Laji Hair & Make designed by UMA
Posted: Filed under: Fitness, Health and Beauty, Logo Reviews | Tags: Brand Identity, Brand Identity Reviews, Branding, Branding Blog, Branding News, Business Card Design, Colour in Use: Pastels, Coloured Paper, Colourful Business Cards, Design For Print, Design News, Design Opinion, Design Reviews, Designed by UMA, Fluorescent Paper, Japanese Design, Logo Design & Branding Blog, Logo Design Inspiration, Logo Design Resource, Logo Opinion, Minimal Design, Pastel Coloured Papers, Sans-serif Logotypes, Script Logotypes, Stationery Design, The Best Brand Identities of 2015, The Best Business Cards of 2015, The Best Logo Designs of 2015, Uncoated Papers & Cards, Visual Identity Design Blog Comments Off on Laji Hair & Make designed by UMAOpinion by Richard Baird.
Laji is a hair and make-up studio located in the city of Osaka, Japan, with a distinctive interior design developed by dot architects. It features chipboard dividers and mirror frames, pegboard panels, strip lighting, exposed concrete ceilings, brick walls and utilities, concrete cast with wood surface texture, red stained floors as well as custom furniture created by Ryohei Yoshiyuki. It is a combination that makes the space appear more like an urban art studio or on-trend coffee shop rather than anything you might traditionally associate with a make-up and hairstyling space which, when considered alongside the studio’s identity, designed by UMA, is very likely the point. The project included logotype, business cards, discount certificates and postcards.
Torrefacto designed by Fork
Posted: Filed under: Food and Drink, Logo Reviews, Packaging Reviews | Tags: Brand Identity Design, Brand Identity Reviews, Branding, Branding Blog, Branding News, Branding Reviews, Business Card Design, Coffee Logos and Packaging Design, Creative Packaging, Design For Print, Designed by Fork, Graphic Design Blog, Handcraft, Heat Treated Detail, Logo Design & Branding Blog, Logo Design Inspiration, Logo Design Resource, Logo News, Logotypes, Monogram Design, New Logo, Newsprint, Packaging Company, Packaging Design Resource, Script Logotypes, Stationery Design, The Best Brand Identities of 2015, The Best Logo Designs of 2015, The Best Packaging of 2015, Uncoated Papers & Cards Comments Off on Torrefacto designed by ForkOpinion by Richard Baird.
Torrefacto is a Russian coffee roasting business founded in 2011 in response to what they describe as the difficulty of sourcing freshly roasted coffee beans in Moscow, and the time and trouble associated with importing it. Torrefacto prides itself on batch production and hand roasting processes, good consumer relations – which sees its owners personally answering letters and addressing website comments – and a combined roasting and delivery service that reduces the time between roasting, which takes place each Saturday, and receipt.
Created by design studio Fork, Torrefacto’s new brand identity, which included logotype, packaging and stationery, reflects some of the convenience of door-to-door service, individual consumer-focused values and the craft associated with selecting and roasting coffee beans, through typography, structural design, paper choice, colour and finish, in a way that introduces character to, and increases the perceived value of, what has become an everyday experience.