Lagotto by Studio Hi Ho
Posted: Filed under: Cafes, Bars and Restaurants, Graphic Design Reviews, Logo Reviews | Tags: Branding Agency, Design Blog, Design For Print, Design Inspiration, Design News, Design Opinion, Design Reviews, Designed by Studio Hi Ho, Graphic Design, Graphic Design Blog, Milieu Property Branding and Campaigns, Typography Comments Off on Lagotto by Studio Hi HoOpinion by Richard Baird
Lagotto is a new all-day café, wine bar and food store situated inside Nth Fitzroy, a residential property development project from Milieu located at the heart of Melbourne’s, inner north. Named after the truffle-hunting Italian dog breed, the café offers a relaxed European surrounding in which to enjoy an Italian menu with a “joyful vibrancy that avoids kitschiness or pastiche”. Studio Hi Ho, also responsible for the visual identity of the Nth Fitzroy development, was commissioned to put forward a proposal for Lagotto that would resonate with the distinctive interior design scheme, the local community’s tastes and Mediterranean migrant history. This was achieved through type pairing, materiality and playful illustration by Ted Parker.
BP&O Collections — Best Awards Winners 2019
Posted: Filed under: BP&O Collections | Tags: Branding Agency, Design Blog, Design For Print, Design Inspiration, Design News, Design Opinion, Design Reviews, Graphic Design, Graphic Design Blog, Typography Comments Off on BP&O Collections — Best Awards Winners 2019 
The Best Awards is an annual celebration of interactive, graphic, product and spacial design work from New Zealand and Australia, run by The Designer’s Institute. This year’s event took place on Friday the 4th October at Auckland’s Spark Arena where winning studios where awarded a Gold Pin for best in category, a Supreme Pin for best in discipline or a Purple Pin for those considered to have raised the bar of design.
Other awards include The John Britten Black Pin, which will be given to an individual for their leadership, vision and achievements nationally and internationally, and The Designer’s Institute of New Zealand Black Pin for Outstanding Achievement. This will be awarded to a member who has made a lasting and valuable contribution to the design profession and design culture in New Zealand. The judges for each catagory can be seen here.
To coincide with the publication of the winners BP&O looks back at those projects reviewed on the site and picking up awards in October.
Freadman White by Studio Hi Ho
Posted: Filed under: Architecture and The Built Environment, Graphic Design Reviews, Logo Reviews | Tags: Architecture Logos, Brand Identity, Brand Identity Reviews, Branding, Branding Agency, Branding Blog, Branding Reviews, Custom Typefaces & Logotypes, Custom Typography, Design Blog, Design For Print, Design Inspiration, Design News, Design Opinion, Design Reviews, Designed by Studio Hi Ho, From Australia, Graphic Design, Graphic Design Blog, Logo Design & Branding Blog, Logo Design Inspiration, Logo Design Resource, Logo Designs, Logo Opinion, Logotypes, Stationery Design, Typography, Wordmark Design Comments Off on Freadman White by Studio Hi HoOpinion by Richard Baird
Freadman White is a Melbourne-based architectural practice, led by Ilana Freadman and Michael White, that seeks to embed a curiosity-driven and experientially charged tension into their architectural work, reveal beauty in simple and overlooked settings, and design contextually informed structures with a disciplined whimsy. Further, rather than responding literally to physical surroundings, the practice develops spaces that are visually intriguing, emotionally resonant, sensorial and textural “informed by memories of place and the achievements of modern architecture”. These notions emerge from a mandate that intends to make positive contributions to individual lives and the wider urban project. To express the nuances and enquiries embedded in the practice and a personality that is whimsical, curious, warm, thoughtful and uncompromising Studio Hi Ho—commissioned by Freadman White to develop a new brand identity—worked with typographer Dennis Grauel to create ‘Frisky Freadman’, a custom typeface and a convivial interpretation of the classic typeface Ionic.
