Posted: | Author: Richard Baird | Filed under: Art and Design, Fashion, Graphic Design Reviews, Logo Reviews | Tags: Art Direction, Brand Identity Reviews, Branding Agency, Branding Blog, Branding Reviews, British Design, Colorplan Papers and Boards, Colour in Use: Grey, Coloured Paper, Condensed Logotypes, Design For Print, Design Opinion, Design Reviews, Designed by Bond, Designed in London, From Europe, From the United Kingdom, G.F Smith Papers & Boards, Graphic Design, Graphic Design Blog, Jewellery Logos, Logo Design & Branding Blog, Logo Design Inspiration, Logo Design Resource, Logo Designs, Logotypes, Luxury Logos and Packaging Design, Minimal Design, Minimal Logos, Minimalist Brand Identities, Sans-serif Logotypes, The Best Brand Identities of 2016, The Best Graphic Design Work of 2016, Typography, Uncoated Papers & Cards, White Block Foil, White Ink | Opinion by Richard Baird.
Tilly Sveaas is a London-based jewellery designer, and the designer behind Silver Service Jewellery. This year sees the launch of her first collection under her own name. This features a brand identity created by the London office of international design studio Bond, and included art direction, postcards, business cards and packaging. Through typographic form, colour, material, print finish and image, Bond’s brand identity for Tilly Sveaas intends to distil down and express the signature style of the brand, one described as being luxury with a progressive edge.
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Posted: | Author: Richard Baird | 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 | Opinion 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.
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Posted: | Author: Richard Baird | 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 | Opinion 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.
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