Osofor by Paul Belford Ltd.
Posted: July 19, 2018 Filed under: Fashion, Logo Reviews | Tags: Blind Emboss, Brand Identity Reviews, Branding & Packaging of 2018, Branding Blog, Branding Reviews, British Design, Coloured Paper, Design Blog, Design For Print, Design Opinion, Design Reviews, Designed by Paul Belford Ltd, Edge Painted Detail, Graphic Design, Graphic Design Blog, Jewellery Logos, Logo Design & Branding Blog, Logos, Logotypes, Minimal Design, Minimal Logos, Minimal Package Design, Minimalist Brand Identities, Retail Logos, Sans-serif Typography, Stationery Design, The Very Best of 2018, Type Play, Typography, Wordmark Design Comments Off on Osofor by Paul Belford Ltd.Opinion by Richard Baird.
Osofor will be a digital-first and lab-grown diamond jewellery business able to create stones of any shape and cut. It will offer a modern and sustainable luxury brand to those who desire the material qualities of diamonds without the environmental and sociological impact. Osofor intends to distinguish itself further by fusing enduring aesthetic desirability and artisanal practice with experimental materials, unexpected production processes, a highly-personalised service and a “beautifully-designed immersive online experience”.
The business is currently at the stage of product development; working with scientists, material technologists and inventors to develop a carefully-crafted launch collection. Paul Belford Ltd. was commissioned by Osofor to develop its graphic identity. This is characterised by a variety of cut stone-like symbols, faceted stationery and an animated visual gesture online that refracts the white light of an uppercase sans-serif logotype. This links website splash page, business cards, letterhead and packaging.
MOAA Architects by Inhouse, New Zealand
Posted: October 9, 2017 Filed under: Architecture and The Built Environment, Logo Reviews | Tags: Architecture Logos, Brand Identity, Brand Identity Reviews, Branding, Branding & Packaging of 2017, Branding Blog, Branding Reviews, Business Card Design, Coloured Paper, Design Blog, Design For Print, Design News, Design Opinion, Design Reviews, Designed by Inhouse, Edge Painted Detail, Fonts in Use: Neuzeit, From New Zealand, Graphic Design, Graphic Design Blog, Logo Design & Branding Blog, Logo Design Inspiration, Logo Design Resource, Logo Design Trends: Dynamic Brand Identities, Logo Design Trends: Flexible Logos, Logo Designs, Logo Opinion, Logos, Logotypes, Modular Logos, Print Finishing, Responsive Websites, Sans-serif Typography, Stationery Design, The Best Architecture Logos, The Best Business Cards of 2017, 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, Type Play, Typography, Website Design, Wordmark Design 6 Comments »Opinion by Richard Baird
MOAA Architects was founded in 2010. It has an office in Hamilton, New Zealand, and a portfolio of new builds and renovations that span the residential, education, commercial and public sectors. Highlights include their work on St. Johns Church, a square plan rotated 9 degrees off the street grid, and Piako House, a renovation and extension of 1940s domestic planning to meet a 21st century lifestyle.
MOAA Architects have a passion for ideas and people. An ethos rooted in reduction and a responsiveness to client needs. And an approach that seeks out innovation yet remains friendly and accessible. This is expressed by a flexible new graphic identity of modular play and variety, and a bright yellow and cool grey colour palette designed by Inhouse. This post was updated November 2017 to include images of Inhouse’s work on MOAA Architect’s website.
Enea by Clase bcn, Spain
Posted: June 9, 2017 Filed under: Art and Design, Graphic Design Reviews, Logo Reviews | Tags: Binding, Brand Book, Brand Guidelines, Brand Identity Reviews, Branding & Packaging of 2017, Branding Blog, Branding Reviews, Brochure Design, Business Card Design, Catalogue Design, Colour in Use: Blue, Coloured Paper, Comb Binding, Design Blog, Design For Print, Design Opinion, Design Reviews, Design Reviews: Editorial Design, Designed by Clase bcn, Designed in Barcelona, Edge Painted Detail, Editorial Design, Fonts in Use: Noe, From Europe, Furniture Design Logos, Graphic Design, Graphic Design Blog, Homeware, Logo Design & Branding Blog, Logo Design Inspiration, Logo Design Resource, Logo Designs, Logos, Material Thinking, Print Finishing, Serif Logotypes, Spanish Design, Stationery Design, The Best Brand Identities of 2015, The Best Business Cards of 2015, The Best Graphic Design Work of 2017, The Best Logo Designs of 2015, The Very Best of 2017, Typography, Uncoated Papers & Cards, White Ink 1 Comment »Opinion by Richard Baird.
Enea is a contemporary furniture manufacturer, located in Spain’s Basque Country, collaborating with respected designers such as Josep Lluscá, Gabriel Teixidó and the trio Lievore Alhterr Molina. Enea has a distinctive catalogue of versatile, comfortable and durable products, developed for both the private and commercial markets, with unique character in their play with form, colour and texture.
With a desire to differentiate itself from its competitors, and with the intentions of avoiding industry clichés, Enea worked with Barcelona-based graphic design studio Clase bcn to create a new visual identity that would articulate, through image and type, colour and materiality, the company’s Basque origin and unique products in a distinctive and contemporary fashion and, using a striking spartan style, reference industrial manufacturing.
The project extended to business cards, brand guidelines, product brochures and company catalogue, and was launched alongside Enea’s latest range which coincided with the Milan Furniture Fair.
This post, an update to the original from 2015, features all new project images, a more extensive look at art direction, stationery and both product and company brochures, photographed as part of Clase bcn’s new website.
