Hands On: Folk+Form by Snøhetta, Norway
Posted: Filed under: Art and Design, Graphic Design Reviews, Hands On | Tags: Book & Magazine Design, Book Design Review, Branding & Packaging of 2017, Coloured Paper, Design Blog, Design For Print, Design Reviews, Design Reviews: Editorial Design, Designed by Snohetta, Die Cut Design Detail, Editorial Design, From Scandinavia, Graphic Design, Graphic Design Blog, Graphic Design Shortlist 2017, Norwegian Design, The Best Graphic Design Work of 2017, The Very Best of 2017 Comments Off on Hands On: Folk+Form by Snøhetta, NorwayOpinion by Richard Baird
Vestre is a Norwegian, family owned and run, urban furniture design and manufacturing business founded in 1947 by Johs. Vestre. Although Vestre’s catalogue is extensive and diverse, it typically features colourful detailing and modern forms, holds true to the founder’s vision of designing and manufacturing for longevity, and has a social and sustainable-dimension.
Snøhetta, who previously worked with Vestre on the development of a new production facility in 2013, and were involved in the refurbishment of their headquarters and showroom in 2017, continue to collaborate with the manufacturer, this time on Folk+Form. Folk+Form is an exhibition and two-volume book that brings to life the Vestre family legacy and coincides with the company’s 70th anniversary.
Through exhibited work, art pieces, film, text and photography, presented across exhibition and book, Folk+Form pays tribute to the design and manufacturing of Vestre, and its continued commitment to making high quality, sustainability and accessible urban furniture for national and international markets.
In the second of an ongoing series, which follows Rain, Gravity, Heat, Cold by Blok, BP&O takes a hands on look at Folk+Form. This post intends to augment the initial impressions given by Snøhetta’s press release and promotional images, reviewed here.
Kisumé by Fabio Ongarato Design, Australia
Posted: 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 Comments Off on Kisumé by Fabio Ongarato Design, AustraliaOpinion 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.
Hands On: Rain, Gravity, Heat, Cold by Blok, Canada
Posted: Filed under: Architecture and The Built Environment, Graphic Design Reviews, Hands On | Tags: Book & Magazine Cover Design, Book & Magazine Design, Branding & Packaging of 2017, Canadian Design, Coloured Paper, Design Blog, Design For Print, Design Reviews, Design Reviews: Editorial Design, Designed by Blok, Editorial Design, French Fold, From Toronto, Graphic Design, Graphic Design Blog, The Best Graphic Design Work of 2017, The Very Best of 2017 Comments Off on Hands On: Rain, Gravity, Heat, Cold by Blok, CanadaOpinion by Richard Baird.
Superkül is a Canadian architecture studio with a diverse portfolio of understated boldness, subtlety and spacial richness, rooted in a process that intends to find the essence of each project and remain true to this throughout design and development. To celebrate the studio’s first ten years Superkül worked with Blok to create Rain, Gravity, Heat, Cold, a book that would serve as a collection of work and as a tool to articulate the firm’s unique philosophy and design approach. This was an exercise in discovery and positioning which then was expressed materially through paper transition, finishes and printing techniques.
In the first of an on-going series, BP&O takes a hands on look at Rain, Gravity, Heat, Cold. This follows, and intends to augment, the initial impressions given by Blok’s press release and promotional images, as reviewed in BP&O’s first article which can be read here.
