Kristin Jarmund Architects by Snøhetta, Norway
Posted: June 30, 2017 Filed under: Architecture and The Built Environment, Fonts in Use, Graphic Design Reviews, Logo Reviews | Tags: Architecture Logos, Brand Identity, Brand Identity Reviews, Branding, Branding & Packaging of 2017, Branding Blog, Branding Reviews, Business Card Design, Colourful Business Cards, Design Blog, Design For Print, Design News, Design Opinion, Design Reviews, Designed by Snohetta, Fonts in Use: Replica, From Scandinavia, Graphic Design, Graphic Design Blog, Logo Design & Branding Blog, Logo Design Inspiration, Logo Design Resource, Logo Designs, Logo Opinion, Logos, Logotypes, Monolinear Typography, Sans-serif Typography, Stationery Design, The Best Architecture Logos, The Best Business Cards of 2017, The Very Best Brand Identities of 2017, The Very Best of BP&O, Type Foundry: Lineto, Typography, Uncoated Papers & Cards, White Block Foil, Wordmark Design 7 Comments »Opinion by Richard Baird
Kristin Jarmund Architects is an oslo-based architectural studio with a design philosophy that is focused on using a simplicity of form and a clarity of purpose to address complex problems, while at the same time, allowing for a contextual and human sensitivity. Reduction, as well as the duality inherent to the studio’s work, was the founding principles of their new visual identity, created by Scandinavian studio Snøhetta. This can be seen in the juxtaposition of type and image, and the recurring motif of extracts within both of these.
K. Apeland by Bielke&Yang, Norway
Posted: September 25, 2015 Filed under: Architecture and The Built Environment, Fonts in Use, Logo Reviews | Tags: Brand Identity Reviews, Branding Blog, Branding Reviews, Business Card Design, Colour in Use: Yellow, Construction Logos and Packaging, Design For Print, Design Opinion, Design Reviews, Designed by Bielke & Yang, Designed in Oslo, Engineering Logos, Envelope Design, Folder Design, Fonts in Use: Replica, From Europe, From Scandinavia, Graphic Design, Graphic Design Blog, Logo Design & Branding Blog, Logotypes, Minimal Design, Minimal Logos, Norwegian Design, Poster Design, PR Logos, Sans-serif Typography, Spot Colours, Stationery Design, The Best Brand Identities of 2015, Type Foundry: Colophon, Type Foundry: Lineto, Typography, Uncoated Papers & Cards Comments Off on K. Apeland by Bielke&Yang, NorwayOpinion by Richard Baird.
K. Apeland is a Norwegian independent civil engineering consultancy that specialises in construction technologies, and applies its experience to new builds, remodelling projects and renovation. It has a favour for steel-wood and concrete structures, which has won the consultancy a number of awards, and has a broad portfolio that covers public infrastructure, private offices and housing, as well as viewing platforms, roads, bridges and quays.
Alongside a name change, shortened from Dr. techn. Kristoffer Apeland AS, K. Apeland worked with Oslo based graphic design studio Bielke&Yang to create a new visual identity system. This extended to business cards, letterhead, folder, posters, envelope, notepad and grid paper design, with a new website to follow shortly.
Markus Form by Lundgren+Lindqvist, Sweden
Posted: April 14, 2015 Filed under: Art and Design, Fonts in Use, Logo Reviews | Tags: Black and White, Brand Identity Reviews, Branding Blog, Branding Reviews, Business Card Design, Coloured Paper, Design For Print, Design Opinion, Design Reviews, Designed by Lundgren+Lindqvist, Designed in Gothenburg, Fonts in Use: Replica, From Scandinavia, Furniture Design Logos, Graphic Design, Graphic Design Blog, Homeware, Letterhead Design, Logo Design & Branding Blog, Logo Design Inspiration, Logo Design Resource, Logo Designs, Logotypes, Minimal Logos, Postcard Design, Sans-serif Logotypes, Stationery Design, Swedish Design, Swing Tag Design, The Best Brand Identities of 2015, The Very Best of 2015, The Very Best of BP&O, Type Foundry: Lineto, Typography, Unbleached Materials, Uncoated Papers & Cards 1 Comment »Opinion by Richard Baird.
Markus Form is a contemporary furniture company, founded with the intention of revitalising Sweden’s furniture industry, and with an ambition to produce relevant, practical and easy to match designs that are durable and sustainable. The company’s furniture will also draw on a significant Swedish and Scandinavian design culture and heritage that unites ergonomics, functionality, craftsmanship and a good working knowledge of materials, whilst also being individualistic. Markus Form describe their philosophy as one that takes on greater challenges than those posed by form and finish, and acknowledges furniture as an architectonic component that has to handle scale and other spatial conditions and addresses everyday needs.
These values are the basis of Markus Form’s brand identity, developed by graphic design studio Lundgren+Lindqvist, and expressed using reductive, geometric, typographic shape and its consistent application, an appropriate use of space, proportion and layout, detail and the absence of detail, print finish and the distinctive and contextual qualities of still life photography. The project included business cards, postcards, tags, labels, folders and website.
