Life or Death by DIA, United States
Posted: Filed under: Art and Design, Fashion, Music | Tags: American Design, Black Paper, Brand Identity, Brand Identity Reviews, Branding, Branding Blog, Branding News, Brochure Design, Business Card Design, Calligraphic Typography, Catalogue Design, Colour in Use: Black, Designed by DIA, Designed in New York, Fabric Covers, Graphic Design, Letterhead Design, Logo Design & Branding Blog, Logo Design Inspiration, Logo Design Trends: Dynamic Logos, Logo Designs, Logos, Logotypes, Minimal Design, PR Logos, Public Relations Logos, Sans-serif Logotypes, Stationery Design, The Best Brand Identities of 2015, The Best Logo Designs of 2015, Tote Bag Design, Typography, Uncoated Papers & Cards, Visual Identity Design Blog, Website Design, White Block Foil, White Ink Comments Off on Life or Death by DIA, United StatesOpinion by Richard Baird.
Life or Death is a New York and LA based full-service public relations and management business with hip hop roots. It draws its name from the idea that, within the music industry, there is no middle ground, it is either life or death. This abstraction and dual notion manifests itself within the firm’s new brand identity system, designed by DIA, as a black and white colour palette and a contrast of dynamic script logo and a static sans-serif logotype across business cards, artist cards, brochure, tote bags and responsive website. DIA describe their intentions as wanting to create an artistic and fashionable identity that honours Life or Death’s hip hop origins, and marks the firm’s move into fashion, art, and writing.
Biber Architects by Spin, United Kingdom
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Biber Architects is the New York based practice of teacher, author, architect and former Pentagram partner James Biber. Biber is made up of a tightly organized, highly experienced, and efficient team that have been producing design-led work—where others are process-focused or ideologically orientated—for more than 25 years.
The practice was conceived as a place to tackle architectural work from a fresh perspective, one that can respond to an industry that continues to experience significant change brought on by the personal computer, Internet ubiquity, rapid prototyping, instant and real-time communications, and the separation of design and production. Projects have included the Harley-Davidson Museum, the Fashion Center Needle and Button, and the Glass House Visitors Centre.
Biber’s visual identity, created by UK based graphic design studio Spin and which included logotype, business cards, stationery and website design, is described as having a playful structure and an economy of expression that make a connection with the philosophies of the practice.
Global Art Project by Work In Progress, Norway
Posted: Filed under: Art and Design, Logo Reviews | Tags: Art Gallery Logos and Brand Identities, Brand Identity, Brand Identity Reviews, Branding, Branding Blog, Branding News, Business Card Design, Calligraphic Typography, Custom Typefaces & Logotypes, Custom Typography, Designed by Work In Progress, Die Cut Design Detail, Duplex Business Cards, From Europe, From Scandinavia, Graphic Design, Letterhead Design, Logo Design & Branding Blog, Logo Design Inspiration, Logo Designs, Logos, Logotypes, Norwegian Design, Notebook Design, Pastel Coloured Papers, Pastel Colours, Serif Logotypes, Typography, Uncoated Papers & Cards, Visual Identity Design Blog, Website Design, White Block Foil, White Ink Comments Off on Global Art Project by Work In Progress, NorwayOpinion by Richard Baird.
The Global Art Project was established by Norwegian independent curator and writer Selene Wendt as a professional platform and framework for the communication, development and presentation of international contemporary art across geographical borders with the intention of bringing together all aspects of exhibition development. The Global Art Project is based in the city of Oslo and features a new brand identity, developed by multi-disciplinary Scandinavian design studio Work In Progress, that included duplex and die cut business cards, notebook, A6 presentation folder with inlay cards, website design, A1 poster and stickers.
