Nota Bene by Blok, Canada
Posted: February 22, 2016 Filed under: Cafes, Bars and Restaurants, Graphic Design Reviews, Logo Reviews | Tags: Box Packaging, Brand Identity, Brand Identity Reviews, Branding, Branding Agency, Branding Blog, Branding Reviews, Canadian Design, Colour in Use: Pastels, Design For Print, Design News, Design Opinion, Design Reviews, Designed by Blok, Fonts In Use: Geometric Sans-serif, Fonts In Use: Simplon, From Toronto, Graphic Design, Graphic Design Blog, Logo Design & Branding Blog, Logo Design Inspiration, Logo Design Resource, Logo Designs, Logo Opinion, Logotypes, Monospaced Logotypes, Monospaced Typography, Neon Sign Design, Packaging Design, Paper and Card Packaging, Restaurant & Cafe Menu Designs, Restaurant Logos, Sans-serif Typography, The Best Brand Identities of 2016, The Best Graphic Design Work of 2016, The Very Best of 2016, The Very Best of BP&O, Type Foundry: Swiss Typefaces, Typography, Uncoated Papers & Cards 4 Comments »Opinion by Richard Baird.
Nota Bene is a restaurant, located on Toronto’s Queen Street West, with a menu made from locally-sourced and seasonal ingredients. It was opened by chef David Lee and business partners Yannick Bigourdan and Franco Prevedello in 2008, and was awarded “Best New Restaurant” by Toronto Life and enRoute Magazine soon after.
To coincide with the restaurant’s 2016 relaunch—which saw David Lee take sole ownership and the unveiling of a new menu and interior—Nota Bene worked with Canadian graphic design studio Blok to develop a new visual identity. This was inspired by David Lee’s approach to food and the restaurant’s new environment; a marriage of organic detail and contemporary materiality created by +tongtong, and runs across menus, stationery, business cards, postcards, coasters, packaging and website.
Thanda by Karoshi, United Kingdom
Posted: February 19, 2016 Filed under: Graphic Design Reviews, Home and Garden, Logo Reviews, Retail | Tags: Brand Identity, Brand Identity Reviews, Branding, Branding Agency, Branding Blog, Branding News, British Design, Brochure Design, Business Card Design, Coloured Paper, Custom Typefaces & Logotypes, Custom Typography, Design For Print, Design News, Design Opinion, Design Reviews, Designed by Karoshi, Designed in London, From the United Kingdom, Geometric Pattern, Homeware, Logo Design & Branding Blog, Logo Design Inspiration, Logo Design Resource, Logo Opinion, Minimal Logos, Responsive Websites, Retail Logos, Sans-serif Logotypes, Stationery Design, Swing Tag Design, The Best Brand Identities of 2016, Uncoated Papers & Cards, Visual Identity Design Blog Comments Off on Thanda by Karoshi, United KingdomOpinion by Richard Baird.
Thanda is a luxury home accessory business bringing high-end artisanal products crafted by people in South Africa to the UK market. It does this with the intention of helping to support local communities, promoting ecological awareness and proving that sustainability does not have to compromise aesthetic.
Thanda worked with London based graphic design studio Karoshi to articulate and express this positioning and the quality of its products through a new brand identity that would run across stationery, business cards, packaging, tags, promotional materials and website. This included bespoke patterns, custom typography and photography, and detailed product information online.
Richard Moran by Journal, United Kingdom
Posted: February 18, 2016 Filed under: Graphic Design Reviews, Logo Reviews, Photography | Tags: Brand Identity, Brand Identity Reviews, Branding, Branding Agency, Branding Blog, Branding News, British Design, Brochure Design, Colour in Use: Purple, Coloured Paper, Custom Typefaces & Logotypes, Custom Typography, Design For Print, Design News, Design Opinion, Design Reviews, Designed in Leeds, From the United Kingdom, Logo Design & Branding Blog, Logo Design Inspiration, Logo Design Resource, Logo Opinion, Logos for Photographers, Lookbook, Minimal Design, Minimal Logos, Sans-serif Logotypes, Stationery Design, The Best Brand Identities of 2016, Uncoated Papers & Cards, Visual Identity Design Blog, White Block Foil, White Ink Comments Off on Richard Moran by Journal, United KingdomOpinion by Richard Baird.
Richard Moran is a lifestyle and portrait photographer with over 25 years of experience. He has worked with international businesses such as GSK, Pizza Express and Grey Goose Vodka, and secured a reputation as a passionate, straight-talking professional with a meticulous attention to detail and a portfolio of high-quality and emotive work. With a desire to communicate this and with the intention of building on his success, Richard worked with Leeds based graphic design studio Journal to develop a new brand identity. This included portfolio, business cards and stationery, linked by a white and purple colour palette, plenty of material texture, custom logotype and high-quality print finish. Journal also designed and built a responsive website that gives Richard’s time-sensitive clients multiple ways to view his work.
