The Best Awards is an annual celebration of interactive, graphic, product and spacial design work from New Zealand and Australia, run by The Designer’s Institute. This year’s event will take place on Friday 6th October at Auckland’s Viaduct Events Centre where winning studios will be awarded a Gold Pin for best in category, a Supreme Pin for best in discipline or a Purple Pin for those considered to...
A continually updated collection of some of the best brand identity design work for retailers, reviewed and published on BP&O. This post features work by Two Times Elliott, BVD and Blok, and includes simple wordmark and stationery sets, and extends to those that included signage, packaging and brochures. Projects move between the reductive and eye-catching in form, type and colour,...
A continually updated collection of some of the best brand identity design work for property businesses, property recruitment specialists and property developments, reviewed and published on BP&O. This post features work by Studio South, Richards Partners and Studio Hi Ho, and includes simple wordmark and stationery sets, and those that included brochures, material packs and showroom design. Projects move between...
A continually updated collection of some of the best brand identity, packaging and graphic design work for furniture-related businesses, reviewed and published on BP&O. This post features work by Tsto, Ghost and Bedow, and covers freelance designers and studios, manufacturers and retailers, and moves between bespoke, batch and mass manufacturing of tables and chairs, lighting and tableware, modern utility and...
A collection of brand identity and packaging design projects published on BP&O that feature a distinctive material component, be that in external shape or internal structure, choice of substrate or print finish. This post includes work by Bibliothèque, Bedow and Mucho, and covers a variety of print finishes, material choices and production techniques. Although many of the featured projects could be described as being stylistically...
A continually updated collection of some of the best brand identity and packaging design work for luxury products and services, reviewed and published on BP&O. This post features work by Marx Design, UMA and Socio Design, and covers confectionery and cosmetic brands, fashion labels, apartments, resorts, and restaurants. These show how a strong concept and unusual structures can elevate the perception of...
A continually updated collection of some of the best brand identity, packaging and graphic design work for coffee shops, roasters and subscription services, reviewed and published on BP&O. This post features work by Bond, Triboro and Paul Belford Ltd, and covers packaging and coffee cups projects, and extends to broader brand identity programmes that include print communications, menus, signage and interior...
A continually updated collection of brand identity and packaging design projects that feature fonts created by New Zealand’s The Klim Type Foundry. Klim creates both custom fonts for clients and retail fonts for designers, and is a firm favourite of BP&O. The foundry’s fonts frequently feature on the site, with Domaine, Founders Grotesk and Calibre being regulars. These, as with all of...
A continually updated collection of brand books and digital guidelines that define the parameters of new brand identity programmes that have been reviewed and published on BP&O. These include single sheets, stitched and spiral bound books, ring binders, PDF’s and online tools, and move from the utilitarian to the cheerful, from the digital to the material, and from the thorough to the overview. Featured studios...
The fifteenth collection of business cards. Each is part of a broader brand identity programme, reviewed and published on BP&O. Between them, these highlight how colour, type, form, layout and contrast, as well as material choice and print finish, contribute to a distinctive and expressive brand identity. This set covers dyed papers, die cut detail and block foil print finishes. Featured studios include Tsto, Two Times...
A collection of some of the best brand identity, packaging and graphic design projects that effectively utilise pastel colours, reviewed and published on BP&O. This post features work by Studio fnt, Post and Socio Design, and covers simple logo and stationery projects, and extends to broader brand identity programmes that include packaging and a variety of print communications. Be sure...
A collection of some of the very best brand identity and packaging design projects, reviewed and published on BP&O, that effectively use black and white as a prominent component. This post features work by design studios Bond, Distil and DIA, and covers simple logo and stationery projects, and extends to broader brand identity programmes that include packaging and print communications....