andSons Chocolatiers by Base Design
Posted: June 24, 2019 Filed under: Food and Drink, Graphic Design Reviews, Logo Reviews, Packaging Reviews, The Best of BP&O | Tags: Best Packaging Designs, Blue Block Foil, Branding & Packaging of 2019, Chocolate Packaging, Coloured Paper, Creative Packaging, Design For Print, Design News, Design Opinion, Design Reviews, Designed by Base, Foil Blocking, Fonts in Use: Domaine, From New Zealand, Graphic Design, Graphic Design Blog, Green Block Foil, Luxury Logos and Packaging Design, Material Thinking, Metallic Spot Colours, Modern Luxury, Packaging Company, Packaging Design, Packaging Design Blog, Packaging Design Resource, Packaging News, Packaging Opinion, Red Block Foil, Structural Package Design, The Very Best of 2019, Type Foundry: Colophon, Type Foundry: Klim Type Foundry, Typography, Uncoated Papers & Cards, Visual Identity Design Blog Comments Off on andSons Chocolatiers by Base DesignOpinion by Richard Baird.
andSons is a second generation chocolatier and retailer run by Marc and Phil Covitz, two brothers who learned everything there is to know about fine chocolate from their mother. Seeking to offer something new to the world of artisanal chocolate, driven forward by Top 10 Pastry Chef Kriss Harvey who joins the brothers, andSons thrashes out a liminal space between their traditional European heritage and the contemporary creativity of Los Angeles where they are located. With this positioning in mind andSons commissioned Base Design to create an iconic graphic identity and packaging design that would capture the spirit of innovation founded on tradition that was refined and luxurious whilst also being playful and surprising. These intentions are woven together and expressed by way of a simple but elegant logotype, bold colourful forms set against white space, and using colourful foils in conjunction with interchangeable sleeves.
St. ERHARD by Bedow, Sweden
Posted: January 24, 2018 Filed under: Food and Drink, Packaging Reviews | Tags: Alcohol Packaging, Amber Glass and Plastic Packaging, Best Packaging Designs, Blue Block Foil, Bottle Label Design, Branding & Packaging of 2018, Coaster Design & Beer Mats, Craft Beer Packaging, Craft Brewery Packaging, Designed by Bedow, Drinks Packaging, Foil Blocking, From Scandinavia, Green Block Foil, Lettering, Modernist Brand Identities, Packaging Design, Packaging Design Resource, Packaging Opinion, Red Block Foil, Silver Block Foil, Swedish Design, The Best Graphic Design Work of 2018, The Very Best Packaging of 2018, Type Play Comments Off on St. ERHARD by Bedow, SwedenOpinion by Richard Baird
With a desire to stand out, and in response to the extensive saturation of heritage-related visual cues throughout the German beer market, brewery St. ERHARD worked outside of the country with Swedish studio Bedow to develop a modern graphic identity for three of its brews. Farmer, Mayflower and Saison are premium beers, each of which are crafted, brewed and bottled by St. Erhard in the Bamberg area of Northern Bavaria.
Bedow’s work is characterised by a strong use of contrast, a graphic simplicity and immediacy. This can be seen in the meeting of curvy traditional structure and rectilinear labelling, in the mix of black ink, white substrate and colourful foiling, in the reductive typographical form of the range and the more conventional logotype of St. ERHARD, and finally, the systematic nature of the collection yet the irregularity and playful character of each label.
4B Arkitekter by Commando Group, Norway
Posted: September 28, 2015 Filed under: Architecture and The Built Environment, Fonts in Use, Logo Reviews | Tags: Architecture Logos, Brand Identity Reviews, Branding Blog, Branding Reviews, Business Card Design, Colour in Use: Red, Construction Logos and Packaging, Design For Print, Design Opinion, Design Reviews, Designed by Commando Group, Designed in Oslo, Engineering Logos, Envelope Design, Foil Blocking, Folder Design, Fonts in Use: Gotham, From Europe, From Scandinavia, Graphic Design, Graphic Design Blog, Logo Design & Branding Blog, Logo Design Inspiration, Logo Design Resource, Logotypes, Minimal Design, Minimal Logos, Red Block Foil, Sans-serif Typography, Spot Colours, Stationery Design, The Best Brand Identities of 2015, The Best Logo Designs of 2015, Typography, Uncoated Papers & Cards Comments Off on 4B Arkitekter by Commando Group, NorwayOpinion by Richard Baird.
4B Architects is an architecture studio with offices in Oslo, Norway, an experienced team and a holistic approach. It has a particular interest in low energy and sustainable projects, and has built a portfolio of restorations, public, cultural and commercial buildings, private housing and outdoor spaces. The studio’s team of founding partners (from its inception in 1971) and a generation of younger designers allows the studio to balance a long-established professionalism with fresh thinking and innovation.
Scandinavian graphic design studio Commando Group recently worked with 4B Architects to redesign its visual identity in a way that would work across and unite a variety of print based and digital platforms, and would communicate its innovative and dynamic nature.
