Tatau by Inhouse
Posted: September 21, 2018 Filed under: Art and Design, Graphic Design Reviews | Tags: Book & Magazine Cover Design, Book & Magazine Design, Custom Typefaces & Logotypes, Custom Typography, Design Blog, Design For Print, Design Reviews: Editorial Design, Designed by Inhouse, Editorial Design, From New Zealand, Graphic Design, Graphic Design Blog, Magazine Design, Magazine Spreads, The Best Custom Logotypes, The Best Graphic Design Work of 2018, The Very Best of 2018, Wordmark Design Comments Off on Tatau by InhouseOpinion by Richard Baird.
Tatau chronicles the rich cultural history of Sāmoan tattooing, from its beginnings 3,000 years ago to the practices of today. Tatau takes the form of a 320 page hardback book (255 x 200mm) illustrated with historical photographs from the nineteenth, twentieth and twenty-first-century, diagrams, film stills and images of posters and related artefacts. These were brought together by Sean Mallon and Sébastien Galliot, and set alongside texts that explore how Sāmoan tattooing has been shaped and reshaped over an extended period by regional and international forces, with graphic and editorial design by New Zealand-based studio Inhouse. The book features a distinctive debossed cover, custom typeface and a reversible half jack with examples of contemporary male and female tatau by photographer Greg Semu.
Innsbruck International, Biennial of the Arts by Studio Mut
Posted: September 20, 2018 Filed under: Art and Design, Fonts in Use, Graphic Design Reviews, Logo Reviews | Tags: Brand Identity, Brand Identity Reviews, Branding, Branding & Packaging of 2018, Branding Blog, Branding Reviews, Design, Design Blog, Design For Print, Design News, Design Opinion, Design Reviews, Festival and Event Brand Identities, Graphic Design, Graphic Design Blog, Italian Design, Logo Design & Branding Blog, Logo Design Inspiration, Logo Design Resource, Logo Designs, Logo Opinion, Logotypes, Material Thinking, Sans-serif Typography, The Best Graphic Design Work of 2018, The Best Logo Designs of 2018, The Very Best Brand Identities of 2018, The Very Best of 2018, Typography, Wordmark Design Comments Off on Innsbruck International, Biennial of the Arts by Studio MutOpinion by Richard Baird.
Innsbruck International, Biennial of the Arts is a 16-day event set over 10 locations presenting the work of over 20 international artists who are invited to make use of Innsbruck’s historical and contemporary venues. Together, these works reach across the wide spectrum of the visual arts; from painting and sculpture, film and sound to performances and installations. Although events of this kind are, by their very nature, politically charged; the worldviews of a few artists presented to an international audience, the 2018 event brought this right to the forefront under the theme of “Agents Of Social Change”. Capturing the spirit of this Italians Studio Mut developed a graphic identity for the 2018 Biennial that included posters, advertising, programmes, brochures and website. This is marked by a visual language of both the personable and mechanical, motion and pause, yet, united by an immediacy and urgency.
STK Magazine by Moodley
Posted: September 18, 2018 Filed under: Food and Drink, Graphic Design Reviews | Tags: Austrian Design, Book & Magazine Cover Design, Book & Magazine Design, Design Blog, Design For Print, Design Reviews: Editorial Design, Designed by Moodley, Editorial Design, Graphic Design, Graphic Design Blog, Illustration, Magazine Design, Magazine Review, Magazine Spreads, Newsprint, Serif Typography, The Best Graphic Design Work of 2018, The Very Best of 2018 Comments Off on STK Magazine by MoodleyOpinion by Richard Baird.
Steirische Terrior und Klassikweingüter (STK) is a free association of ten wineries that have committed themselves to a region-specific wine culture and outstanding quality. The STK seal is a protected trademark and guarantee of quality for wines produced in the Southern and South-Eastern region of Styria, Austria.
STK was founded more than 30 years ago by a group of winegrowers who believed in the region’s potential to develop into a hot spot for world-class wines. The land is characterised by its difficult conditions for winemaking. Steep hills, unpredictable weather and versatile soils require willpower, experience and time to master yet together produce an unmistakable Styrian taste.
The STK annual magazine, designed by Austrian studio Moodley, brings to light and life the winegrowers; past generations and present custodians, the region and its terrior. What gives the magazine further character is its complimentary focus on the other side of wine production, what is described as an indispensable part of STK’s work and life: architecture, design, cuisine, art and culture. This duality, the intersection of heritage and modernity, the down-to-earth and the refinement of culture is explored within the full potential of the magazine; in the balance and arrangement of text, image and space, in typestyle and art direction, and in the dialogues that are created between all of the elements.
