San Francisco Symphony by Collins
Formed in 1911, while San Francisco was rapidly rebuilding after the devastating earthquake of 1906, the San Francisco Symphony (SFS) has been serving audiences in the Bay Area and beyond for 111 years. In 2018, Esa-Pekka Salonen – a Finnish conductor and composer – was announced as the incoming musical director, with his tenure to start during the fall season...
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Fable by The Collected Works, 2022
Fable is a web-based motion design platform. Bearing in mind the dynamic and scalable nature of online content and motion graphics, delivered across different device sizes, an F constructed from three differently proportioned frames feels like a fitting gesture. That these exist in motion, animated to give the impression of being placed on different planes in three dimensional space, just...
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Padel Haus by Leo Lab, 2022
Logo design could be seen as a search. The uncovering of idea that lies between disparate and everyday things. Here, Leo Lab beautifully connect the letter P and H via the familiar construction of a Padel ball, similar to a tennis ball but with less internal pressure. Played between two people, a ball passed through the space between, is captured...
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Girl Scouts of the USA by Collins, 2020
For most, the logo for the Girl Scouts of the USA will be associated with Saul Bass who, in 1978, designed the silhouetted trefoil of three female figures. Aside from a slight revision by OCD in 2010, this remained consistent for 30 years. What is not as well-known, is that the trefoil, an undoubtably distinctive form on its own, has...
Girl Scouts of the USA by Collins
Not just a patch, but a full patchwork. Collins has injected ‘fashun darling’ into a club that has collected aesthetic cobwebs over the past few decades. The Girl Scouts of the USA has finally been ripped from old-world rigidity into a brand with whimsey. A reset for now, and a lifestyle brand for tomorrow. Scouts is the sort of extra-curricular...
Clutch Automotive by Parker Studio
From à la mode Lick paint to gramable Aokka coffee, everything comes in a tin these days. The rise of metal packaging solutions in food and beverages, healthcare, household and consumer is expected to accelerate by 3.1% year-on-year from 2021 to 2030, driven by the demand for sustainable alternatives to plastic and lightweight substitutes for glass. Aesthetically speaking, the tin...
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Paul Belford on Ads:
Volvo 740 ad
A guest article from Paul Belford on AMV’s advert for the Volvo 740 (1983). BP&O Voices presents the opinions of industry experts on a wide range of topics....
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Great Wrap by A Friend of Mine, 2022
Great Wrap is the only compostable cling wrap made from food waste and, as a brand, is on a mission to end a reliance on petroleum-based plastic. Whilst serious about the science behind their product, they also believe in having fun along the way. This is wonderfully expressed by their logo, designed by A Friend Of Mine, in the plasticity and...
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Seth Rowden on Brand Language:
Mami Wata – Catching a break with West African folklore
A guest article from Seth Rowden on Mami Wata’s brand language. BP&O Voices presents the opinions of industry experts on a wide range of topics....
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Peter Bailey by Bunch, 2011
Bunch delivers a modern take on the historical arts and crafts origins of the monogram for photographer Peter Bailey, neatly drawing a letter ‘b’ in the counter space of the ‘p’. What is particularly neat is the mirrored nature of the two letter-forms along the horizontal axis, capturing both sides of the lens, the photographer and the subject. See more...
Panettoni Pavolucci by Requena Office
Panettone has origins as far back as ancient Rome, but its connection to Christmas was first established in the eighteenth century. This sweet bread – originally from Milan – has earned its place across the globe as a staple of the festive season. However, earlier this summer, Barcelona-based twins Chiara and Francesca Pavolucci opened a bakery to bring panettone to...
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Digital Turbine by Pentagram, 2022
Digital Turbine, the name draws the imagination towards a churn of pixels, the automation of online data. Pentagram expresses this as an ever-revolving, dispersing and converging set of modular blocks. While we’re far from the visible pixels of the past, this remains an immediate and universal motif that designers continue to dip into and used here as the foundation for...