Posted: January 2, 2018 | Author: Richard Baird | Filed under: Art and Design, Graphic Design Reviews | Tags: Art Gallery Logos and Brand Identities, Brand Identity Reviews, Branding & Packaging of 2017, Branding Blog, Branding Reviews, Design Blog, Design For Print, Design Opinion, Design Reviews, Designed by Clase bcn, Designed in Barcelona, Exhibition Logos & Brand Identities, Fonts In Use: Suisse Int'l, From Europe, Graphic Design, Graphic Design Blog, Graphic Identity Design, Poster Design, Spanish Design, The Best Graphic Design Work of 2018, The Very Best Brand Identities of 2018, The Very Best of 2018, The Very Best of BP&O, Type Foundry: Swiss Typefaces | Opinion by Richard Baird.
Sumer And The Modern Paradigm is an exhibition at Barcelona’s contemporary art gallery Fundació Joan Miró, and runs from 28th October 2017 to 21st January 2018. It intends explore and attempt to explain the influence of Mesopotamian art on modern artists, with a particular focus on the interwar period. The exhibition analyses work produced between the twenties and forties, takes a look at the documentation of Mesopotamian art that modern artists encountered and were inspired during this time, and looks to find the reasons for their fascination with the discoveries of ancient Near East artefacts. This relationship between between antiquity and modernity is expressed through the graphic identity of the exhibition, designed by Spanish studio Clase bcn, using a contrast of form and colour. This links a variety of printed communications and merchandise that included posters and flyers as well as tote bags and books.
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Posted: February 17, 2017 | Author: Richard Baird | Filed under: Art and Design, Graphic Design Reviews, Logo Reviews | Tags: American Design, Brand Identity, Brand Identity Reviews, Branding, Branding & Packaging of 2017, Branding Blog, Branding Reviews, Design For Print, Design News, Design Opinion, Design Reviews, Designed by Mother Design, Designed in New York, Fonts In Use: Suisse Int'l, Graphic Design, Graphic Design Blog, Logo Design & Branding Blog, Logo Design Inspiration, Logo Design Resource, Logo Designs, Logo Opinion, Logotypes, Monospaced Typography, The Best Brand Identities of 2016, The Very Best of BP&O, Type Foundry: Swiss Typefaces, Typography, Wordmark Design | Opinion by Richard Baird.
The American Institute of Graphic Arts (AIGA) is a professional design organisation with a membership that covers all forms of visual communication, from graphic design, typography and interaction to branding, animation and environmental design. As well as supporting a community of over 25,000 nationwide members, advancing design as a professional craft, strategic advantage and vital cultural force, AIGA organises two biannual events; the AIGA Design Conference and GAIN: AIGA Design and Business Conference, which are held alternating years.
In 2016, the AIGA Design Conference became an annual event. This marked, after 100 years as standard-bearer for professional ethics and practices, a moment of transition, and the implementation of a new vision; to become a hub for “broader creative constituencies”.
Taking inspiration from the evolving nature of organisation and the unexpected ways that a diversity of people and ideas come together in one place, New York-based graphic design studio Mother Design created a multi-coloured visual identity of unusual forms, juxtaposition and sense of change for the AIGA Design Conference. This was implemented throughout the Las Vegas conference which took place between 17 – 19 October 2016.
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Posted: November 16, 2015 | Author: Richard Baird | Filed under: Fashion, Fonts in Use, Logo Reviews | Tags: Best Packaging Designs, Brand Identity, Brand Identity Reviews, Branding, Branding Blog, Branding Reviews, Design For Print, Design News, Design Opinion, Design Reviews, Designed by Hey, Designed in Barcelona, Fonts In Use: Geometric Sans-serif, Fonts In Use: Suisse Int'l, Graphic Design, Graphic Design Blog, Handcraft, Illustration, Logo Design & Branding Blog, Logo Design Inspiration, Logo Design Resource, Logo Designs, Logo News, Logo Opinion, Logotypes, Luxury Logos and Packaging Design, New Logo, Packaging Design, Packaging Design Blog, Packaging Design Resource, Packaging News, Sans-serif Typography, Spanish Design, The Best Brand Identities of 2015, The Best Graphic Design Work of 2015, The Best Logo Designs of 2015, The Best Packaging of 2015, The Very Best of 2015, Tote Bag Design, Type Foundry: Swiss Typefaces, Typography, Uncoated Papers & Cards | Opinion by Richard Baird.
Arrels (roots in English) is a Spanish shoe brand, established by cousins, friends and partners Javier & Pepe Llaudet, and inspired by the Mediterranean, its traditions, rhythm, colour and creative atmosphere. Javier & Pepe also draw on the city of Barcelona (the place they want to be), the countryside (where they are from), and their passion for music.
These inspirations make their way into Arrels’ new brand identity, created by graphic design studio Hey, through colour contrast, the irregular texture of torn paper, the traditional flourishes of a serif and the modernity of a sans-serif. This new identity links brochures, packaging, business cards and website.
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