Pia Ulin Photography by The Studio, Sweden
Posted: December 16, 2015 Filed under: Logo Reviews, Photography | Tags: Brand Identity, Brand Identity Reviews, Branding, Branding Blog, Branding News, Brochure Design, Colour in Use: Grey, Coloured Paper, Copper Block Foil, Design For Print, Design News, Design Opinion, Design Reviews, Designed by The Studio, Designed in Stockholm, Fonts in Use: Circular, From Scandinavia, Logo Design & Branding Blog, Logo Design Inspiration, Logo Design Resource, Logo Opinion, Logos for Photographers, Minimal Design, Minimal Logos, Sans-serif Logotypes, Stationery Design, Swedish Design, Type Foundry: Lineto, Uncoated Papers & Cards, Visual Identity Design Blog 2 Comments »Opinion by Richard Baird.
Pia Ulin is a Swedish photographer, working between New York and Stockholm, who has built a considerable reputation from her daylight-only approach. This is said to infuse her images, which cover interior, lifestyle and still life, with a warm and natural quality.
As well as producing editorial photography for publications such as Dwell, Martha Stewart and Elle Decoration, Pia has also contributed images to the books Monochrome Home, Colourful with Lotta Agaton and Kinfolk Home, and has worked for high profile brands such as H&M Home, Ikea, Williams Sonoma and Anthropologie.
Following a recent move to New York, Pia worked with Scandinavian graphic design company The Studio to develop a new brand identity and website that would compliment and reflect her aesthetic, and function as a clean backdrop for presenting work. This went on to also include letterpress business cards, stationery set, portfolio postcards and box.
Bord 13 by Snask, Sweden
Posted: November 30, 2015 Filed under: Cafes, Bars and Restaurants, Logo Reviews | Tags: Brand Identity, Brand Identity Reviews, Branding, Branding & Interior Design, Branding Blog, Branding Reviews, Design For Print, Design News, Design Opinion, Design Reviews, Designed by Snask, Designed in Stockholm, Fonts In Use: Geometric Sans-serif, From Scandinavia, Graphic Design, Graphic Design Blog, Logo Design & Branding Blog, Logo Design Inspiration, Logo Design Resource, Logo Designs, Logo Opinion, Logotypes, Neon Sign Design, Restaurant & Cafe Menu Designs, Restaurant Logos, Sans-serif Typography, Sign Design, Stencil Cut Logotypes, Swedish Design, The Best Brand Identities of 2015, The Best Graphic Design Work of 2015, The Best Logo Designs of 2015, The Very Best of 2015, Typography, Uncoated Papers & Cards 3 Comments »Opinion by Richard Baird.
Bord 13 is a restaurant, located on Malmö’s Engelbrektsgatan, with a menu that steers clear of the overfished, the modified and unnatural. It is a collaboration between chefs Robert Jacobson and Besnik Gashi, a former Souschef and a Head Sommelier from world-renowned Noma, and features a brand identity and interior design by Scandinavian studio Snask. This extended to material, lighting and furniture choices, and included menu and coaster design, branded chef whites and signage.
Åhléns Hem by Twenty-five Art House, Sweden
Posted: November 23, 2015 Filed under: Graphic Design Reviews, Retail | Tags: Brand Identity Reviews, Branding Blog, Branding Reviews, Custom Typefaces & Logotypes, Custom Typography, Design For Print, Design Opinion, Design Reviews, Designed by 25AH, Designed in Stockholm, From Scandinavia, Graphic Design, Graphic Design Blog, Logo Design & Branding Blog, Minimal Design, Neon Sign Design, Packaging Design, Pastel Colours, Sans-serif Typography, Sign Design, Stationery Design, Swedish Design, Typography, Unbleached Materials, Uncoated Papers & Cards 1 Comment »Opinion by Richard Baird.
Åhléns is a department store and one of Sweden’s leading retailers. It has locations in many of the cities across the country, with 18 in Stockholm alone, and also trades in neighbouring Norway. Åhléns has a significant history, beginning life as a mail-order business in 1899, and moving into low-cost retail in 1964. It now stocks up-market products across the beauty, fashion, home and media markets.
Scandinavian design studio Twenty-five Art House was commissioned to develop a new concept for Åhléns’ in-store communication and wayfinding across its Home department, and delivered a solution based around signage, patterns and custom typography with the intention of both guiding and inspiring.
