Aurlands by Heydays
Posted: January 29, 2019 Filed under: Fashion, Logo Reviews, Packaging Reviews | Tags: Best Packaging Designs, Brand Identity Reviews, Branding Blog, Branding Reviews, Coloured Paper, Creative Packaging, Design For Print, Design Opinion, Design Reviews, Graphic Design, Graphic Design Blog, Logo Design & Branding Blog, Logotypes, Material Thinking, Minimal Design, Minimal Logos, Minimal Package Design, Minimalist Brand Identities, Packaging Company, Packaging Design, Packaging Design Blog, Packaging Design Resource, Packaging News, Sans-serif Logotypes, Sans-serif Typography, The Best Brand Identities of 2019, The Best Graphic Design Work of 2018, The Best Logo Designs of 2019, The Very Best Brand Identities of 2019, The Very Best Packaging of 2019, Typography, Uncoated Papers & Cards Comments Off on Aurlands by HeydaysOpinion by Richard Baird
Aurlands is the oldest running workshop for handcrafted shoes in Norway. It was founded in 1907 by shoemaker Nils G. Tveranger who, following time in America training as a shoemaker, went on to create the world’s first Penny Loafer in 1926. This, subsequently, became an enduring unisex fashion icon across Europe and America.
Aurlands continues to build on this legacy, crafting high-quality and sustainable shoes, and maintaining classics, alongside The Penny Loafer, such as the Norwegian welt and Norwegian split toe, names that refer to the way leather meets in their construction. Although distinct, each shoe shares the same attention to detail, the craft of their build and care given to both functionality and longevity.
The Aurlands brand is an enduring story of a Norwegian influence on the international shoemaking community. This story continues in their rebranding, created by Scandinavian design studio Heydays. This sees the introduction of a new wordmark and container, a bespoke typeface–Aurlands Display designed by Ellmer Stefan, lifestyle photography from Lasse Fløde, package design and soon to launch website.
Old Elephant House by Studio South
Posted: January 11, 2019 Filed under: Cafes, Bars and Restaurants, Logo Reviews | Tags: Brand Identity, Brand Identity Reviews, Branding, Branding Agency, Branding Blog, Branding News, Branding Reviews, Cafe Logos, Condensed Logotypes, Condensed Typography, Design For Print, Design News, Design Opinion, Design Reviews, Designed by Studio South, From New Zealand, Graphic Design, Graphic Design Blog, Illustration, Logo Design & Branding Blog, Logotypes, Restaurant & Cafe Menu Designs, Sandwich Board Design, The Best Brand Identities of 2019, The Best Business Cards of 2019, The Best Logo Designs of 2019, Visual Identity Design Blog Comments Off on Old Elephant House by Studio SouthOpinion by Richard Baird
Old Elephant House is a new brasserie and courtyard bar in the former elephant enclosure at Auckland Zoo. It offers an à la carte menu and set three-course meals made up of light and elegant dishes. It is a building that is distinct in its proportions and location, with tall doors and windows from which to hear the distant calling siamang gibbons. Taking cues from the animals of the zoo and their jungle habitats, and with a mind towards a relaxed environment for family and friends, Studio South developed an illustrative collage of exotic motifs, cropped across menus and costers, and transitioning into a space designed by Izzard by way of hand-painted murals.
Varnom Ross by Bibliothèque
Posted: January 10, 2019 Filed under: Business, Banking, Law and Finance, Logo Reviews, Property | Tags: Brand Identity, Brand Identity Reviews, Branding, Branding Agency, Branding Blog, Branding News, Branding Reviews, British Design, Design For Print, Design News, Design Opinion, Design Reviews, Designed by Bibliothèque, Designed in London, Extended Typography, Fonts in Use: GT America, Graphic Design, Graphic Design Blog, Logo Design & Branding Blog, Logotypes, Minimal Design, Minimal Logos, Minimalist Brand Identities, Monochromatic Brand Identities, Recruitment Branding, Sans-serif Logotypes, Sans-serif Typography, The Best Brand Identities of 2019, The Best Business Cards of 2019, The Best Logo Designs of 2019, Type Foundry: Grilli Type, Visual Identity Design Blog Comments Off on Varnom Ross by BibliothèqueOpinion by Richard Baird
Varnom Ross is a London-based specialist recruitment agency carefully pairing property professionals with private and public sector clients operating throughout the UK. Their specialism emerges from a single-minded focus on searching for and discovering the perfect synergy between individual character and collective corporate culture, professional skill set and task. This is achieved through personal conversation rather than the impersonal algorithmic governance that characterises many of today’s recruitment firms. Varnom Ross worked with Bibliothèque to express this positioning through a distinct graphic identity of contrasts, graphic immediacy and personability across print (gifts, coffee cups, ink stamps, business cards and printed communications) and screen (website and social media posts).
