Streat Helsinki designed by Kokoro & Moi
Posted: Filed under: Food and Drink, Logo Reviews | Tags: Brand Identity Reviews, Branding, Branding Blog, Colour in Use: Fluorescent, Colour in Use: Green, Custom Typography, Design For Print, Design Reviews, Designed by Kokoro & Moi, Designed in Helsinki, Festival and Event Brand Identities, Finnish Design, Fluorescent Ink, From Scandinavia, Graphic Design, Graphic Design Blog, Illustration, Logo Design & Branding Blog, Logo Design Inspiration, Logo Designs, Logotypes, New Logo, Poster Design, The Best Brand Identities of 2014, The Best Logo Designs of 2014, Tote Bag Design, Typography, Uncoated Papers & Cards, Visual Identity Design Blog Comments Off on Streat Helsinki designed by Kokoro & MoiOpinion by Richard Baird.
Streat Helsinki is a festival that looks to explore and question what street food can and should be. It began this year with three events — a series of talks, opportunities to eat and time to party — held at different venues across the city. Eats, the largest of the three, was held in the Tori Quarters and included 40 food truck and restaurant experiences from across Scandinavia and drew crowds of over 20,000.
The festival’s brand identity, which included logotype, typeface and print, was developed by Finnish graphic design studio Kokoro & Moi. Using bold color choices, busy layouts, custom typography, rough materials, illustrations and what the studio describe as a DIY attitude and a 90s vibe, their solution reflects the authentic ingredients and experimental spirit of Streat Helsinki. The project extended to posters, flyers, menus and bags.
The Counter Press
Posted: Filed under: Art and Design, Logo Reviews | Tags: Brand Identity Reviews, Branding, Branding Blog, British Design, Business Card Design, Colour in Use: Grey, Colour in Use: Orange, Coloured Paper, Design For Print, Design Reviews, Edge Painted Detail, Fedrigoni Papers & Boards, Fluorescent Ink, Fonts in Use: Plantin, Graphic Design, Graphic Design Blog, Handcraft, Letterpress, Letterpress Business Cards, Logo Design & Branding Blog, Logo Design Inspiration, Logo Designs, Monogram Design, Negative Space Logos, The Best Brand Identities of 2014, The Best Logo Designs of 2014, The Counter Press, Typography, Visual Identity Design Blog Comments Off on The Counter PressOpinion by Richard Baird.
The Counter Press is a letterpress studio and workshop located in an old chocolate factory in the East End of London. They work exclusively with hand set wood and hot metal type on antique presses to create contemporary typographic design, artwork and limited edition prints. While taking on small outside projects, founders David Marshall and Elizabeth Ellis are keen to stress they are not a commercial printer but full-time designers with a passion for traditional moveable type, and the craft and beauty of letterpress.
After three years of business The Counter Press recently found the time to build on their visual identity with a new set of business cards. While a limited canvas, these manage to bring together and convey some of the studio’s typographic and print expertise, and draw contemporary design sensibilities from traditional processes.
Studio Källbom designed by Bedow
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Studio Källbom is the Stockholm-based studio of digital design duo and identical twins Andreas Källbom and Daniel Källbom. Led by instinct, insight and the latest technologies and designing for both start-ups and established business including Spotify, Qapital and Readmill, Studio Källbom’s work encompasses a variety of platforms and devices, from computers and phones, to televisions and physical environments.
The studio’s new visual identity, created by Bedow, utilises a simple right angle break in a logotype built from the characters of Maison Neue, clear copywriting and a contrasting black, white and bright neon green highlight — perhaps a reference to the monochrome monitors of the past but executed as a contemporary single edge detail across tables, business cards and signage — to neatly convey forward momentum, functionality and technology with just a few assets.
