Designers’ Friend by Paul Belford Ltd, United Kingdom
Posted: May 27, 2016 Filed under: Graphic Design Reviews, Logo Reviews, Technology | Tags: Brand Guidelines, Brand Identity, Brand Identity Reviews, British Design, Corporate Identity Design, Design For Print, Design Opinion, Design Reviews, Designed by Paul Belford Ltd, Designed in London, Fonts in Use: OCR, From Europe, Graphic Design, Graphic Design Blog, Logo Design & Branding Blog, Logo Design Inspiration, Logo Design Resource, Logo Designs, Logotypes, Minimal Design, Minimal Logos, Minimalist Brand Identities, Monospaced Logotypes, Monospaced Typography, Responsive Websites, Sans-serif Logotypes, Typography, Web Developer Logos, Website Design 3 Comments »Opinion by Richard Baird.
Designers’ Friend is a UK web development company working with designers and design studios to deliver fast sites that look exactly as they were designed. The company commissioned London-based graphic design studio, past client and collaborator Paul Belford Ltd., to deliver a brand identity concept that would work in print and online.
The studio’s concept is described as a dramatisation of the line ‘we write code’ and visualised, rather literally, by a keyboard. This then forms the basis of a minimal graphic expression in print across business cards and headed paper, and as part of a search rather than menu-based functionality online.
Shuang Shuang by ico Design, United Kingdom
Posted: February 23, 2016 Filed under: Cafes, Bars and Restaurants, Graphic Design Reviews, Logo Reviews | Tags: Brand Identity, Brand Identity Reviews, Branding, Branding & Interior Design, Branding Agency, Branding Blog, Branding Reviews, British Design, Design For Print, Design News, Design Opinion, Design Reviews, Designed by ico, Designed in London, Fonts In Use: Geometric Sans-serif, Fonts in Use: GT Pressura, From the United Kingdom, Graphic Design, Graphic Design Blog, Graphic Design Trends: Monolinear Illustration, Illustration, Logo Design & Branding Blog, Logo Design Inspiration, Logo Design Resource, Logo Designs, Logo Opinion, Logotypes, Monolinear Typography, Monospaced Logotypes, Monospaced Typography, Restaurant & Cafe Menu Designs, Restaurant Logos, Sans-serif Typography, The Best Brand Identities of 2016, The Best Graphic Design Work of 2016, The Very Best of 2016, Type Foundry: Grilli Type, Typography, Unbleached Materials, Uncoated Papers & Cards, White Block Foil, White Ink Comments Off on Shuang Shuang by ico Design, United KingdomOpinion by Richard Baird.
Shuang Shuang is new restaurant experience, located on London’s Shaftesbury Ave, that brings a contemporary twist on hotpot—a long-established and family favourite throughout China and East Asia, and a fun and social way of eating—to the United Kingdom. Shuang Shuang worked with London based graphic design studio ico Design on naming and interior design, as well as brand identity. This extends across signage, tableware, menus and website.
Nota Bene by Blok, Canada
Posted: February 22, 2016 Filed under: Cafes, Bars and Restaurants, Graphic Design Reviews, Logo Reviews | Tags: Box Packaging, Brand Identity, Brand Identity Reviews, Branding, Branding Agency, Branding Blog, Branding Reviews, Canadian Design, Colour in Use: Pastels, Design For Print, Design News, Design Opinion, Design Reviews, Designed by Blok, Fonts In Use: Geometric Sans-serif, Fonts In Use: Simplon, From Toronto, Graphic Design, Graphic Design Blog, Logo Design & Branding Blog, Logo Design Inspiration, Logo Design Resource, Logo Designs, Logo Opinion, Logotypes, Monospaced Logotypes, Monospaced Typography, Neon Sign Design, Packaging Design, Paper and Card Packaging, Restaurant & Cafe Menu Designs, Restaurant Logos, Sans-serif Typography, The Best Brand Identities of 2016, The Best Graphic Design Work of 2016, The Very Best of 2016, The Very Best of BP&O, Type Foundry: Swiss Typefaces, Typography, Uncoated Papers & Cards 4 Comments »Opinion by Richard Baird.
Nota Bene is a restaurant, located on Toronto’s Queen Street West, with a menu made from locally-sourced and seasonal ingredients. It was opened by chef David Lee and business partners Yannick Bigourdan and Franco Prevedello in 2008, and was awarded “Best New Restaurant” by Toronto Life and enRoute Magazine soon after.
To coincide with the restaurant’s 2016 relaunch—which saw David Lee take sole ownership and the unveiling of a new menu and interior—Nota Bene worked with Canadian graphic design studio Blok to develop a new visual identity. This was inspired by David Lee’s approach to food and the restaurant’s new environment; a marriage of organic detail and contemporary materiality created by +tongtong, and runs across menus, stationery, business cards, postcards, coasters, packaging and website.
