Lukas/Markus – Kalle Sanner by Lundgren+Lindqvist
Posted: Filed under: Architecture and The Built Environment, Graphic Design Reviews, Material & Print Specs, Photography | Tags: Blind Emboss, Book & Magazine Cover Design, Book & Magazine Design, Design Blog, Design For Print, Design Reviews: Editorial Design, Designed by Lundgren+Lindqvist, Editorial Design, Fabric Covers, Fedrigoni Papers & Boards, Foil Blocking, From Scandinavia, G.F Smith Papers & Boards, Graphic Design, Graphic Design Blog, Swedish Design, The Very Best of 2018 Comments Off on Lukas/Markus – Kalle Sanner by Lundgren+LindqvistOpinion by Richard Baird
Lukas/Markus is a decade-long photographic project by Kalle Sanner shot with a large format camera and exploring the mirrored and connected chapels of Saint Lukas and Saint Markus designed by architect Sven Brolid. The structure was built during the 1960s, a period when Swedish functionalism was at its height, and is located in the Western Cemetery of Gothenburg.
The book, released May 2018 and co-published by ll’Editions and Blackbook Publications, exists in two versions. The first is an 82 page cloth-bound hardcover trade edition that measures 200 x 223 mm and the second is a special edition housed within a handmade clamshell box that includes an embroidered handkerchief and one of three c-prints signed and numbered by the photographer. Both of these books were designed by Scandinavian studio Lundgren+Lindqvist.
A.N Other by Socio Design, United Kingdom
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A. N Other gives its perfumers the creative room to craft limited edition, luxury and high concentration fragrances free from the pressures of consumer trends, market segmentation and budgetary constraints. These are then sold directly to consumers through its website. A.N Other places greater value on the internal composition of each of its fragrances, and the inspirations and aspirations of its creators, than the outward expression and associated expense of boutique spaces, lavish adverts, glossy magazine coverage and celebrity endorsements. This direct to consumer approach and a focus on ingredient quality, concentration and sustainability, as well as perfumer and fragrance story, is distilled down and projected by graphic identity, developed by Socio Design, initially online through website, and continuing into packaging. These are linked by naming and strategy, and by details that include bespoke typeface and logotype, brand imagery and copywriting, also created by Socio Design.
Kape 24h by Bond, Finland
Posted: Filed under: Fonts in Use, Graphic Design Reviews, Material & Print Specs | Tags: Art Direction, Book & Magazine Cover Design, Book & Magazine Design, Colour in Use: Gold, Cooking Logos and Packaging, Designed by Bond, Edge Gilding, Finnish Design, From Scandinavia, Gold Foil, Print Finishing, The Best Graphic Design Work of 2018 Comments Off on Kape 24h by Bond, FinlandOpinion by Richard Baird.
Kari Aihinen is a Finnish chef with a growing international reputation. Aside from creating exclusive pop-up Finnish dinning experiences for New Yorkers, working for Ravintola Savoy and developing one-off Nordic-Asian menus with chef Eric Neo in Singapore, he is also the co-founder and headchef of Helsinki restaurant Roster.
Roster is a distinct experience. It features an interior design of custom furniture with a vintage twist, raw and refined materials and hand-picked design objects. Although sophisticated, Roster is a casual rather than formal dinning experience. The restaurant’s graphic identity, designed by Scandinavian studio Bond, is an articulation of this, and the brisk, humorous and warm personality of Kari Aihinen. This is furthered explored in the design of Kari Aihinen’s new cookbook Kape 24h, also designed by Bond.
