Posted: | Author: Richard Baird | Filed under: Fonts in Use, Graphic Design Reviews, Logo Reviews, Photography | Tags: Brand Identity, Brand Identity Reviews, Branding, Branding & Packaging of 2017, Branding Agency, Branding Blog, Branding Reviews, Business Card Design, Design Blog, Design For Print, Design News, Design Opinion, Design Reviews, Designed by Bedow, Foil Blocking, Fonts in Use: Portrait, Graphic Design, Graphic Design Blog, Graphic Identity Shortlist 2017, Logo Design & Branding Blog, Logo Design Inspiration, Logo Design Resource, Logo Designs, Logo Opinion, Logos, Logos for Photographers, Logotypes, Material Thinking, Monogram Design, Print Finishing, Swedish Design, The Best Business Cards of 2017, The Best Graphic Design Work of 2016, The Best Graphic Design Work of 2017, The Best New Logo Designs of 2017, The Very Best of 2017, Type Foundry: Commercial Type, Typography, Uncoated Papers & Cards | Opinion by Richard Baird
Gustav Almestål is a Swedish still life photographer who has built an extensive, high-profile and international client list that includes the likes of Electrolux, Wall Street Journal and Hermes. He now works from Stockholm, following several years in London, on projects that range from advertising and editorial to food and interiors.
The design of Gustav Almestål’s visual identity, which rested in the hands of Swedish design studio Bedow, touches upon his personal and innovative approach, use of light and shadow, and his frequent reference to enduring still life themes and historical art. These are expressed through a distinctive and individual monogram, its sculptural and dimensional qualities, an unusual multi-coloured block foil, the chiseled serifs of Portrait and the broad monospacing of sans-serif Heimat Mono.
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Posted: | Author: Richard Baird | Filed under: Education, Logo Reviews | Tags: Brand Identity, Brand Identity Reviews, Branding, Branding & Packaging of 2017, Branding Blog, Branding Reviews, Business Card Design, Colour in Use: Green, Condensed Logotypes, Custom Typefaces & Logotypes, Design Blog, Design News, Design Opinion, Design Reviews, Designed by Bond, Finnish Design, From Scandinavia, Graphic Design, Graphic Design Blog, Icon Design, Logo Design & Branding Blog, Logo Design Inspiration, Logo Design Resource, Logo Designs, Logo Opinion, Logos, Logotypes, Sans-serif Typography, The Best Custom Logotypes, Typography, Wordmark Design | Opinion by Richard Baird
Sakki is Finland’s national union of vocational students. It is made up of 15-20 year olds from a variety of nations, and offers support, tackles student issues, and engages in activism. Scandinavian graphic design studio Bond worked with the union to design and develop a mobile-first experience, and a visual identity made up of tilt-responsive iconography, a bright, simple and modern colour palette and quirky logotype.
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Posted: | Author: Richard Baird | Filed under: Cafes, Bars and Restaurants, Graphic Design Reviews, Logo Reviews | Tags: Black Block Foil, Brand Identity, Brand Identity Reviews, Branding, Branding & Packaging of 2017, Branding Blog, Branding Reviews, Business Card Design, Colorplan Papers and Boards, Coloured Paper, Design Blog, Design For Print, Design News, Design Opinion, Design Reviews, Designed by Studio Ongarato Design, Designed in Melbourne, From Australia, Graphic Design, Graphic Design Blog, Graphic Identity Shortlist 2017, Logo Design & Branding Blog, Logo Design Inspiration, Logo Design Resource, Logo Designs, Logo Opinion, Logos, Logotypes, Restaurant & Cafe Menu Designs, Restaurant Logos, Sans-serif Typography, Stationery Design, The Best Graphic Design Work of 2017, The Best New Logo Designs of 2017, The Very Best Brand Identities of 2017, The Very Best of 2017, Typography, Wordmark Design | Opinion by Richard Baird.
Kisumé is a Japanese restaurant located on Melbourne’s Flinders Lane. It is described by Fabio Ongarato Design, the studio behind its visual identity, as an unconventional, slightly twisted and artfully executed experience. The restaurant intends to immerse guests in an intriguing view of Japanese traditions, and fuses these with the owner’s obsession with beauty and sensuality. This is expressed by a “brutally sophisticated and minimal interior design” created by Wood Marsh Architecture which features curated artworks by Japanese photographer Nobuyoshi Araki as well as Polly Borland, and in the break from the conventions of a typical Japanese dining experience in the movement and colour of visual identity. This links business cards, stationery, menus, window and lighting decals, posters and website.
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