Natasha Alphonse Ceramics by Shore, United States
Posted: Filed under: Art and Design, Fonts in Use, Graphic Design Reviews, Logo Reviews | Tags: American Design, Brand Identity, Brand Identity Reviews, Branding, Branding Blog, Branding Reviews, Business Card Design, Design For Print, Design News, Design Opinion, Design Reviews, Designed by Shore, Fonts in Use: Publico, Graphic Design, Graphic Design Blog, Handcraft, Homeware, Ink Stamps, Logo Design & Branding Blog, Logo Design Inspiration, Logo Design Resource, Logo Designs, Logo Opinion, Logotypes, Minimal Logos, Minimalist Brand Identities, Mixed Fibre Materials, Serif Typography, Type Foundry: Commercial Type, Typography, Uncoated Papers & Cards Comments Off on Natasha Alphonse Ceramics by Shore, United StatesOpinion by Richard Baird.
Natasha Alphonse is a ceramic artist raised in the Saskatchewan province of Canada who now works from a studio in the US city of Seattle. Her ceramics are characterised by a mix of simple forms, irregular surfaces and an earthiness in colour and texture. With a desire to scale her brand into a viable business Natasha worked with American graphic design studio Shore to develop a new visual identity and retail platform. This included business cards, headed paper, product cards, art direction and e-commerce website.
Husler & Rose by Post, United Kingdom
Posted: Filed under: Art and Design, Fonts in Use, Home and Garden, Logo Reviews | Tags: Black Block Foil, Brand Identity Reviews, Branding Blog, Branding Reviews, British Design, Business Card Design, Coloured Paper, Design For Print, Design Opinion, Design Reviews, Designed by Post, Designed in London, Fonts in Use: Raisonne, From the United Kingdom, Graphic Design, Graphic Design Blog, Homeware, Ink Stamps, Logo Design & Branding Blog, Logo Design Inspiration, Logo Design Resource, Logo Designs, Logotypes, Pastel Coloured Papers, Pastel Colours, Patterns, Postcard Design, Retail Logos, Sans-serif Logotypes, The Best Brand Identities of 2015, The Best Business Cards of 2015, The Very Best of 2015, Type Foundry: Colophon, Typography, Unbleached Materials, Uncoated Papers & Cards, White Ink Comments Off on Husler & Rose by Post, United KingdomOpinion by Richard Baird.
Husler & Rose is an online boutique and occasional pop-up store that retails thoughtfully designed, carefully constructed and long-lasting furniture, homeware and lifestyle objects sourced from across the UK and Europe, professionally and sensitively restored by owner and furniture maker Ben Rowland.
Inspired by Herbert Bayer’s Bauhaus posters and the jazz record sleeves of Duke Ellington, London based graphic design studio Post created a new brand identity treatment for Husler & Rose that included logotype, postcards, business cards and promotional pieces. These capture the crafted and considerately designed nature of the store’s curated catalogue through the high quality finishes of white ink and black block foil, hand stamped detail, geometric patterns and a contrast of serif, script and sans-serif typography, across dyed papers and unbleached boards.
Passport designed by Passport
Posted: Filed under: Logo Reviews, Self-Initiated | Tags: Brand Identity, Brand Identity Design, Brand Identity Reviews, Branding, Branding Blog, Branding Reviews, Business Card Design, Colorplan Embossed Paper, Colorplan Papers and Boards, Coloured Paper, Colourful Business Cards, Design Studio Logos, Designed by Passport, Designed in Leeds, Fonts in Use: Apercu, Fonts in Use: Sabon, Gold Foil, Graphic Design, Handcraft, Ink Stamps, Logo Design & Branding Blog, Logo Designs, Logo News, Logotypes, New Logo, Sans-serif Logotypes, Stationery Design, The Best Brand Identities of 2014, The Best Business Cards of 2014, The Best Logo Designs of 2014, Type Foundry: Colophon, White Block Foil Comments Off on Passport designed by Passport 
Passport is an independent Leeds based brand identity and print design studio founded in 2012 by Jonathan Finch and Rosalind Stoughton. The studio’s approach is informed by international destinations and design culture, and looks to create thoughtful and effective visual identities that strike a balance between classic and contemporary aesthetics, and crafted and unconventional material choices and print processes. This philosophy is reflected in a revised brand identity treatment, designed to coincide with the studio’s second anniversary, that included new business cards, stationery set and responsive website.
