Vinoteca by dn&co, United Kingdom
Posted: Filed under: Cafes, Bars and Restaurants, Logo Reviews | Tags: Bar Logos and Brand Identities, Brand Identity, Brand Identity Reviews, Branding, Branding Blog, Branding Reviews, British Design, Colorplan Papers and Boards, Colour in Use: Green, Colour in Use: Pastels, Coloured Paper, Copper Block Foil, Copper Ink, Design For Print, Design News, Design Opinion, Design Reviews, Designed by dn&co., Designed in London, Emboss Detail, Fonts in Use: Brown, Fonts in Use: Pitch, From Europe, From the United Kingdom, Graphic Design, Graphic Design Blog, Gravure Embossed Papers, Logo Design & Branding Blog, Logo Design Inspiration, Logo Design Resource, Logo Designs, Logo Opinion, Logotypes, Metallic Spot Colours, Restaurant & Cafe Menu Designs, Sans-serif Typography, Surface Texture, The Best Brand Identities of 2015, The Best Graphic Design Work of 2015, The Best Logo Designs of 2015, The Very Best of 2015, Type Foundry: Klim Type Foundry, Type Foundry: Lineto, Typography, Uncoated Papers & Cards, Wine Bars, Wine Design, Wine Label Design Comments Off on Vinoteca by dn&co, United KingdomOpinion by Richard Baird.
Vinoteca is a group of London based restaurants, founded by business partners and friends Brett Woonton and Charlie Young, that were inspired by the wine bars of Spain and Italy. Aside from the restaurant experience, and as a testament to the quality of their wine list, these restaurants also operate as local wine retailers.
dn&co. were commissioned to refresh and formalise Vinoteca’s brand identity. With an emphasis on balance and clarity, and a desire to convey Vinoteca’s welcoming and easily digestible take on the complex world of wine, dn&co., in opposition to the simplicity and clinicality often favoured by similarly positioned restaurants, embraces material colour and texture, typographic reduction and flourish, space and rich photography. This extends across menus, wine lists and labels, business cards and website.
K. Apeland by Bielke&Yang, Norway
Posted: Filed under: Architecture and The Built Environment, Fonts in Use, Logo Reviews | Tags: Brand Identity Reviews, Branding Blog, Branding Reviews, Business Card Design, Colour in Use: Yellow, Construction Logos and Packaging, Design For Print, Design Opinion, Design Reviews, Designed by Bielke & Yang, Designed in Oslo, Engineering Logos, Envelope Design, Folder Design, Fonts in Use: Replica, From Europe, From Scandinavia, Graphic Design, Graphic Design Blog, Logo Design & Branding Blog, Logotypes, Minimal Design, Minimal Logos, Norwegian Design, Poster Design, PR Logos, Sans-serif Typography, Spot Colours, Stationery Design, The Best Brand Identities of 2015, Type Foundry: Colophon, Type Foundry: Lineto, Typography, Uncoated Papers & Cards Comments Off on K. Apeland by Bielke&Yang, NorwayOpinion by Richard Baird.
K. Apeland is a Norwegian independent civil engineering consultancy that specialises in construction technologies, and applies its experience to new builds, remodelling projects and renovation. It has a favour for steel-wood and concrete structures, which has won the consultancy a number of awards, and has a broad portfolio that covers public infrastructure, private offices and housing, as well as viewing platforms, roads, bridges and quays.
Alongside a name change, shortened from Dr. techn. Kristoffer Apeland AS, K. Apeland worked with Oslo based graphic design studio Bielke&Yang to create a new visual identity system. This extended to business cards, letterhead, folder, posters, envelope, notepad and grid paper design, with a new website to follow shortly.
Gripoix Paris by Mind, United Kingdom
Posted: Filed under: Art and Design, Fashion, Fonts in Use, Logo Reviews | Tags: Bag Design, Best Packaging Designs, Box Packaging, Brand Identity Reviews, Branding, Branding Blog, Branding News, Branding Reviews, British Design, Calligraphic Typography, Colour in Use: Gold, Custom Typefaces & Logotypes, Custom Typography, Design For Print, Design Opinion, Design Reviews, Designed by Mind Design, Fonts in Use: Brown, Fonts in Use: Didot, From Europe, From the United Kingdom, Gold Ink, Graphic Design Blog, Logo Design & Branding Blog, Logo Design Inspiration, Logo Design Resource, Logo Designs, Logotypes, Luxury Logos and Packaging Design, Metallic Spot Colours, Packaging Design Blog, Packaging Design Resource, Postcard Design, Sans-serif Logotypes, The Best Brand Identities of 2015, The Best Custom Logotypes, The Best Logo Designs of 2015, Type Foundry: Lineto, Typography Comments Off on Gripoix Paris by Mind, United KingdomOpinion by Richard Baird.
Gripoix is a Parisian costume jewellery manufacturer with a significant history, one that stretches back to the late 19th Century and the Art Nouveau period. Gridpoix’s pieces are created using a traditional kilncasting technique, known as pate de verre, which sees molten glass poured into a thin linear framework, giving each a luxury and uniquely crafted quality.
This traditional process, and the period in which Gridpoix has its origins, formed the basis of its new brand identity developed by UK based graphic design studio Mind. This treatment included a calligraphic logotype and a monolinear pattern which extends across business cards, postcards, packaging, bags, website and a variety of print based communications.
