Signet 100 HB Pencils designed by Well Made Studio
Posted: Filed under: Art and Design, Fonts in Use, Packaging Reviews | Tags: Best Packaging Designs, Buckram Embossed Paper, Colorplan Embossed Paper, Colorplan Papers and Boards, Colour in Use: Orange, Creative Packaging, Designed by Well Made Studio, Fonts in Use: Bebas Neue, Fonts in Use: Cam, G.F Smith Papers & Boards, Graphic Design Blog, Logo Design Inspiration, Logo News, Logotypes, New Logo, Packaging Company, Packaging Design, Packaging Design Blog, Packaging Design Resource, Packaging News, Serif Logotypes, Surface Texture, The Best Brand Identities of 2014, The Best Logo Designs of 2014, The Best Packaging of 2014 Comments Off on Signet 100 HB Pencils designed by Well Made StudioOpinion by Richard Baird.
Signet is a new pencil range developed by British home, outdoor and lifestyle retailer Pedlars, who applied their expertise to an own-brand product line following a lengthy international search for the perfect pencil. 100, the first of the Signet range and launched in November this year, is made from American basswood, finished in orange with a silver foil detail and crafted by a long-established family-run business in the Czech Republic.
Well Made Studio were given an open brief by Pedlars to select the pencil finish and develop a complementary visual identity and packaging treatment. Informed by modern typography from the mid-20th century with consideration given to future ranges, and using a bright orange board and white ink, the studio looked to create a solid and minimal solution that would stand out from what they describe as a market of fussy vintage-inspired competitors.
Passport designed by Passport
Posted: Filed under: Logo Reviews, Self-Initiated | Tags: Brand Identity, Brand Identity Design, Brand Identity Reviews, Branding, Branding Blog, Branding Reviews, Business Card Design, Colorplan Embossed Paper, Colorplan Papers and Boards, Coloured Paper, Colourful Business Cards, Design Studio Logos, Designed by Passport, Designed in Leeds, Fonts in Use: Apercu, Fonts in Use: Sabon, Gold Foil, Graphic Design, Handcraft, Ink Stamps, Logo Design & Branding Blog, Logo Designs, Logo News, Logotypes, New Logo, Sans-serif Logotypes, Stationery Design, The Best Brand Identities of 2014, The Best Business Cards of 2014, The Best Logo Designs of 2014, Type Foundry: Colophon, White Block Foil Comments Off on Passport designed by Passport 
Passport is an independent Leeds based brand identity and print design studio founded in 2012 by Jonathan Finch and Rosalind Stoughton. The studio’s approach is informed by international destinations and design culture, and looks to create thoughtful and effective visual identities that strike a balance between classic and contemporary aesthetics, and crafted and unconventional material choices and print processes. This philosophy is reflected in a revised brand identity treatment, designed to coincide with the studio’s second anniversary, that included new business cards, stationery set and responsive website.
The Empire Café designed by Graphical House
Posted: Filed under: Cafes, Bars and Restaurants, Logo Reviews | Tags: Brand Identity, Brand Identity Reviews, Branding, Branding Blog, Branding News, Brochure Design, Colorplan Embossed Paper, Colorplan Papers and Boards, Design News, Design Opinion, Design Reviews, Designed by Graphical House, Designed in Glasgow, Fonts in Use: Caslon, Fonts in Use: Trade Gothic, Gold Foil, Graphic Design, Logo Design & Branding Blog, Logo Opinion, Logos, Logotypes, Scottish Design, Serif Logotypes, Stencil Cut Logotypes, Stencil Cut Serif Logotypes, The Best Brand Identities of 2014, The Best Logo Designs of 2014, Typography, Visual Identity Design Blog Comments Off on The Empire Café designed by Graphical House 
The Empire Café is a pop-up venue located in Glasgow’s Merchant City that looks to explore Scotland’s relationship with the North Atlantic slave trade through coffee, sugar, tea, cotton, music, visual art, poetry, debate, workshops, walks, film and literature. The café’s brand identity, a ship-like logo, bold sans-serif typography and both a limited and rich approach to print, designed by Graphical House, is described as linking a contemporary ‘artistic programme and poetry anthology with contributors gathered from across the Commonwealth’, and references cross sea trade of the past.
