The Playlist Co. by Blok, Canada
Posted: Filed under: Graphic Design Reviews, Logo Reviews, Music | Tags: Blind Emboss, Brand Identity Reviews, Branding Agency, Branding Blog, Branding Reviews, Business Card Design, Canadian Design, Colour in Use: Green, Colour in Use: Pastels, Coloured Paper, Design For Print, Design Opinion, Design Reviews, Designed by Blok, Fonts In Use: Geometric Sans-serif, Fonts in Use: Montserrat, From Toronto, 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, Spot Colours, Stickers, The Best Brand Identities of 2016, The Best Graphic Design Work of 2016, Typography, Uncoated Papers & Cards Comments Off on The Playlist Co. by Blok, CanadaOpinion by Richard Baird.
The Playlist Co. is a Canadian business providing music management and consulting services, AV construction, live music and playlists for a wide range of spaces and events, nationally and internationally. They are renowned for their encyclopaedic knowledge of music, and have collaborated with a some of Canada’s top hospitality brands, as well as local bars such as Buca, Canoe and Bar Raval.
The Playlist Co. worked with Toronto based graphic design studio Blok to develop a new brand identity that would work across a variety of touch points. These included business cards, posters, stickers and a soon to launch website, linked by a concept described by Blok as having a musicality that mimics the company’s highly curated playlists.
This concept manifests itself subtly in the typesetting of the wordmark and in the blocks of spot colour, inspired by jazz and soul album covers of the past. These blocks are given subtle shifts in tonality and hue as a way to express the power of music, and its ability to transform space and influence emotion.
Altaskifer by Neue, Norway
Posted: Filed under: Architecture and The Built Environment, Graphic Design Reviews, Logo Reviews | Tags: Animated Logos, Bag Design, Brand Identity Reviews, Branding Agency, Branding Blog, Branding Reviews, Colour in Use: Green, Design For Print, Design Opinion, Design Reviews, Designed by Neue, Designed in Oslo, Fluorescent Ink, Fonts in Use: Brown, Fonts In Use: Geometric Sans-serif, Fonts in Use: GT Sectra, From Scandinavia, 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, Norwegian Design, Sans-serif Logotypes, Spot Colours, The Best Brand Identities of 2016, The Best Graphic Design Work of 2016, Tote Bag Design, Type Foundry: Grilli Type, Type Foundry: Lineto, Typography, Uncoated Papers & Cards Comments Off on Altaskifer by Neue, NorwayOpinion by Richard Baird.
Alta Quartzite is a natural building material quarried from the mountains of Norway’s Alta region with a unique green/grey colour, fine texture and hard wearing non-slip properties. These make it a good choice for both interior and exterior applications, from roofing, paving and staircases, to roads and walkways. Although it is material with a long history of use it is being utilised in increasingly more innovative ways, and on an international scale.
Working on the mountainside of Peska, Norwegian company Altaskifer mines Alta Quartzite using traditional methods, and is a joint sales and marketing company for the entire slate industry in the Alta region.
Altaskifer worked with Scandinavian graphic design studio Neue to develop a brand identity that would run across a variety of touch points. These are now linked by the concept of “rough beauty” and the history of the material, from the hard manual labour and functional focus of the past, to today’s modern design and crafted contexts. This is visualised through a bright but simple colour palette, typographical contrast and the meeting of organic and geometric form across business cards, tote bags, brochure and soon to launch website.
Wadha by Two Times Elliott, United Kingdom
Posted: Filed under: Fashion, Graphic Design Reviews, Logo Reviews | Tags: Bag Design, Brand Identity Reviews, Branding Agency, Branding Blog, Branding Reviews, British Design, Coloured Paper, Design For Print, Design Opinion, Design Reviews, Designed by Two Times Elliott, Fonts in Use: Calibre, 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, Material Thinking, Minimal Design, Minimal Logos, Minimalist Brand Identities, Sans-serif Logotypes, Swing Tag Design, The Best Brand Identities of 2016, The Best Graphic Design Work of 2016, The Very Best of 2016, Type Foundry: Klim Type Foundry, Typography, Uncoated Papers & Cards, White Block Foil, White Ink Comments Off on Wadha by Two Times Elliott, United KingdomOpinion by Richard Baird.
Wadha is a Islamic fashion brand for women, established in 2010 in the city of Doha, Qatar, by Wadha Al Hajri. Garments by Wadha are characterised by unique fabrics and cuts, contemporary, clean and slightly irregular shapes, and single colour. This aesthetic is reflected throughout Wadha’s brand identity, designed by British graphic design studio Two Times Elliott, not only in typographic form and a solid colour palette but also in material choice, print finish and structure. This links assets such as notecards, bags, tags and business cards.
