Lundén Architecture Company by Tsto, Finland
Posted: March 20, 2017 Filed under: Architecture and The Built Environment, Fonts in Use, Graphic Design Reviews, Logo Reviews | Tags: Animated Logos, Architecture Logos, Black and White, Brand Identity, Brand Identity Reviews, Branding, Branding & Packaging of 2017, Branding Blog, Branding Reviews, Business Card Design, Design For Print, Design News, Design Opinion, Design Reviews, Designed by Tsto, Finnish Design, Graphic Design, Graphic Design Blog, Logo Design & Branding Blog, Logo Design Inspiration, Logo Design Resource, Logo Designs, Logo Opinion, Logos, Logotypes, Minimal Design, Minimal Logos, Minimalist Brand Identities, Modernist Brand Identities, Sans-serif Typography, Stationery Design, The Best Business Cards of 2017, The Best New Logo Designs of 2017, Typography, Uncoated Papers & Cards, Wordmark Design Comments Off on Lundén Architecture Company by Tsto, FinlandOpinion by Richard Baird.
Lundén Architecture Company is a Helsinki-based design studio developing innovative structures, infrastructures and spaces. The studio, through their knowledge of strategic development, experimental building technology and urban design, drawn from their collaborations with experts from different fields, offer proposals that affect the future of the built environment. Projects have included a new school and community complex that inspires learning during the day and functions as a meeting place, workshop area and community space during the evening, and an infrastructure proposal that reconsider airport terminal systems for Finland’s air transportation network.
Lundén Architecture Company’s brand identity, developed by Finnish graphic design studio Tsto, is based around a logotype that acknowledges the fragility of structure and the notion that its deterioration begins as soon as it is completed. This is expressed through the breaking apart and reassembly of logotype. This runs across business cards and stationery in a static but transitory state, and in motion online.
Artek Helsinki by Tsto, Finland
Posted: March 13, 2017 Filed under: Art and Design, Graphic Design Reviews, Logo Reviews, Retail | Tags: Bag Design, Black and White, Brand Identity Reviews, Branding & Packaging of 2017, Branding Blog, Branding Reviews, Creative Packaging, Design For Print, Design Opinion, Design Reviews, Designed by Tsto, Designed in Helsinki, Finnish Design, From Scandinavia, Furniture Design Logos, Graphic Design, Graphic Design Blog, Homeware, Logo Design & Branding Blog, Logo Designs, Logotypes, Minimal Design, Minimalist Brand Identities, Modernist Brand Identities, Monochromatic Brand Identities, Packaging Company, Packaging Design Resource, Retail Logos, Sans-serif Logotypes, Spot Colours, Swing Tag Design, The Very Best of 2017, The Very Best of BP&O, Typography Comments Off on Artek Helsinki by Tsto, FinlandOpinion by Richard Baird.
Artek is a Finnish furniture and product design business and retailer with a flagship store in Helsinki. It was founded in 1935 by architect Alvar Aalto and wife Aino Aalto, the arts promoter Maire Gullichsen and art historian Nils-Gustav Hahl.
Artek grew alongside and shared many of the qualities of the 20th century modernist movement, blending art and technology, and making the most of improved technical expertise in mass manufacturing to produce well-crafted and functional products from good quality materials for everyday living. The company has remained true to these values, and its 2nd cycle initiative, a platform for reselling Artek furniture, is a testament to the aesthetic and material longevity of its products.
Artek worked with Scandinavian graphic design studio Tsto to build out the visual identity system of their flagship store, Artek Helsinki. The studio’s approach layers this system with additional type, illustration created from the partial forms of Artek’s product range and establishes a new set of visual guidelines. This runs across and links tags, stationery, business cards, packaging, magazine covers and shopping bags.
Bier Bier by Tsto, Finland
Posted: November 6, 2015 Filed under: Cafes, Bars and Restaurants, Logo Reviews | Tags: Bar Logos and Brand Identities, Brand Identity, Brand Identity Reviews, Branding, Branding Blog, Branding Reviews, Coaster Design & Beer Mats, Design For Print, Design News, Design Opinion, Design Reviews, Designed by Tsto, Designed in Helsinki, Finnish Design, Graphic Design, Graphic Design Blog, Logo Design & Branding Blog, Logo Design Inspiration, Logo Design Resource, Logo Designs, Logo Opinion, Logotypes, Monolinear Typography, Script Typography, Sign Design, Typography, Uncoated Papers & Cards Comments Off on Bier Bier by Tsto, FinlandOpinion by Richard Baird.
Bier Bier is located on the ground floor of a striking Art Nouveau building in the centre of Helsinki, and part of The We Are Group, alongside wine bar Vin Vin, restaurant Story and wine importer and wholesaler Viinitie. It has over 100 different types of beer and an interior of dark wood panels and carved frames, ocean green walls, light wood tiled flooring, tan and dark leather upholstered furniture, exposed bulbs and copper detailing. Bier Bier also features a new brand identity created by graphic design studio Tsto, which included custom typography and extends across coasters, neon and backlit signage.
