Unfolded by Commission
Posted: November 19, 2018 Filed under: Art and Design, Graphic Design Reviews, Packaging Reviews | Tags: Best Packaging Designs, Black Block Foil, Blind Emboss, Brand Identity Reviews, Branding & Packaging of 2018, Branding Blog, Branding Reviews, Colour in Use: Fluorescent, Coloured Paper, Creative Packaging, Design For Print, Design Opinion, Design Reviews, Designed by Commission Studio, Festival and Event Brand Identities, Fluorescent Paper, Foil Blocking, From Europe, From the United Kingdom, Graphic Design, Graphic Design Blog, Logo Design & Branding Blog, Logotypes, Material Thinking, Minimal Design, Minimal Logos, Minimal Package Design, Minimalist Brand Identities, Packaging Company, Packaging Design, Packaging Design Blog, Packaging Design Resource, Packaging News, Sans-serif Logotypes, Sans-serif Typography, The Best Graphic Design Work of 2018, The Very Best of 2018, The Very Best Packaging of 2018, Thermographic Ink, Typography, Uncoated Papers & Cards Comments Off on Unfolded by CommissionOpinion by Richard Baird
Unfolded is a design and print festival that celebrates the creative work happening across Europe in the disciplines of design, printing and brand communication. This was held by and at The Gmund Paper Factory in Germany on the 9th November 2018. The event created a space for sharing ideas and fostering dialogue between creative individuals, providers of printing services, brand managers and experts from the business and agency scene. Unfolded also hosted lectures, keynote speakers and panels around brand strategy, materiality and sustainability. An exhibition, running in parallel to these events, showcased the latest developments within the industry.
The innovative dimension of the event, its desire to develop industry discourse, and the potential of design, material and print to synergise, is expressed in the delivery, presentation and form of the Unfolded invitation, created by London-based design studio Commission. This is initially marked by the impact of colour and type, volume and robustness, form and mechanism yet, and in contrast, is followed by the framing of a delicately micro-perforated and block foiled invitation.
Jackalope Hotels by Fabio Ongarato Design, Australia
Posted: October 12, 2017 Filed under: Cafes, Bars and Restaurants, Graphic Design Reviews, Leisure and Tourism, Logo Reviews, Material & Print Specs | Tags: Black Block Foil, Brand Identity, Brand Identity Reviews, Branding, Branding & Packaging of 2017, Branding Blog, Branding Reviews, Business Card Design, Colorplan Papers and Boards, Coloured Paper, Design Blog, Design For Print, Design News, Design Opinion, Design Reviews, Designed by Fabio Ongarato Design, Designed in Melbourne, Die Cut Design Detail, From Australia, G.F Smith Papers & Boards, Gloss Ink, Gold Foil, Graphic Design, Graphic Design Blog, Hotel Logos, Interior Design, Leather Detail, Leather Menu Cover, Logo Design & Branding Blog, Logo Design Inspiration, Logo Design Resource, Logo Designs, Logo Opinion, Logotypes, Print Finishing, Restaurant & Cafe Menu Designs, Restaurant Logos, Sans-serif Typography, Stationery Design, The Best Graphic Design Work of 2017, The Very Best Brand Identities of 2017, Thermographic Ink, Typography, Wordmark Design 4 Comments »Opinion by Richard Baird
Jackalope Hotels is a luxury hospitality experience developed by Melbourne-based Louis Li, a hotelier described as having a penchant for the avant-garde. The first Jackalope Hotel is situated in the heart of the Mornington Peninsula, Victoria, Australia. It is unique in its location, surrounded by the hotel’s vineyard, in its architecture and interior by Carr Design, and in its visual identity, created by Fabio Ongarato Design.
Interior design and visual identity are linked by the theme of alchemy – a metaphor for winemaking, a core part of the business, and expressed in the juxtaposition of visual and material elements to create a new whole. These include the hybrid qualities of the Jackalope sculpture by Emily Floyd, the mixed techniques employed by artist Kate Robertson, and the polished layers of stone and carved busts of Rolf Sachs. This also extends to the visual identity for hotel, its restaurant and bar, in the combination of paper and finish, organic image and precise typographical and geometric forms.
Trika by Bunch, United Kingdom
Posted: February 14, 2017 Filed under: Fonts in Use, Graphic Design Reviews, Interior Design, Logo Reviews, Material & Print Specs | Tags: Brand Identity, Brand Identity Reviews, Branding, Branding & Packaging of 2017, Branding Blog, Branding Reviews, Business Card Design, Colorplan Papers and Boards, Colour in Use: Green, Croatian Design, Design For Print, Design News, Design Opinion, Design Reviews, Fonts in Use: Maison, Furniture Design Logos, G.F Smith Papers & Boards, Gloss Ink, Graphic Design, Graphic Design Blog, Interior Design, Logo Design & Branding Blog, Logo Design Inspiration, Logo Design Resource, Logo Designs, Logo Opinion, Logotypes, Minimal Design, Minimal Logos, Minimalist Brand Identities, Sans-serif Typography, Stationery Design, The Best Business Cards of 2017, Thermographic Ink, Tote Bag Design, Type Foundry: Milieu Grotesque, Typography, Uncoated Papers & Cards, Wordmark Design 3 Comments »Opinion by Richard Baird.
Trika is an interior design company, working on both public and private spaces, with a showroom and studio in the Croatian capital of Zagreb. They represent furniture and equipment manufacturers such as Billiani, Enea and Federicia, amongst many others, whose brand names are described as being synonyms for quality, comfort and design.
Graphic design studio Bunch worked with Trika to develop a new brand identity. This included logotype, business cards, notebooks, tote bag and website. Bunch’s work frames some lovely project photography and distils down modern contemporary interior and furniture design into a simple and functional graphic expression, elevated by material detail.
