Living Earth designed by Marx Design
Posted: Filed under: Packaging Reviews | Tags: Agriculture Logos and Packaging, Best Awards Winners, Best Packaging Designs, Design Reviews, Designed by Marx, From New Zealand, Graphic Design, Illustration, Organic Packaging, Packaging Design, Packaging Design Blog, Packaging News Comments Off on Living Earth designed by Marx DesignLiving Earth is a New Zealand-based brand of organic compost created by collecting, recycling and ‘brewing’ green waste likely to have ended up in landfill sites. Digital design agency Fracture, working in collaboration with packaging specialist Ryan Marx, recently redeveloped the brand’s range of compost bags and bottles replacing a plain single and two colour economical design with a bright and playful resolution of vivid spot colours, simple plant illustrations, an expressive character style and a subtle sense of narrative.
Expatrius Estate designed by Inhouse
Posted: Filed under: Food and Drink, Packaging Reviews | Tags: Alcohol Packaging, Best Packaging Designs, Bottle Packaging, Designed by Inhouse, Designed in Auckland, Drinks Packaging, Foil Blocking, From New Zealand, Gold Foil, Graphic Design, Heritage, Label Design, Monochromatic Brand Identities, Packaging Design, Packaging Design Blog, Packaging News, The Best Logo Designs of 2012, Typography, Wine Design, Wine Label Design, Wine Packaging Comments Off on Expatrius Estate designed by InhouseExpatrius is a limited edition range of wines created from grapes grown on the eastern end of Waiheke Island, New Zealand, by winemaker Luc Desbonnets. The wine’s label and case, created by print and digital design agency Inhouse, contrast the fine detail and traditional heraldic cues of a hand-etched illustrative crown, a gold block foil emboss and tactile substrate alongside geometric, abstract letter-forms, solid fills and a striking monochromatic colour palette to communicate the heritage, high quality, craft and exclusivity of the wine and a very distinctive and contemporary brand character.
Lambe & Nieto designed by Boscos
Posted: Filed under: Architecture and The Built Environment, Art and Design, Logo Reviews | Tags: Blind Emboss, Brand Identity Reviews, Business Card Design, Graphic Design, Logo Design & Branding Blog, Logo Designs, Spanish Design, The Best Logo Designs of 2012, Translation Services, Typography Comments Off on Lambe & Nieto designed by BoscosLambe & Nieto is a Valencia based company that provides translation services to clients in the fields of contemporary art, architecture, design and emerging technologies. Their new visual identity, created by multi-disciplinary design agency Boscos, mixes a logo-type, simple roundel, uncoated material choices and a hand-embossed finish to capture the professional but personal qualities of the brand and hint at the sectors they service.