Brewdog Menus by O Street, United Kingdom
Posted: Filed under: Cafes, Bars and Restaurants, Graphic Design Reviews | Tags: Branding Blog, Brewdog, British Design, Coloured Paper, Creative Packaging, Design Opinion, Design Reviews, Designed by O Street, Emboss Detail, Fedrigoni Papers & Boards, Foil Blocking, From Europe, From the United Kingdom, Graphic Design, Graphic Design Blog, Logo Design & Branding Blog, Material Thinking, Mixed Fibre Materials, Restaurant & Cafe Menu Designs, The Very Best of 2016, Typography, Uncoated Papers & Cards Comments Off on Brewdog Menus by O Street, United KingdomOpinion by Richard Baird.
O Street worked with craft brewery Brewdog; best known for their beers and big attitude but also a growing hospitality presence throughout the United Kingdom, to create a distinctive menu design and system for over fifty of their bars. This included both a full menu which features a handmade backboard, and a Daily Drafts menu, individually finished at each location.
DOIY by Folch, Spain
Posted: Filed under: Art and Design, Logo Reviews, Packaging Reviews | Tags: Brand Identity, Brand Identity Reviews, Branding, Branding Agency, Branding Blog, Branding News, Coloured Paper, Design For Print, Design News, Design Opinion, Design Reviews, Designed by Folch, Designed in Barcelona, Fonts in Use: Maax, Logo Design & Branding Blog, Logo Design Inspiration, Logo Design Resource, Logo Opinion, Minimal Design, Minimal Logos, Minimal Package Design, Minimalist Brand Identities, Paper Craft, Retail Logos, Sans-serif Logotypes, Spanish Design, Structural Package Design, The Best Brand Identities of 2016, Toy Packaging, Uncoated Papers & Cards, Visual Identity Design Blog Comments Off on DOIY by Folch, SpainOpinion by Richard Baird.
DOIY is product design company creating playful objects that move between the useful and the more whimsical. These include items such as icepop socks, bicycle pizza slicer and unicorn scent. Much of this is firmly tongue-in-cheek but good quality, retailing in high-end and design-focused stores as well as larger chains.
With the introduction of materials such as ceramics, woods, metal and porcelain across its new ranges, and a desire to reach a wider market whilst retaining its current customers DOIY worked with Barcelona-based studio Folch to mature its brand identity. This included packaging and print communication that share a new and distinctive approach to photography; a collaboration between Folch, paper and set designer Raya Sader Bujana and photographer Leo García Mendez.
Faust by Snøhetta, Norway
Posted: Filed under: Fashion, Graphic Design Reviews, Logo Reviews | Tags: Art Direction, Brand Identity, Brand Identity Reviews, Branding, Branding & Interior Design, Branding Agency, Branding Blog, Branding Reviews, Business Card Design, Colour in Use: Blue, Coloured Paper, Copper Block Foil, Custom Typefaces & Logotypes, Custom Typography, Design For Print, Design News, Design Opinion, Design Reviews, Designed by Snohetta, Designed in Oslo, From Scandinavia, Graphic Design, Graphic Design Blog, Logo Design & Branding Blog, Logo Design Inspiration, Logo Design Resource, Logo Designs, Logo Opinion, Logotypes, Luxury Logos and Packaging Design, Minimal Design, Minimalist Brand Identities, Norwegian Design, The Best Brand Identities of 2016, The Best Custom Logotypes, The Best Graphic Design Work of 2016, The Very Best of 2016, The Very Best of BP&O, Typography, Uncoated Papers & Cards, Wordmark Design Comments Off on Faust by Snøhetta, NorwayOpinion by Richard Baird.
Faust is a high-end shoemaker with its first signature store located in Oslo’s Barcode area. The shop is a small but impressive space consisting of five concrete niches and large carved wooden doors. Faust worked with Scandinavian studio Snøhetta to create both interior and brand identity. This was based around the The legend of Faust from the Renaissance, its basis for many literary, artistic, cinematic and musical works through the ages, and Faust as an ambitious person who surrenders moral integrity in order to achieve power and success. These served as historical reference points, taking a look back at a period where all shoes were handmade and bespoke. This then informed the calligraphic strokes of signage, wordmark and custom typography, is seen in the materiality of identity across stationery, business cards and packaging, and in the wood and vaulted forms of interior design.
