Enter Arkitektur by Lundgren+Lindqvist
Posted: April 24, 2018 Filed under: Architecture and The Built Environment, Fonts in Use, Logo Reviews | Tags: Architecture Logos, Blind Emboss, Brand Guidelines, Brand Identity, Brand Identity Reviews, Branding, Branding & Packaging of 2018, Branding Blog, Branding Reviews, Business Card Design, Design Blog, Design For Print, Design News, Design Opinion, Design Reviews, Designed by Lundgren+Lindqvist, Fabric Covers, Form Language, From Scandinavia, Graphic Design, Graphic Design Blog, Illustration, Logo Design & Branding Blog, Logo Design Inspiration, Logo Design Resource, Logo Designs, Logo Opinion, Logotypes, Sans-serif Typography, Stationery Design, Swedish Design, The Best Business Cards of 2018, 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, Uncoated Papers & Cards, Wordmark Design Comments Off on Enter Arkitektur by Lundgren+LindqvistOpinion by Richard Baird
Enter Arkitektur is a Swedish two-office architectural practice located in the cities of Jönköping and Gothenburg. It has a rich history that goes back to the 1950’s and a portfolio that moves between residential housing and commercial building projects.
In response to restructuring and expansion, the practice worked with Lundgren+Lindqvist to develop a graphic identity that would better represent their legacy, contemporary structures and forward outlook. This builds out the arrow of their original identity—maintaining some form of continuity—into a more distinctive and immediate architectural motif, pairing this with type, introducing a broader colour palette and creating a new online platform to showcase Enter Arkitektur’s work.
To mark the launch of their new graphic identity, Lundgren+Lindqvist developed a range of gifts. These included illustrative A5 postcards, gift wrap to coincide with Christmas, knitted scarves, silkscreened tote bags and hand-bound notebooks alongside more formal documents and assets such as brand guidelines, stationery set, business cards and website.
The East Cut by Collins
Posted: April 20, 2018 Filed under: Architecture and The Built Environment, Fonts in Use, Logo Reviews | Tags: American Design, Brand Identity, Brand Identity Reviews, Branding, Branding & Packaging of 2018, Branding Blog, Branding Reviews, Brochure Design, Business Card Design, Design Blog, Design For Print, Design News, Design Opinion, Design Reviews, Designed by Collins, Form Language, Graphic Design, Graphic Design Blog, Hoarding Design, Logo Design & Branding Blog, Logo Design Inspiration, Logo Design Resource, Logo Designs, Logo Opinion, Logotypes, Place Branding, Sans-serif Typography, The Best Business Cards of 2018, 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 Comments Off on The East Cut by CollinsOpinion by Richard Baird
The East Cut unifies the three distinct downtown San Francisco areas of Transbay, Folsom and Rincon Hill into a single and modern metropolitan community. It is a unique an area, now recognised by Google Maps, that contains the newest and largest building in the city but also those that are the oldest and historically rich. Collins worked to develop a name and graphic identity for this new neighbourhood that would resolve and express its historical context, its reinvigoration and modern outlook. This links a variety of print and digital communications. These included posters, business cards, hoardings, signage and website.
Helsinki by Werklig
Posted: April 19, 2018 Filed under: Leisure and Tourism, Logo Reviews | Tags: Brand Identity, Brand Identity Reviews, Branding, Branding & Packaging of 2018, Branding Blog, Branding Reviews, Brochure Design, Business Card Design, Colour Language, Custom Typefaces & Logotypes, Custom Typography, Design Blog, Design For Print, Design News, Design Opinion, Design Reviews, Designed by Werklig, Finnish Design, Form Language, From Scandinavia, Graphic Design, Graphic Design Blog, Logo Design & Branding Blog, Logo Design Inspiration, Logo Design Resource, Logo Designs, Logo Opinion, Logotypes, Place Branding, Sans-serif Typography, The Best Business Cards of 2018, The Best Custom Logotypes, 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 Helsinki by WerkligOpinion by Richard Baird
In August 2017 Scandinavian design studio Werklig was commissioned to develop the graphic identity for the Finnish city of Helsinki, a capital with an urban region of roughly 1.4 million inhabitants and 751,000 jobs. The challenge was to resolve a disparate and fragmented visual system that represented a broad range of public services, departments and development projects that were helping and informing a diverse group of people. These included locals, national and international visitors, those looking to make their home in Helsinki or seeking asylum. Although each entity had its own logo, these were often tenuously linked by the city’s coat of arms. This served as the beginnings of a new and integrated identity program.
