Neighbourhood by Ahoy, United Kingdom
Posted: Filed under: Cafes, Bars and Restaurants, Fonts in Use, Graphic Design Reviews, Logo Reviews | Tags: Bar Logos and Brand Identities, Brand Identity, Brand Identity Reviews, Branding, Branding Agency, Branding Blog, Branding Reviews, British Design, Design For Print, Design News, Design Opinion, Design Reviews, Designed by Ahoy, Fonts in Use: Domaine, Fonts in Use: GT Pressura, Graphic Design, Graphic Design Blog, Logo Design & Branding Blog, Logo Design Inspiration, Logo Design Resource, Logo Designs, Logo Opinion, Logotypes, Restaurant & Cafe Menu Designs, Restaurant Logos, Serif Logotypes, Sign Design, The Best Brand Identities of 2016, The Best Graphic Design Work of 2016, The Best Logo Designs of 2016, Type Foundry: Grilli Type, Type Foundry: Klim Type Foundry, Typography Comments Off on Neighbourhood by Ahoy, United KingdomOpinion by Richard Baird.
Neighbourhood is a restaurant, bar and club, located in the centre of Manchester, with a vibrant and eclectic interior inspired by New York, Los Angeles and Las Vegas dining scenes. This is brought to life through the juxtaposition of bright neon signage and indoor foliage alongside the more classical qualities of copper fixtures and fittings, marble surfaces and velvet upholstered furniture. This contrast is also expressed throughout Neighbourhood’s brand identity, developed by Manchester and Liverpool-based studio Ahoy, in contrasting colour choice, type and pattern. This links business cards, packaging, menus and interior graphics, and coincided with an extensive refurbishment of the restaurant.
Paco Rabanne by Zak Group, United Kingdom
Posted: Filed under: Fashion, Graphic Design Reviews, Logo Reviews | Tags: Bag Design, Brand Book, Brand Guidelines, Brand Identity Reviews, Branding Agency, Branding Blog, Branding Reviews, British Design, Design For Print, Design Opinion, Design Reviews, Designed by Zak Group, Fashion Store, Fonts In Use: Geometric Sans-serif, From Europe, From the United Kingdom, Graphic Design, Graphic Design Blog, Logo Design & Branding Blog, Logo Design Inspiration, Logo Design Resource, Logo Designs, Logotypes, Minimal Design, Minimal Logos, Minimalist Brand Identities, Sans-serif Logotypes, The Best Brand Identities of 2016, The Best Graphic Design Work of 2016, The Very Best of 2016, Typography Comments Off on Paco Rabanne by Zak Group, United KingdomOpinion by Richard Baird.
Paco Rabanne is Spanish designer and French fashion label established in 1966 with a catalogue of ready-to-wear garments, shoes, fragrances and accessories. Rather than an interest in the past, Paco Rabanne, who originally trained as an architect, has created strong silhouettes from new materials, and often rejected the spirit and art of the time.
Paco Rabanne’s creative director Julien Dossena worked with the London-based design studio Zak Group to reinterpret and express the essence of the fashion label through a new visual identity system, which would coincide with the opening of the label’s first new shop in ten years. Zak Group revised logo and monogram, devised a custom typeface and took a new approach to show invitations, lookbooks and bags, campaigns, art direction and website.
This post was updated June 2017 with images of, and insight into, Paco Rabanne’s latest lookbook and show invitations, also designed by Zak Group.
Collected Coffee by Fivethousand Fingers, Canada
Posted: Filed under: Fonts in Use, Food and Drink, Graphic Design Reviews, Logo Reviews, Packaging Reviews | Tags: Best Packaging Designs, Brand Identity, Brand Identity Reviews, Branding, Branding Agency, Branding Blog, Branding Reviews, Canadian Design, Coffee Logos and Packaging Design, Colour in Use: Blue, Creative Packaging, Design For Print, Design News, Design Opinion, Design Reviews, Fonts in Use: Calluna, Graphic Design, Graphic Design Blog, Graphic Design Trends: Cobalt Blue, Logo Design & Branding Blog, Logo Design Inspiration, Logo Design Resource, Logo Designs, Logo Opinion, Logotypes, Monogram Design, Packaging Company, Packaging Design, Packaging Design Blog, Packaging Design Resource, Packaging News, Packaging Opinion, Spot Colours, The Best Packaging of 2016, Tote Bag Design, Typography Comments Off on Collected Coffee by Fivethousand Fingers, CanadaOpinion by Richard Baird.
Collected Coffee is a New York-based coffee subscription service committed to sourcing the world’s best coffee beans, prepared by speciality roasters. The service worked with Canadian design studio Fivethousand Fingers to develop a brand identity, which included logo, packaging, tote bag and web design, that would be perceived as intelligent, cultured and curious to a sophisticated coffee enthusiast. This was achieved through a contemporary gallery-like aesthetic of plenty of white space, still life photography and clear product insight, consistently expressed using Calluna, that builds on the curatorial nature of name and service.
