In recent years we’ve seen some radical shifts to the ever-booming pet care sector. That’s thanks in no small part to the Covid 19 lockdowns that saw many of us seeking solace and company in domestic animals, taking advantage of the WFH policies that, once upon a time, felt endless and unwavering. Another catalyst, perhaps, is that in an increasingly...
Zelman Meats describes itself as being the best steak sharing restaurant in London. A bold claim, but the reviews have been rolling in supporting this. Matching these great reviews is a great logo, designed by Sam Lachlan. Sure, liberties are taken on the steak knife silhouette, but this is more than made up for by the discovery of the Z...
Pachama uses the power of satellite images and LiDAR technology to generate accurate readings on real-time carbon removal. By connecting nature, technology and community Pachama can accurately report on where carbon credits are being used and what is being done to enhance sequestration efforts. This symbiosis of nature, technology and community is at the heart of the organisation’s new visual identity...
Barnardo’s is the UK’s largest children’s charity, and it undoubtedly does much good in the world. However, its history up to this point is also littered with uncomfortable controversies. Certainly, the most outlandish transgressions are concentrated in the late-19th and early-20th centuries. Founder Thomas John Barnardo was taken to court 88 times for kidnapping children (or ‘philanthropic abductions’, as old...
Now that the likes of ed-tech (education technology) and fin-tech (financial technology) have become a natural part of everyday parlance, it was surely only a matter of time before prop-tech (property technology) entered the equation, too. Proptech largely refers to platforms and services that use tech to help people buy, sell, research, market, and manage a property – ranging from...
Voiceflow finds itself amongst the many new AI tools out in the world, and allows product teams to build business critical AI agents. So far, Voiceflow is the only conversational AI platform to do this. This ‘flow’ and ‘flexibility’ is embedded in an almost three dimensional waveform motif, inspired by the Slinky toy. Focus Lab furthers this, saying this it...
GT Alpina is described by type foundry and BP&O regular GrilliType as a workhorse serif that also delights in playing with the very meaning of concept, reaching into the ‘grab bag of typographic history to resurrect shapes some may falsely see as too expressive’. This feels an apt description for Antara 128, and the visual identity created by Mucho that...
Tree and arrow-like with upward movement, with the suggestion of mountains and ski jumps. This is how Study Hall describe their logo for Jiberish, a company that have carved out a space in the ski industry, ‘amplifying Rocky Mountain Culture through the language of streetwear’. As part of an effort to align the brand with its current purpose the logo...
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While we speak the same language, the cultural differences between us here in the UK and our pals in the US can feel vast. There’s pavement vs sidewalk, fringe vs bangs, ‘flavour’ vs ‘flavor’. There’s also biscuit and cookie – though where we draw the line between the two is another debate for another time. And seemingly at the forefront...
Koto’s new work is undoubtedly gorgeous – after all, what’s not to love about a suite of very cute dinosaurs? Especially when they’re rendered in a charming faux naif sort of style, and the whole colour palette is based around Barney & Friends purpley pink and the effervescently Gen Z-baiting neon of ‘terminal green’. The project in question is Koto’s...
Where to begin with Thick Pickle? This conceptual brand began in 2023 as a self-initiated ‘studio side project’ for California-based studio Studyhall. As it blew up though, Studyhall began to wonder if the brand had legs – literally, as demonstrated by the disconcertingly buff, aviator-shade-sporting animated pickle (gherkin or pickled cucumber for the Brits) mascot who strides across pop-up windows...