OMA NY Monograph by Studio Lin
Posted: Filed under: Architecture and The Built Environment, Publishing | Tags: American Design, Best Brochure Design 2020, Book & Magazine Cover Design, Book & Magazine Design, Brochure Design 2020, Canadian Design, Design Blog, Design For Print, Design Reviews, Design Reviews: Editorial Design, Designed by Blok, Designed by Studio Lin, Editorial Design, Graphic Design, Graphic Design Blog, Surface Texture, The Best Design for Print 2020, The Best Graphic Design Work of 2020, The Very Best of 2020 Comments Off on OMA NY Monograph by Studio LinText by Richard Baird
The Office for Metropolitan Architecture (OMA) is an international architectural practice operating within the traditional boundaries of architecture and urbanism. It was founded in 1975 in Rotterdam by architects Rem Koolhaas and Elia Zenghelis and alongside Madelon Vriesendorp and Zoe Zenghelis. OMA now has seven offices. This year saw the launch of OMA New York’s self-published monograph, designed by Studio Lin, that takes a look back at over 10 years of their work.
Tangent GC Organic Soap by Carl Nas Associates
Posted: Filed under: Fitness, Health and Beauty, Packaging Reviews | Tags: Best Packaging Designs, Brand Identity Reviews, Branding Blog, Cosmetic Packaging, Creative Packaging, Design For Print, Design Opinion, Design Reviews, Designed by Carl Nas Associates, Designed in Stockholm, Fonts in Use: Akkurat, From Europe, From Scandinavia, From the United Kingdom, Graphic Design, Graphic Design Blog, Logo Design & Branding Blog, Logotypes, Material Thinking, Minimal Design, Minimal Logos, Minimal Package Design, Organic Packaging, Packaging Company, Packaging Design, Packaging Design Blog, Packaging Design Resource, Packaging News, Skincare, Tangent GC, The Best Packaging of 2020, The Very Best of 2020, Type Foundry: Lineto, Typography, Uncoated Papers & Cards Comments Off on Tangent GC Organic Soap by Carl Nas AssociatesText by Richard Baird
Tangent GC began as a Scandinavian organic garment and shoe care company developing products that intended to increase the life of clothing and footwear, and entered the organic skincare market in 2016. The concern given to the longevity of skin becomes an understandable extension of that original intention.
Carl Nas Associates, who have been working with Tangent GC on their packaging treatments for an ever-growing number of products over the last few years, worked on the brand’s new line of organic soaps. Just as with earlier work, which could be described as having a minimal sensibility (in the truest not trendiest sense of the word), this is very much about nuance and continuity. This post functions as an extension of previous posts. It reiterates the elegance and flexibility afforded by and present in the original type treatment and efficacy of good material choices and the communicative potential of surfaces and structures. This is a rare opportunity to see how a solution functions across time and within new contexts.