AIR Studios by Spin
Posted: Filed under: Logo Reviews, Music | Tags: Animated Logos, Brand Identity, Brand Identity Reviews, Branding, Branding Agency, Branding Blog, Branding Reviews, Design Blog, Design News, Design Opinion, Design Reviews, Designed by Spin, Designed in London, From the United Kingdom, Graphic Design, Graphic Design Blog, Logo Design & Branding Blog, Logo Design Inspiration, Logo Design Resource, Logo Designs, Logo Opinion, Logos, New Logo, Supergraphics, The Best Brand Identities of 2020, The Best Design for Print 2020, The Best Graphic Design Work of 2020, The Best Logo Design of 2020, The Very Best of 2020 Comments Off on AIR Studios by SpinOpinion by Richard Baird
AIR Studios was founded in 1965 by Beatles producer Sir George Martin. It is located in London’s Lyndhurst Hall, a former church with one of the largest recording rooms in the world and a live space capable of holding a full symphony orchestra. Since its opening, it has hosted a plethora of world-class talent. These have included Sir Paul McCartney, Adele, The Rolling Stones, Elton John and Lou Reed, amongst many many others. It has also been the studio in which Oscar-winning scores such as Atonement and Grand Budapest Hotel have been recorded. London-based design studio Spin were commissioned to develop a new graphic identity for the studio that would pay homage to its rich heritage, bring to the fore the talent it attracts and Air’s future ambitions. This culminated in the creation of a dynamic symbol of orbital paths and undulating waves, a modern colour palette of neutrals and bright colour, black and white photography and the use of motion on screen
LogoArchive ExtraIssue – Letters As Symbols
Posted: Filed under: Art and Design, BP&O Publications, Graphic Design Reviews, Publishing | Tags: Branding Agency, Design Blog, Design For Print, Design Inspiration, Design News, Design Opinion, Design Reviews, From Europe, Graphic Design, Graphic Design Blog, Logo Design Inspiration, Logo Design Resource, Logo Design Trends: Clever Logos, Logos, Minimal Logos, Typography Comments Off on LogoArchive ExtraIssue – Letters As Symbols 
LogoArchive in print was conceived, designed and sent to print in a day. It was inspired by a panel discussion at Somerset House as part of the exhibition Print! Now on to its seventh release, LogoArchive continues to reconfigure itself with each new issue with the intention of surprising, graphically and materially, within the context of archival.
The distinctive smaller format offers ample license to experiment and collaborate with other like-minded resources. Christophe De Pelsemaker’s Logo Books, an online archive of pages from out-of-print publications dedicated to trademarks, is one such resource. Christophe’s own book, Letters As Symbols, a collaborative endeavour with renowned Belgian designer Paul Ibou, sought to bring to life and uniquely document symbols solely based on the letters of the alphabet. It has an compelling story and an interesting journey to publication which began in 1991. This LogoArchive ExtraIssue offers readers a sample of Letters As Symbols and tells its story through selected logos and archival documents. Remaining copies can be bought here or here.
Lookbooks by Studio Lowrie
Posted: Filed under: Logo Reviews, Publishing | Tags: Bookmark Design, Bookshop, Brand Identity Reviews, Branding Blog, Branding Reviews, British Design, Design Blog, Design For Print, Design Opinion, Design Reviews, From the United Kingdom, Graphic Design, Graphic Design Blog, Logo Design & Branding Blog, Logos, Minimal Design, Minimal Logos, Minimalist Brand Identities, Sans-serif Typography, Smile In The Mind, The Best Logo Designs of 2019 Comments Off on Lookbooks by Studio LowrieOpinion by Richard Baird
Lookbooks is an online bookstore that specialises in fun and quirky publications of the past. Recent acquisitions include Old Bohemian and Moravian Jewish Cemeteries by Petr Ehl, Arno Parik & Jiri Fiedler, 1991 and 101 Cake Design by Mary Ford, 1987. There is a cultural value to many of these, reflecting a time and particular niche interest, and how these niche interests were shared pre-internet. The bookstore’s brand identity, however, clearly positions this as a cheerful tongue-in-cheek activity with a cheerful lightness of tone in the logo, which doubles down on the double O pairings within the name to create expressionful graphic gestures. But, it is the bookmarks that really stand out. I simple little die-cut trick, in conjunction with book pages, gives a nose to the eyes. A smart idea by London-based Studio Lowrie.
