PLATF9RM by Studio Makgill
Posted: June 27, 2019 Filed under: Fonts in Use, Graphic Design Reviews, Logo Reviews | Tags: Brand Identity Reviews, Branding Blog, Branding Reviews, British Design, Business Card Design, Colourful Business Cards, Creative Packaging, Design For Print, Design Opinion, Design Reviews, Designed by Studio Makgill, Graphic Design, Graphic Design Blog, Logo & Brand Identities for Co-working Spaces, Logo Design & Branding Blog, Logotypes, The Best Brand Identities of 2019, The Best Business Cards of 2019, The Very Best Brand Identities of 2019, The Very Best of 2019, Type Foundry: Colophon, Typography Comments Off on PLATF9RM by Studio MakgillOpinion by Richard Baird
PLATF9RM is a co-working and office space in Brighton and Hove. It features an interior design by We Like Today that blends the utilitarian with moments of bright warm colour. Studio Makgill, working closely with PLAT9RM Founder, Seb Royle and Creative Director, Emilie Lashmar, designed a graphic identity for the space that would capture and express a spirited approach to co-working and connect with those who have a desire to escape the daily commute. The motion and energy of a collective space, and an allusion to a shorter more cheerful commute is expressed by way of bold type in motion, and through a modern convivial colour palette, this links printed materials such as business cards, posters and newsprint with the supergraphics that run throughout PLATF9RM.
CareerTrackers Awards by Garbett
Posted: June 26, 2019 Filed under: Education, Graphic Design Reviews | Tags: Annual Report, Award Design, Brand Identity, Brand Identity Reviews, Branding, Branding Blog, Branding Reviews, Colour in Use: White, Design Blog, Design For Print, Design News, Design Opinion, Design Reviews, Designed by Garbett, Designed in Sydney, Form Language, From Australia, Graphic Design, Graphic Design Blog, Kraft Paper, The Very Best Brand Identities of 2019, Tote Bag Design, Trophy Design, Uncoated Papers & Cards Comments Off on CareerTrackers Awards by GarbettOpinion by Richard Baird
CareerTrackers is an Australian charitable organisation that addresses Indigenous disadvantage by developing professional career pathways, internship programs and links with private sector employers for Indigenous university students. It does this through a model adapted from an African-American internship program that has been tackling disadvantage for over 45 years. This model sees students intern with sponsoring companies with the intention of converting them into full-time employees following the completion of their university degree.
Sydney-based studio Garbett worked with CareerTrackers to develop a graphic identity for its 2017 Annual Report and Gala Awards evening which included banners, information cards, trophies and tote bags, and then went on to develop this for the following year. These are linked by a modern take on Indigenous art in form, colour and materiality. Where the 2017 Awards program played with multiple colours, 2018 saw the introduction of a more paired-down mix of black, white and red ink.
The Golden Hour by Triboro
Posted: April 4, 2019 Filed under: Cafes, Bars and Restaurants, Logo Reviews | Tags: American Design, Bookshop, Brand Identity, Brand Identity Reviews, Branding, Branding Agency, Branding Blog, Branding News, Branding Reviews, Design For Print, Design News, Design Opinion, Design Reviews, Designed by Triboro, Designed in New York, Graphic Design, Graphic Design Blog, Logo Design & Branding Blog, Logotypes, Material Thinking, The Best Business Cards of 2019, The Very Best Brand Identities of 2019, The Very Best of 2019, Uncoated Papers & Cards, Visual Identity Design Blog Comments Off on The Golden Hour by TriboroOpinion by Richard Baird
The Golden Hour is an outdoor seasonal restaurant located in New York’s The High Line Hotel. It is a place to experience the softening of sunlight with unobstructed views of the Chelsea skyline. The restaurant intends to draw to mind the casual elegance of a coastal soirée rather than the rushing of pre-dinner drinks. The restaurant space is described as being a lush outdoor dining room where brass tables meet tropical vegetation and aisles of topiary. Drinks are centred around the escapement of the summer heat which compliments dishes inspired by the flavours of late summer on the North Atlantic, created to be enjoyed outdoors. There is a theatre to the experience in its spatial considerations, performative aspect, in the transitions that happen over time within the restaurant (small plates to large platters), and the evocation of a time and place. This temporal quality also emerges in the design of The Golden Hour’s visual identity, in the intersection of the graphic and the material, in the use of abstract motif, shape and symbology by American design studio Triboro across menus, coasters, notecards, business cards and website.
