Posted: | Author: Richard Baird | Filed under: Cafes, Bars and Restaurants, Fonts in Use, Graphic Design Reviews, Logo Reviews | Tags: Brand Identity Reviews, Branding & Interior Design, Branding & Packaging of 2017, Branding Blog, Branding Reviews, Coffee Logos and Packaging Design, Coffee Shop Branding, Design Blog, Design For Print, Design Opinion, Design Reviews, Designed by Bond, Designed in Helsinki, Finnish Design, From Europe, From Scandinavia, Graphic Design, Graphic Design Blog, Logo Design & Branding Blog, Menu Boards, Patterns, The Best Custom Logotypes, The Best Graphic Design Work of 2017, The Very Best Brand Identities of 2017, The Very Best of 2017, The Very Best of BP&O, Typography, Unbleached Materials | Opinion by Richard Baird.
Paulig Kulma is distinctive space, located in the heart of Helsinki, developed by Paulig, the leading coffee brand in the Nordics. It combines a coffee shop, roastery and barista institute, and intends to appeal to a broad customer group, and accommodate a variety use cases throughout the day.
Paulig Kulma serves multiple functions. From the inviting and flexible space of the coffee shop, to the industry and craft of the roastery, and the creativity and process taught at the barista institute. Although these exist within separate areas, interior design and brand identity, created by Scandinavian design studio Bond, brings these together as a continuous, integrated and rich brand experience, in print across business cards, coffee packaging and labelling, as interior graphics, menu boards and lighting, and in the choice of furnishings, fixtures and fittings.
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Posted: | Author: Richard Baird | Filed under: Cafes, Bars and Restaurants, Graphic Design Reviews, Logo Reviews | Tags: Bag Design, Brand Identity Reviews, Branding & Packaging of 2017, Branding Blog, Branding Reviews, Coffee Logos and Packaging Design, Coffee Shop Branding, Custom Typefaces & Logotypes, Custom Typography, Design For Print, Design Opinion, Design Reviews, Designed by Bond, Designed in Helsinki, Finnish Design, From Scandinavia, Graphic Design, Graphic Design Blog, Illustration, Logo Design & Branding Blog, Logos, Menu Boards, Patterns, Sans-serif Typography, Sign Design, Stickers, The Best Custom Logotypes, The Very Best Brand Identities of 2017, The Very Best of 2017, The Very Best of BP&O, Typography, Unbleached Materials | Opinion by Richard Baird.
Well Coffee is a new vegetarian café in the centre of the Finnish capital of Helsinki. It has a distinctive interior of steel frames and wood surfaces, exposed concrete walls, drilled and CNC cut panels of circles, large menu board, marine lamps and potted plants. These blend the current and utilitarian with the more welcoming. Scandinavian graphic design studio Bond worked with the café on brand identity. This included illustration and custom typography, implemented as signage, across packaging and throughout website. These are linked by wave-like elements, inspired by the symbol associated with the cafe’s location in Kaivopiha, and recurring circular detail that makes a connection with interior design.
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Posted: | Author: Richard Baird | Filed under: Architecture and The Built Environment, Fonts in Use, Graphic Design Reviews, Logo Reviews | Tags: Architecture Logos, Black Block Foil, Brand Identity, Brand Identity Reviews, Branding, Branding & Packaging of 2017, Branding Blog, Branding Reviews, British Design, Design For Print, Design News, Design Opinion, Design Reviews, Designed by Bond, Fedrigoni Papers & Boards, G.F Smith Papers & Boards, Graphic Design, Graphic Design Blog, Logo Design & Branding Blog, Logo Design Inspiration, Logo Design Resource, Logo Designs, Logo Opinion, Logotypes, Minimal Design, Minimal Logos, Minimalist Brand Identities, Modernist Brand Identities, Sans-serif Typography, Stencil Cut Logotypes, Typography, Uncoated Papers & Cards, Wordmark Design | Opinion by Richard Baird.
Heritage: A User’s Manual was an exhibition at Southbank Centre’s Archive Studio—a temporary space located within the foyer of the Royal Festival Hall—that took place between the 24th November – 13th December 2016. The exhibition was curated by MA Culture, Criticism and Curation students from London art school Central Saint Martins and “was founded on the belief that the heritage of a building is characterised by the ever-changing contributions of its community.”
The London office of international graphic design studio Bond worked to develop a visual identity for the exhibition that would create a unifying visual story for the different eras it covered. Drawing on the archival material and architectural components that were the basis of the exhibition, Bond created an typographical visual identity, based around MuirMcNeil’s Cut, that is utilitarian, structural and of two different historical periods in its stencil cut qualities and lettershapes. This, alongside bright colour, warm greys and material quality, links programme, information packs and single sheets.
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