Blue Baths by Ryan Romanes Design
Blue Baths is a renovated bath house originally opened in 1933 and located in Government Gardens, Rotorua, New Zealand. Blue Baths features geothermal heated pools and art deco detail, and has the distinction of being one of the first places in the country to have offered mixed sex bathing. The venue is open to the public and hosts private functions including...
Carin Wilson by Studio Alexander
Carin Wilson is a renowned furniture maker, sculptor, design educator and leader of the New Zealand craft movement throughout the 1970s, 80s and 90s. As well as precisely crafted functional furniture, Carin also creates pieces that look to explore narrative through alternative form — check out his work Royal Pain in the Arse — and are influenced by his Maori heritage. Carin Wilson’s...
Ritualize by Shorthand
Ritualize is a cross-platform fitness and lifestyle app that utilises leaderboards, education, challenges and exercises to establish and track small habits that should lead to improved physical and mental health, and a sense of well-being over time. Shorthand, an independent brand identity and graphic design studio based in Newcastle, Australia, were recently commissioned to help bring the app to market. This included naming,...
The Tomato Stall by Designers Anonymous
The Tomato Stall is a grower of speciality tomatoes whose distinct flavour is attributed to the increased sunshine they receive from being farmed on the southern English island of the Isle of Wight. From these, The Tomato Stall produces a range of ‘tomato inspired’ artisanal products that are stocked by farm shops and delis throughout the UK and sold from...
Dadadum by Demian Conrad Design
Dadadum is a Swiss contemporary furniture brand created out of respect for and in homage to the functionality, technical expertise and minimalism associated with Swiss design, and that strives to bring out the beauty of each raw material. The brand draws on the ‘talents of local designers who have made an international name for themselves and whose specifications are to re-establish the notion of Gute...
Dosatres by Comite Studio
Dosatres is a Spanish company that connects and manages a wide network of creative and strategic business centres that help brands to discover the best way to grow and communicate. Created by design studio Comite and based around the name ‘two to three’ — informed by the company’s ability to broaden communicative opportunities and paths to growth, and the concept of moving from two to three-dimensional...
Kid O by Studio Lin
Kid O is a modern American toy company that creates products that engage and stimulate children through a rich variety of shapes, colours, and sizes. Designed by Studio Lin, Kid O’s new packaging treatment — which included over 50 boxes — takes the vivid colours of the industry, reduces these down to four, contains them within geometric boundaries and pairs...
The Confidante by RE:
The Confidante is a group of CEOs who draw on their extensive networks to provide business leaders with tailored executive coaching and mentoring services. Designed by Re: Sydney, The Confidante’s new brand identity effectively visualises the confidential and discretionary nature of their work and the executive level of their service through a simple negative space keyhole logo that has been given...
Fort Standard designed by Studio Lin
Fort Standard is a New York based industrial design studio using long-lasting natural materials and traditional production methods in an innovative way to produce products, lighting and furniture with a simplicity, high functionality and an attention to detail. As the studio explain online, their ability to act as both designers and manufacturers not only informs their process, but yields smarter products...
Colours Of The Kalahari by Believe In
Believe In recently published images of their print and brand identity work created for the Mall Galleries’ exhibition Colours Of The Kalahari, the first major display and sale of southern African Bushman art ever to be held in London. The exhibition represents the latest generation of contemporary San artists from an unbroken line that stretches back 20,000 years, and includes 150...
The Beginnings by Asketic
The Beginnings is a Latvian raw food and ingredients business creating and sourcing a variety of mueslis, jams, honeys and spices from around the world. Developed by multi-disciplinary design firm Asketic, The Beginning’s brand identity and packaging treatment goes all in for handcraft and contrast, mixing a variety of patterns and images informed by the origins of each ingredient to establish an ever changing and...
Lorient — Aura by Believe In
Aura is a new range of high end products from door sealing system manufacturer and specialist Lorient. These include drop seals, perimeter seals, door bottom seals, threshold plates and ramps designed with a distinctive curved profile that is described by Lorient as creating a sophisticated visual aesthetic that also spreads and diffuses sound. Design studio Believe In recently worked with Lorient to develop a brand identity for...