Teatulia by Here Design
Posted: November 6, 2018 Filed under: Cafes, Bars and Restaurants, Packaging Reviews, Retail | Tags: Best Packaging Designs, Brand Identity Reviews, Branding & Interior Design, Branding & Packaging of 2018, Branding Blog, Branding Reviews, Creative Packaging, Design For Print, Design Opinion, Design Reviews, Graphic Design, Graphic Design Blog, Here Design, Logo Design & Branding Blog, Logotypes, Organic Packaging, Packaging Company, Packaging Design, Packaging Design Blog, Packaging Design Resource, Packaging News, Sign Design, Spot Colours, Tea Packaging, The Best Graphic Design Work of 2018, The Very Best of 2018, The Very Best Packaging of 2018, Typography Comments Off on Teatulia by Here DesignOpinion by Richard Baird
Teatulia is a Bangladeshi single origin tea brand that recently moved into the UK market, opening a flagship store, tea shop and cocktail bar in London’s Covent Garden. It is a social enterprise creating jobs in a remote region of Bangladesh and has, so far, transformed 3,000 acres of barren land into an organic tea garden. Drawing on Teatulia’s single-source positioning—common for coffee but unusual for the tea market—Here Design developed a graphic identity that, through colour and form, and inspired by the work of renowned Indian filmmaker and graphic designer Satyajit Ray, is infused with Bangladeshi culture. This intersects an elegant interior design of warmth and texture by way of packaging and window decals.
Anton&Anton Kioski by Bond
Posted: October 26, 2018 Filed under: Packaging Reviews, Retail | Tags: Best Packaging Designs, Brand Identity Reviews, Branding & Packaging of 2018, Branding Blog, Branding Reviews, Creative Packaging, Design For Print, Design Opinion, Design Reviews, Designed by Bond, Finnish Design, From Scandinavia, Graphic Design, Graphic Design Blog, Logo Design & Branding Blog, Logotypes, Organic Packaging, Packaging Company, Packaging Design, Packaging Design Blog, Packaging Design Resource, Packaging News, Pastel Colours, Sign Design, Skincare, The Best Graphic Design Work of 2018, The Very Best of 2018, The Very Best Packaging of 2018, Tote Bag Design, Typography Comments Off on Anton&Anton Kioski by BondOpinion by Richard Baird
Anton&Anton (A&A) is an alternative to and antithesis of the large supermarket chains. Staff are described as relaxed, smiley and proud. Their ranges (mostly) organic, some homecooked and also available online for home delivery. With a desire to express an approachable, playful yet credible positioning, and a need to develop a cohesive set of packaging and communications assets A&A worked with Bond to create a new visual identity. This is characterised by an intersection of an elegant wordmark, simple shapes, multi-colour and distinctive structural designs that also move into a retail space designed by Futu Design. Alongside wordmark, iconography and packaging, Bond also designed signage, tote bags, aprons and sweatshirts.
Garden 13, Graanmarkt 13 by Base
Posted: March 21, 2018 Filed under: Food and Drink, Graphic Design Reviews, Home and Garden, Packaging Reviews | Tags: Best Packaging Designs, Brand Identity Reviews, Branding & Packaging of 2018, Branding Blog, Branding Reviews, Creative Packaging, Design Blog, Design For Print, Design Opinion, Design Reviews, Designed by Base, Graphic Design, Graphic Design Blog, Packaging Company, Packaging Design, Packaging Design Blog, Packaging Design Resource, Packaging News, The Best Graphic Design Work of 2018, The Very Best Brand Identities of 2018, The Very Best Packaging of 2018, Typography Comments Off on Garden 13, Graanmarkt 13 by BaseOpinion by Seth Rowden
Graanmarkt 13 is a restaurant, high-end concept store and apartment in Antwerp. It is described by Base, the studio behind its graphic identity, as a special house, a crossover place full of surprises. This was articulated through a story that positioned Graanmarkt 13 as a haven for people in search of objects and experiences with soul and meaning.
Garden 13 is a series of plant-based products and an online shop inspired by Graanmarkt 13’s rooftop garden philosophy. These products intend to develop the brand outside of its physical location, to reach an international audience.
In their packaging design for this new range, which builds on their initial identity work for Graanmarkt 13 Base tease the reader’s curiosity. They translate the feeling and sensory experience of using each botanical product into microcopy expressed as a single sentence over a variety of surfaces.
A pared-back but well-intentioned material language, a robustness that implies value, and a structural design that sees the cylindrical and simple link a breadth of products, serve as useful surfaces for emotive communication. This materiality is thoughtful and beautifully constructed, yet it is the words that are the real highlight. Copywriter Seth Rowden offers his opinion.
