Hands On: Real Review by OK-RM, United Kingdom
Posted: September 25, 2017 Filed under: Graphic Design Reviews, Hands On | Tags: Book & Magazine Cover Design, Book & Magazine Design, Branding & Packaging of 2017, Creasing in Print, Design Blog, Design For Print, Design Reviews: Editorial Design, Designed by OK-RM, Designed in London, Editorial Design, From the United Kingdom, Graphic Design, Graphic Design Blog, Graphic Design Shortlist 2017, Magazine Design, Magazine Review, Magazine Spreads, Print Finishing, The Very Best of 2017 Comments Off on Hands On: Real Review by OK-RM, United KingdomOpinion by Richard Baird
Real Review is an award-winning quarterly magazine that pursues what it means to live today through analysis, evaluation and enquiry. It is a collaboration between London-based design studio OK-RM and editor Jack Self, the founder of architectural practice and cultural institute Real. Real Review offers wide ranging comment on a variety of topics, is presented in a compact format and mixes dense text, image and moments of space with the intention of being an efficient, economical and readable format.
In the third of an ongoing series, which follows reviews of Snøhetta’s Folk+Form and Blok’s Rain, Gravity, Heat, Cold by Blok, BP&O takes a hands on look at Real Review.
Superkül: Rain, Gravity, Heat, Cold by Blok, Canada
Posted: August 28, 2017 Filed under: Architecture and The Built Environment, Graphic Design Reviews | Tags: Book & Magazine Cover Design, Book & Magazine Design, Branding & Packaging of 2017, Canadian Design, Coloured Paper, Creasing in Print, Design Blog, Design For Print, Design Reviews, Design Reviews: Editorial Design, Designed by Blok, Editorial Design, From Toronto, Graphic Design, Graphic Design Blog, Graphic Design Shortlist 2017 Comments Off on Superkül: Rain, Gravity, Heat, Cold by Blok, CanadaOpinion by Richard Baird.
Superkül is an Canadian architectural studio with a portfolio described as having an understated boldness, subtlety and spacial richness, and a process that intends to find the essence of each project and remain true to this throughout design and development. Superkül has won many awards and is considered one of Canada’s most progressive architecture firms.
To celebrate the studio’s first ten years Superkül worked with Toronto-based Blok on a book that would serve as both a collection of work but also as a tool to articulate the firm’s unique philosophy and design approach. This beame an exercise in discovery and a clarity of positioning which was then conveyed materially through subtle paper transitions, finishes and printing techniques.
This is a companion piece to BP&O’s review of Superkül’s visual identity, published earlier this year. With a desire to broaden the content on the site to include the design of books, and with the site’s favour for material thinking and the architectural, Rain, Gravity, Heat, Cold felt like an appropriate addition. This is an initial impression, based on the press release and images provided by Blok, if you would like to read BP&O’s hands on review, click here.
Ascui & Co. Architects designed by Grosz Co. Lab
Posted: November 19, 2014 Filed under: Architecture and The Built Environment, Fonts in Use, Logo Reviews | Tags: Architecture Logos, Black Block Foil, Brand Identity, Brand Identity Reviews, Branding, Branding Blog, Branding News, Brochure Design, Business Card Design, Colour in Use: Grey, Coloured Paper, Creasing in Print, Design For Print, Design News, Design Opinion, Design Reviews, Designed by Grosz Co. Lab, Die Cut Design Detail, Envelope Design, Fonts in Use: Neuzeit, From Australia, Graphic Design Blog, Logo Design & Branding Blog, Logo Design Inspiration, Logo Design Resource, Logo Opinion, Sans-serif Logotypes, Stationery Design, The Best Architecture Logos, The Best Brand Identities of 2014, The Best Business Cards of 2014, The Best Logo Designs of 2014, Uncoated Papers & Cards, Visual Identity Design Blog 6 Comments »Opinion by Richard Baird.
Ascui & Co. Architects is an Melbourne-based studio with a rich history, depth of experience and a vision they describe as being a true perspective rather than one founded on intuition. Their projects are considered smart and environmentally sustainable, unexpected yet grounded by purpose, and range from residential additions to multimillion-dollar commercial developments.
Anchored in the concept of Process & Possibility — a maxim that refers to the rhythm and harmony, beauty and functionality of Ascui & Co.’s work — Grosz Co. Lab designed a flexible brand identity system that celebrates the studio’s creative and progressive nature through a visual language of morphing patterns and an ever-changing ‘temperature’ based colour palette.
