Well Coffee by Bond, Finland
Posted: Filed under: Cafes, Bars and Restaurants, Graphic Design Reviews, Logo Reviews | Tags: Bag Design, Brand Identity Reviews, Branding & Packaging of 2017, Branding Blog, Branding Reviews, Coffee Logos and Packaging Design, Coffee Shop Branding, Custom Typefaces & Logotypes, Custom Typography, Design For Print, Design Opinion, Design Reviews, Designed by Bond, Designed in Helsinki, Finnish Design, From Scandinavia, Graphic Design, Graphic Design Blog, Illustration, Logo Design & Branding Blog, Logos, Menu Boards, Patterns, Sans-serif Typography, Sign Design, Stickers, The Best Custom Logotypes, The Very Best Brand Identities of 2017, The Very Best of 2017, The Very Best of BP&O, Typography, Unbleached Materials Comments Off on Well Coffee by Bond, FinlandOpinion by Richard Baird.
Well Coffee is a new vegetarian café in the centre of the Finnish capital of Helsinki. It has a distinctive interior of steel frames and wood surfaces, exposed concrete walls, drilled and CNC cut panels of circles, large menu board, marine lamps and potted plants. These blend the current and utilitarian with the more welcoming. Scandinavian graphic design studio Bond worked with the café on brand identity. This included illustration and custom typography, implemented as signage, across packaging and throughout website. These are linked by wave-like elements, inspired by the symbol associated with the cafe’s location in Kaivopiha, and recurring circular detail that makes a connection with interior design.
Electric Ink by Robot Food, United Kingdom
Posted: Filed under: Fitness, Health and Beauty, Fonts in Use, Graphic Design Reviews, Packaging Reviews | Tags: Brand Identity Reviews, Branding & Packaging of 2017, Branding Blog, Branding Reviews, British Design, Creative Packaging, Design For Print, Design Opinion, Design Reviews, Designed by Robot Food, Designed in Leeds, Graphic Design, Graphic Design Blog, Illustration, Logo Design & Branding Blog, Logo Designs, Logos, Logotypes, Packaging Company, Packaging Design Resource, Script Logotypes, Skincare, Typography Comments Off on Electric Ink by Robot Food, United KingdomOpinion by Richard Baird.
With the rise in the popularity of tattoos and the lack of credible long-term care products, Leeds-based design studio Robot Food formulated, branded and packaged Electric Ink, a tattoo care range for the mainstream market. The range includes a serum that enhances colour, an oil that delivers a freshly-inked look, and a daily moisturiser. Each feature distinctive packaging design that draws on and honours the counter-cultural tradition of tattooing and acknowledges its move into the mainstream. Electric Ink launched in 2017 and is throughout the United Kingdom from Superdrug, selected tattoo and barber shops, as well as fashion retailers.
Croxley Park by Blast, United Kingdom
Posted: Filed under: Business, Banking, Law and Finance, Graphic Design Reviews, Logo Reviews | Tags: Brand Identity Reviews, Branding & Packaging of 2017, Branding Blog, Branding Reviews, British Design, Brochure Design, Design For Print, Design Opinion, Design Reviews, Designed by Blast, Gold Foil, Graphic Design, Graphic Design Blog, Graphic Design Trends: Monolinear Illustration, Illustration, Logo Design & Branding Blog, Sans-serif Typography, Stencil, Stencil Cut Logotypes, The Very Best of BP&O, Typography, Uncoated Papers & Cards Comments Off on Croxley Park by Blast, United KingdomOpinion by Richard Baird.
Croxley Park is a business park located two miles from the town of Watford, United Kingdom, with good local public transport links and twelve minutes from the M25, an arterial route that encircles Greater London. Although strategically placed to make the most of these networks, Croxely Park also has a unique 25 acre parkland setting. Currently, this is home to both multi-national companies and small start-ups, which make up the park’s 2,600 inhabitants.
With the aspiration of becoming one of the top UK business parks, and the intention of competing on a national and international scale, Croxley park worked with London-based graphic design studio Blast to conduct a strategic review, help clarify its positioning and create a new brand identity.
Based around the concept “&More”, Blast developed a solution that brings to life the environment and culture that surrounds the park, its amenities and high-quality service. This is brought together and expressed through cheerful colour and illustration, custom type treatment, photography and moving image, copyrighting, symbol and the materiality of brochure.
