The Finnish Cultural Institute designed by Kokoro & Moi
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The Finnish Cultural Institute for the Benelux (Fins Cultureel Instituut, Institut Culturel Finlandais) is a non-profit organisation that promotes Finnish arts and culture to the Benelux countries of the Netherlands, France and Belgium, with the intention of fostering collaborative opportunities for artists and organisations within the fields of music, literature, design, cinema and the performing and visual arts. The institute’s visual identity, designed by creative agency Kokoro & Moi, juxtaposes the horizontal, modernist formality and contemporary professionalism of a broadly spaced, uppercase and geometric sans serif execution of one language with the slanted, stamp and craft-like treatment of another.
Askeroths Trappor Och Räcken designed by Bedow
Posted: Filed under: Architecture and The Built Environment, Art and Design, Logo Reviews | Tags: Brand Identity Reviews, Design Opinion, Design Reviews, Designed by Bedow, Designed in Stockholm, From Scandinavia, Graphic Design, Heat Treated Detail, Ink Stamps, Logo Design & Branding Blog, Logo Designs, Logomarks, Manufacturing Logos, Swedish Design, The Best Logo Designs of 2012, Typography Comments Off on Askeroths Trappor Och Räcken designed by Bedow 
Stockholm based graphic and product design studio Bedow recently developed a new visual identity and stationery solution for Askeroths Trappor och Räcken, a small Swedish manufacturer of specialist staircases.
Based around a simple but identifiable abstraction, the logo-mark captures the elemental, functionality and practicality of staircases and the solid technical abilities of the craftsmen through the combination of a single, consistent line weight, basic geometry and nice balance of positive and negative space.
Riksteatret designed by Bleed
Posted: Filed under: Logo Reviews, Theatre | Tags: Animated Logos, Brand Identity Reviews, Branding News, Designed by Bleed, From Scandinavia, Logo Design & Branding Blog, Logo Design Trends: Dynamic Brand Identities, Logo Design Trends: Dynamic Logos, Logo Design Trends: Flexible Logos, Logo Designs, Logo News, Logomarks, Logotypes, Monochromatic Brand Identities, Norwegian Design, The Best Logo Designs of 2012, Theatre Logos, Typography Comments Off on Riksteatret designed by Bleed 
Established in 1948 and performing on roughly 200 stages, Riksteatret is the national touring theatre of Norway currently directed by actress and politician Ellen Horn. This month sees the launch of Riksteatret’s new visual identity created by multidisciplinary design consultancy Bleed. Based around the concept of a poster and executed as a smart expanding and contracting visual device, the identity creates an interesting border for the theatre’s posters, programmes and stationery with a modernistic egalitarian sense of inclusivity.
