-off canteen and bar. Earls.67 is the result of this collaboration.
Earls.67 is a prototype, located at Bankers Hall in downtown Calgary, developed to test collaborations and new ideas. It is inspired by Earls 30 year history of burgers and bustling bars, food with an international twist, experimentation, energy and a focus on customer service. This is reflected in its menu, interior design and throughout a brand identity design that draws on Earls’ heritage and, in the words of Glasfurd & Walker, refocuses this through a contemporary lens. Brand identity runs across a variety of assets, these include, but are not limited to, logo and logotype, menus, interior graphics, business cards, wallpaper, gift cards, growlers and napkins.
Assembly by Blast, United Kingdom
Posted: February 15, 2016 Filed under: Graphic Design Reviews, Logo Reviews, Property | Tags: Black Paper, Blue Block Foil, Brand Identity Reviews, Branding, Branding Agency, Branding Blog, Branding Reviews, British Design, Brochure Design, Business Card Design, Catalogue Design, Coloured Paper, Corporate Identity Design, Custom Typefaces & Logotypes, Custom Typography, Design For Print, Design News, Design Opinion, Design Reviews, Designed by Blast, Estate Agent, Foil Blocking, Fonts in Use: Brown, Fonts in Use: Freight, Fonts In Use: Geometric Sans-serif, From Europe, From the United Kingdom, Graphic Design, Graphic Design Blog, Logo Design & Branding Blog, Logo Design Trends: Clever Logos, Logotypes, Responsive Websites, Sans-serif Typography, Stencil Cut Logotypes, The Best Brand Identities of 2016, The Best Graphic Design Work of 2016, The Best Logo Designs of 2016, Typography, Uncoated Papers & Cards, White Block Foil, White Ink 1 Comment »Opinion by Richard Baird.
Assembly is a new 250,000 sq ft. development project managed by Axa Real Estate, located in London’s Hammersmith, and comprised of 4 office buildings, 3 public squares, bars, restaurants and estate wide amenities. As a business hub the development is strategically positioned between Central London and Heathrow, with easy access to the Underground, road and river networks.
Working with Axa Real Estate, Bell Hammer, CBRE and Knight Frank, graphic design studio Blast, alongside naming, developed a cohesive visual identity system for the entire estate, its offices, retail spaces and public facilities with the intention of creating a sense of place. This was achieved through a stencil cut typographical direction that extends across brochures for the site but also individual buildings, as well as marketing campaign, film and responsive website.
