14 Islands by Bedow, Sweden
Posted: Filed under: Logo Reviews, Technology | Tags: Brand Identity Reviews, Branding & Packaging of 2017, Branding Blog, Branding Reviews, Business Card Design, Design Opinion, Design Reviews, Designed by Bedow, Designed in Stockholm, From Scandinavia, Graphic Design, Graphic Design Blog, Logo Design & Branding Blog, Logo Design Trends: Dynamic Brand Identities, Logo Design Trends: Dynamic Logos, Logos, Retail Logos, Sans-serif Typography, Sign Design, Swedish, T-shirt Design, The Best Custom Logotypes, The Best New Logo Designs of 2017, Tote Bag Design, Typography, Web Developer Logos Comments Off on 14 Islands by Bedow, SwedenOpinion by Richard Baird
14 Islands is a Swedish digital development studio that focuses on the design and build of distinctive and creative user experiences for companies such as Google, Adidas and Plume. Although its products are diverse, and include websites, apps and web-based games, these are linked by the studio’s commitment to balancing good design principles and technical performance with natural and playful interactions across all devices and screen sizes. The studio also experiments with emerging technologies, often gives talks and runs development workshops. This mix of play and technical insight is expressed by their new visual identity, designed by Stockholm-based Bedow, through colour, form, animated logo and dynamic on-screen elements, paired with the technical rigour of Monokrom’s screen-only font Aften. Visual identity runs across and connects assets such as business cards, t-shirts, tote bags, signage and website.
Meg’s Tailoring by Studio South, New Zealand
Posted: Filed under: Fashion, Graphic Design Reviews, Logo Reviews, Material & Print Specs | Tags: Art Direction, Bag Design, Brand Identity, Brand Identity Reviews, Branding, Branding Agency, Branding Blog, Branding Reviews, Business Card Design, Design For Print, Design News, Design Opinion, Design Reviews, Designed by Studio South, Designed in Auckland, Fedrigoni Papers & Boards, From New Zealand, Graphic Design, Graphic Design Blog, Logo Design & Branding Blog, Logo Design Inspiration, Logo Design Resource, Logo Designs, Logo Opinion, Logotypes, Minimal Design, Minimal Logos, Minimalist Brand Identities, Modernist Brand Identities, Responsive Websites, Silkscreen Printed, T-shirt Design, The Best Brand Identities of 2016, The Best Business Cards of 2016, The Best Graphic Design Work of 2016, The Very Best of 2016, Typography, Uncoated Papers & Cards, UV Varnish, Website Design, Window Decals Comments Off on Meg’s Tailoring by Studio South, New ZealandOpinion by Richard Baird.
Meg’s is a tailoring service, established by Megan Kenny, that began as a single store on Garfield Street in 1995. Meg’s now has two locations in Auckland, New Zealand, provides a broad range of services; from hems to full garment design, and works on large projects with high-end designers and labels such as Hugo Boss, Prada and Gucci, and on smaller jobs from High Street drop-ins.
Megan Kenny has worked in Sydney and London, has decades of experience in dressmaking, fashion and interior design, and has built a team of tailors, seamstresses, designers and machinists, many of whom she has trained herself. Megan and her team are passionate and respectful and pride themselves on their attention to detail and customer care.
With the intention of better communicating the team’s ongoing ambition to deliver quality work and exceptional service, Megan worked with Auckland-based Studio South to evolve Meg’s brand identity and re-introduce it to the market in a fresh and contemporary way. This was achieved through universal motif and colour palette, the materiality of uncoated papers and glossy finishes, and a modern restraint. Alongside digital presence and art direction, Studio South also provided Meg’s Tailoring with a variety of printed assets, these included branded t-shirts and carrier bags, signage, decals and business cards.
Mercht by Robot Food, United Kingdom
Posted: Filed under: Art and Design, Logo Reviews | Tags: Brand Identity, Brand Identity Reviews, Branding, Branding Agency, Branding Blog, Branding Reviews, British Design, Brochure Design, Custom Typefaces & Logotypes, Custom Typography, Design For Print, Design News, Design Opinion, Design Reviews, Designed by Robot Food, Designed in London, Fonts in Use: Noyh, Graphic Design, Graphic Design Blog, Graphic Design Trends: Monolinear Illustration, Hand Drawn Typography, Hand Lettering, Logo Design & Branding Blog, Logo Design Inspiration, Logo Design Resource, Logo Designs, Logo Opinion, Logotypes, Monolinear Typography, Notebook Design, Script Logotypes, Script Typography, Spot Colours, Stationery Design, Stickers, T-shirt Design, The Best Brand Identities of 2016, The Best Custom Logotypes, The Best Graphic Design Work of 2016, Typography, Website Design Comments Off on Mercht by Robot Food, United KingdomOpinion by Richard Baird.
Mercht is a UK based custom merchandise business, created by the team at Awesome Merchandise, that offers its customers a risk-free way to design, sell and ship customised t-shirts and wearable accessories, through an online showcase and print on demand service. It is a platform where, if designs sell well, both parties profit, with neither loosing if they do not.
Leeds based graphic design studio Robot Food, the studio behind Awesome Merchandise’s brand identity, developed an identity for Mercht that captures the creative, custom and accessible spirit of the service through a playful and convivial mix of bright colour, hand drawn lettering and pattern, which links a variety of collateral. This included badges, stickers, notebooks and packaging, postcards and branded t-shirts.