Collective Gallery designed by Graphical House
Posted: Filed under: Art and Design, Logo Reviews | Tags: Art Gallery Logos and Brand Identities, Brand Identity, Brand Identity Design, Brand Identity Reviews, Branding, Branding Blog, Branding Reviews, Design For Print, Designed by Graphical House, Designed in Glasgow, Fonts in Use: Circular, Logo Design & Branding Blog, Logo News, Logotypes, New Logo, Scottish Design, The Best Brand Identities of 2014, The Best Custom Logotypes, The Best Logo Designs of 2014, Type Foundry: Lineto Comments Off on Collective Gallery designed by Graphical HouseOpinion by Richard Baird.
Collective is a contemporary visual arts organisation founded in 1984 to help new and emerging artists exhibit their work in Scotland’s capital city Edinburgh. The organisation delivers a diverse programme of new exhibitions and commissions, and is described as being “fundamental to the cultural vitality of the country”. Following a move to The City Observatory, Glasgow based design studio Graphical House worked with Collective to develop a new brand identity that would challenge the ‘white space’ gallery convention and give them a contemporary voice within Edinburgh.
Slåke Møbelfabrikk designed by Ghost
Posted: Filed under: Art and Design, Logo Reviews | Tags: Brand Identity, Brand Identity Design, Brand Identity Reviews, Branding, Branding Blog, Branding Reviews, Business Card Design, Design For Print, Designed by Ghost Norway, Fonts in Use: Akkurat, From Scandinavia, Furniture Design Logos, Homeware, Logo Design & Branding Blog, Logo News, Logotypes, Manufacturing Logos, New Logo, Norwegian Design, Sans-serif Logotypes, Stationery Design, The Best Brand Identities of 2014, The Best Logo Designs of 2014, Type Foundry: Lineto Comments Off on Slåke Møbelfabrikk designed by GhostSlåke is a small furniture manufacturer, located in Norway’s Hjelmeland, with a heritage that dates back to 1938. Although it produces a variety of contemporary pieces it is also known throughout Scandinavia for making jærstol, a traditional, high quality, wood and reed chair.
As part of its 75th anniversary Slåke commissioned Ghost to develop a new brand identity—which went on to include logotype, stationery, print and website design—that would reflect its continued commitment to the creation of new classics, influenced by the ‘Nordic design language’, and crafted by its team of ‘young, innovative designers’, and to safeguard its heritage whilst looking to the future.
Kontoret designed by Werklig
Posted: Filed under: Business, Banking, Law and Finance, Fonts in Use, Logo Reviews | Tags: Brand Identity, Brand Identity Reviews, Branding, Coloured Paper, Designed by Werklig, Designed in Helsinki, Finnish Design, Fonts in Use: Replica, From Scandinavia, Logo & Brand Identities for Co-working Spaces, Logo Design & Branding Blog, Logo Designs, Logos, Pastel Coloured Papers, Pastel Colours, Sans-serif Logotypes, Sign Design, Stationery Design, The Best Brand Identities of 2013, The Best Logo Designs of 2013, Type Foundry: Lineto, Typography Comments Off on Kontoret designed by WerkligCreated by consultant Ray Lindberg with the intention of setting new standards for flexible work environments, Kontoret provides low-cost office space by the hour, with wireless internet, printers and coffee, to freelancers, chief executives, local businesses and international travellers in the centre of Helsinki.
Inspired by the “essence and basic needs of office work and the aesthetics of the classic office environment”, design agency Werklig created a new grid-based identity for Kontoret drawn from the typeface Replica Mono, a custom set of icons and utilises branded office tools such as Bic pens, Post-it notes and Stabilo Boss highlighters to establish a “brand identity with a strong link to the traditional office environment with a minimalist Scandinavian twist.” This extends across neon signage, window decals, bags and stationery.