A.N Other by Socio Design, United Kingdom
Posted: Filed under: Fitness, Health and Beauty, Logo Reviews, Material & Print Specs, Packaging Reviews | Tags: Art Direction, Best Packaging Designs, Black Block Foil, Blind Emboss, Brand Identity Reviews, Branding & Packaging of 2018, Branding Blog, Branding Reviews, Coloured Paper, Cosmetic Packaging, Creative Packaging, Custom Typefaces & Logotypes, Custom Typography, Design For Print, Design Opinion, Design Reviews, Foil Blocking, From Europe, From the United Kingdom, G.F Smith Papers & Boards, Graphic Design, Graphic Design Blog, Logo Design & Branding Blog, Logotypes, Material Thinking, Minimal Design, Minimal Logos, Minimal Package Design, Minimalist Brand Identities, Packaging Company, Packaging Design, Packaging Design Blog, Packaging Design Resource, Packaging News, Sans-serif Logotypes, Sans-serif Typography, The Best Business Cards of 2018, The Best Graphic Design Work of 2018, The Very Best Brand Identities of 2018, The Very Best of 2018, The Very Best Packaging of 2018, Typography, Uncoated Papers & Cards Comments Off on A.N Other by Socio Design, United KingdomOpinion by Richard Baird
A. N Other gives its perfumers the creative room to craft limited edition, luxury and high concentration fragrances free from the pressures of consumer trends, market segmentation and budgetary constraints. These are then sold directly to consumers through its website. A.N Other places greater value on the internal composition of each of its fragrances, and the inspirations and aspirations of its creators, than the outward expression and associated expense of boutique spaces, lavish adverts, glossy magazine coverage and celebrity endorsements. This direct to consumer approach and a focus on ingredient quality, concentration and sustainability, as well as perfumer and fragrance story, is distilled down and projected by graphic identity, developed by Socio Design, initially online through website, and continuing into packaging. These are linked by naming and strategy, and by details that include bespoke typeface and logotype, brand imagery and copywriting, also created by Socio Design.
Port of Mokha by Manual, United States
Posted: Filed under: Food and Drink, Packaging Reviews | Tags: American Design, Best Packaging Designs, Blind Emboss, Brand Identity Reviews, Branding & Packaging of 2017, Branding Blog, Branding Reviews, Coffee Logos and Packaging Design, Copper Block Foil, Copy Opinion by Seth Rowden, Creative Packaging, Design Blog, Design For Print, Design Opinion, Design Reviews, Designed by Manual, G.F Smith Papers & Boards, Graphic Design, Graphic Design Blog, Logo Design & Branding Blog, Luxury Logos and Packaging Design, Minimal Design, Minimal Package Design, Packaging Company, Packaging Design, Packaging Design Blog, Packaging Design Resource, Packaging News, Packaging Shortlist 2017, The Very Best of 2017, The Very Best of BP&O, The Very Best Packaging of 2017, Typography Comments Off on Port of Mokha by Manual, United StatesOpinion by Richard Baird.
Port of Mokha is a coffee, sourced from Yemen, that is said to be the rarest, most expensive and best tasting in the world. As a brand it is critically acclaimed, winning awards and receiving the highest ratings in blind cuppings, and mindful, helping to support local communities.
Port of Mokha’s story begins with the return and daring escape of Yemeni founder and San Francisco-based Mokhtar Alkhanshali from war-torn Yemen on a fishing boat with coffee samples which made international news in 2015. This story forms part of Port of Mokha’s unique mythology and visual identity, alongside geographical allusions and material value across the limited edition Yemen Trilogy Box Set which was created by American design studio Manual.
Jackalope Hotels by Fabio Ongarato Design, Australia
Posted: Filed under: Cafes, Bars and Restaurants, Graphic Design Reviews, Leisure and Tourism, Logo Reviews, Material & Print Specs | Tags: Black Block Foil, Brand Identity, Brand Identity Reviews, Branding, Branding & Packaging of 2017, Branding Blog, Branding Reviews, Business Card Design, Colorplan Papers and Boards, Coloured Paper, Design Blog, Design For Print, Design News, Design Opinion, Design Reviews, Designed by Studio Ongarato Design, Designed in Melbourne, Die Cut Design Detail, From Australia, G.F Smith Papers & Boards, Gloss Ink, Gold Foil, Graphic Design, Graphic Design Blog, Hotel Logos, Interior Design, Leather Detail, Leather Menu Cover, Logo Design & Branding Blog, Logo Design Inspiration, Logo Design Resource, Logo Designs, Logo Opinion, Logotypes, Print Finishing, Restaurant & Cafe Menu Designs, Restaurant Logos, Sans-serif Typography, Stationery Design, The Best Graphic Design Work of 2017, The Very Best Brand Identities of 2017, Thermographic Ink, Typography, Wordmark Design Comments Off on Jackalope Hotels by Fabio Ongarato Design, AustraliaOpinion by Richard Baird
Jackalope Hotels is a luxury hospitality experience developed by Melbourne-based Louis Li, a hotelier described as having a penchant for the avant-garde. The first Jackalope Hotel is situated in the heart of the Mornington Peninsula, Victoria, Australia. It is unique in its location, surrounded by the hotel’s vineyard, in its architecture and interior by Carr Design, and in its visual identity, created by Fabio Ongarato Design.
Interior design and visual identity are linked by the theme of alchemy – a metaphor for winemaking, a core part of the business, and expressed in the juxtaposition of visual and material elements to create a new whole. These include the hybrid qualities of the Jackalope sculpture by Emily Floyd, the mixed techniques employed by artist Kate Robertson, and the polished layers of stone and carved busts of Rolf Sachs. This also extends to the visual identity for hotel, its restaurant and bar, in the combination of paper and finish, organic image and precise typographical and geometric forms.
