Center for the Study of Political Graphics by Blok
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The Center for the Study of Political Graphics (CSPG) explores the enduring power and immediacy of the political poster in the fight against inequality, their capacity to acknowledge and bring to light the injustices and atrocities of the world, and through their archival, keep alive the stories, voices and controversies that they have come to represent.
CSPG worked with Canadian studio Blok to develop a graphic identity that would honour the role the centre serves as a chronicler and catalyst, reflect its position as a participant in the fight for human rights, leave space to frame and connect the graphic and bring to light the diversity of their political poster archive.
Nota Bene by Blok, Canada
Posted: February 22, 2016 Filed under: Cafes, Bars and Restaurants, Graphic Design Reviews, Logo Reviews | Tags: Box Packaging, Brand Identity, Brand Identity Reviews, Branding, Branding Agency, Branding Blog, Branding Reviews, Canadian Design, Colour in Use: Pastels, Design For Print, Design News, Design Opinion, Design Reviews, Designed by Blok, Fonts In Use: Geometric Sans-serif, Fonts In Use: Simplon, From Toronto, Graphic Design, Graphic Design Blog, Logo Design & Branding Blog, Logo Design Inspiration, Logo Design Resource, Logo Designs, Logo Opinion, Logotypes, Monospaced Logotypes, Monospaced Typography, Neon Sign Design, Packaging Design, Paper and Card Packaging, Restaurant & Cafe Menu Designs, Restaurant Logos, Sans-serif Typography, The Best Brand Identities of 2016, The Best Graphic Design Work of 2016, The Very Best of 2016, The Very Best of BP&O, Type Foundry: Swiss Typefaces, Typography, Uncoated Papers & Cards 4 Comments »Opinion by Richard Baird.
Nota Bene is a restaurant, located on Toronto’s Queen Street West, with a menu made from locally-sourced and seasonal ingredients. It was opened by chef David Lee and business partners Yannick Bigourdan and Franco Prevedello in 2008, and was awarded “Best New Restaurant” by Toronto Life and enRoute Magazine soon after.
To coincide with the restaurant’s 2016 relaunch—which saw David Lee take sole ownership and the unveiling of a new menu and interior—Nota Bene worked with Canadian graphic design studio Blok to develop a new visual identity. This was inspired by David Lee’s approach to food and the restaurant’s new environment; a marriage of organic detail and contemporary materiality created by +tongtong, and runs across menus, stationery, business cards, postcards, coasters, packaging and website.
Two of Us
Posted: February 11, 2015 Filed under: Art and Design, Logo Reviews, Self-Initiated | Tags: Brand Identity, Brand Identity Reviews, Branding, Branding Blog, Branding News, Business Card Design, Colorplan Papers and Boards, Coloured Paper, Colourful Business Cards, Design For Print, Design News, Design Opinion, Design Reviews, Design Studio Logos, Duplex Business Cards, Fonts in Use: Neuzeit, Fonts In Use: Simplon, G.F Smith Papers & Boards, Letterhead Design, Logo Design & Branding Blog, Logo Design Inspiration, Logo Design Resource, Logo Opinion, Minimal Design, Pastel Coloured Papers, Sans-serif Logotypes, Stationery Design, The Best Brand Identities of 2015, The Best Business Cards of 2015, The Best Logo Designs of 2015, Type Foundry: Swiss Typefaces, Uncoated Papers & Cards, Visual Identity Design Blog 3 Comments »Opinion by Richard Baird.
Two of Us is a new British design studio run by Ash O’Brien and Ian Caulkett working from Brighton and Birmingham. Together they specialise in brand identity design, have a philosophy that is based around an honesty and openness in the sharing of feedback, and individual styles and skill sets that when working together complement each other. As an alternative to large studios, the duo choose to pick out the small-scale and personal two-man nature of their business with a simple naming strategy and visualised as a contrast of type detail, type size and of colour. this runs across business cards, letterhead, parcel stickers and website.
