Kristin Jarmund Architects by Snøhetta, Norway
Posted: June 30, 2017 Filed under: Architecture and The Built Environment, Fonts in Use, Graphic Design Reviews, Logo Reviews | Tags: Architecture Logos, Brand Identity, Brand Identity Reviews, Branding, Branding & Packaging of 2017, Branding Blog, Branding Reviews, Business Card Design, Colourful Business Cards, Design Blog, Design For Print, Design News, Design Opinion, Design Reviews, Designed by Snohetta, Fonts in Use: Replica, From Scandinavia, Graphic Design, Graphic Design Blog, Logo Design & Branding Blog, Logo Design Inspiration, Logo Design Resource, Logo Designs, Logo Opinion, Logos, Logotypes, Monolinear Typography, Sans-serif Typography, Stationery Design, The Best Architecture Logos, The Best Business Cards of 2017, The Very Best Brand Identities of 2017, The Very Best of BP&O, Type Foundry: Lineto, Typography, Uncoated Papers & Cards, White Block Foil, Wordmark Design 7 Comments »Opinion by Richard Baird
Kristin Jarmund Architects is an oslo-based architectural studio with a design philosophy that is focused on using a simplicity of form and a clarity of purpose to address complex problems, while at the same time, allowing for a contextual and human sensitivity. Reduction, as well as the duality inherent to the studio’s work, was the founding principles of their new visual identity, created by Scandinavian studio Snøhetta. This can be seen in the juxtaposition of type and image, and the recurring motif of extracts within both of these.
June’s by Föda, United States
Posted: June 22, 2017 Filed under: Cafes, Bars and Restaurants, Graphic Design Reviews, Logo Reviews | Tags: American Design, Bar Logos and Brand Identities, Brand Identity, Brand Identity Reviews, Branding, Branding & Packaging of 2017, Branding Agency, Branding Blog, Branding Reviews, Business Card Design, Cafe Logos, Design Blog, Design For Print, Design News, Design Opinion, Design Reviews, Designed by Föda Studio, Graphic Design, Graphic Design Blog, Logo Design & Branding Blog, Logo Design Inspiration, Logo Design Resource, Logo Designs, Logo Opinion, Logotypes, Restaurant & Cafe Menu Designs, Sans-serif Typography, The Best Graphic Design Work of 2017, The Very Best Brand Identities of 2017, Typography, Wine Bars 1 Comment »Opinion by Richard Baird
June’s is a cafe and bar located on the corner of South Congress Avenue, Austin, Texas. It offers breakfast, brunch, and grab-and-go pastries and coffee throughout the morning, and has an all day bistro menu that is served late into the evenings. The bistro menu is complemented by a changing wine and bar program managed by Master Sommelier June Rodil. June’s features a light interior design full of natural light, a black and white chequered floor, light bent wood furniture, banquette and bar seating, marble surfaces, white walls, gold details and a vintage Wurlitzer.
Graphic design studio Föda worked with June’s on visual identity. This compliments the interior’s period elements and cheerful ambiance through colour, type and form, and runs across menus, business cards, tableware, website, signage and the track cards of the Wurlitzer.
REF by Kurppa Hosk, Sweden
Posted: June 19, 2017 Filed under: Fitness, Health and Beauty, Graphic Design Reviews, Logo Reviews, Packaging Reviews | Tags: Best Packaging Designs, Bottle Packaging, Brand Identity Reviews, Branding & Packaging of 2017, Branding Blog, Branding Reviews, Business Card Design, Colour in Use: Grey, Coloured Paper, Cosmetic Packaging, Creative Packaging, Design Blog, Design For Print, Design Opinion, Design Reviews, Designed by Kurppa Hosk, Designed in Stockholm, Fonts In Use: Atlas, From Europe, From Scandinavia, Graphic Design, Graphic Design Blog, Logo Design & Branding Blog, Logos, Logotypes, Minimal Design, Minimal Logos, Minimal Package Design, Organic Packaging, Packaging Company, Packaging Design, Packaging Design Blog, Packaging Design Resource, Packaging News, Sans-serif Logotypes, Sans-serif Typography, Skincare, Stationery Design, Swedish Design, The Best Graphic Design Work of 2017, The Very Best of 2017, Type Foundry: Commercial Type, Typography, Uncoated Papers & Cards 1 Comment »Opinion by Richard Baird
REF is an environmentally conscientious Swedish hair care brand with a range of products that are made from high quality organic ingredients. With a desire to enter the international market of the US and further into the Nordic regions, both dominated by well-established FMCG, Scandinavian design studio Kurppa Hosk were commissioned to rejuvenate REF’s visual identity. This included packaging design, art direction, stationery, business cards and web design. These are linked by what the studio describe as a system of simplistic graphic elements and a modest earthy colour palette.
