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.
Shakespeare In The Park 2019 by Pentagram
Posted: June 25, 2019 Filed under: Graphic Design Reviews, Leisure and Tourism, The Best of BP&O, Theatre | Tags: Brand Identity, Brand Identity Reviews, Branding, Branding Blog, Branding Reviews, Campaign Design, Design Blog, Design For Print, Design News, Design Opinion, Design Reviews, Designed by Pentagram, Festival and Event Brand Identities, Fonts in Use: Knockout, Graphic Design, Graphic Design Blog, Paula Scher, Poster Design, Sign Design, The Best Graphic Design Work of 2018, The Very Best of 2018, The Very Best of BP&O, Type Play, Typography, Women of Design Comments Off on Shakespeare In The Park 2019 by PentagramOpinion by Richard Baird
Shakespeare In The Park is an annual event and duo of free performances presented by New York’s The Public that takes place at the Delacorte Theater in Central Park in May and June. 2019 saw performances of Much Ado About Nothing and Coriolanus under the theme “Rumours and Rebels”.
The event was promoted through a city-wide campaign developed by Pentagram’s Paula Scher and team, with assets such as signage being designed and deployed by The Public’s in-house team. This furthers the enduring and evolving identity Paula Scher designed for the theatre in 1994, revised 2005 and again in 2008.
There remains a continuity in the impact, immediacy and dynamic qualities of previous campaigns whilst working in a new colour palette of red, blue and yellow, and an angled approach to type. This links signage, static and dynamic posters and billboards, t-shirts and newspaper advertising. The work done for the event will go on to form the basis of communications for The Public’s 2019–2020 season.
andSons Chocolatiers by Base Design
Posted: June 24, 2019 Filed under: Food and Drink, Graphic Design Reviews, Logo Reviews, Packaging Reviews, The Best of BP&O | Tags: Best Packaging Designs, Blue Block Foil, Branding & Packaging of 2019, Chocolate Packaging, Coloured Paper, Creative Packaging, Design For Print, Design News, Design Opinion, Design Reviews, Designed by Base, Foil Blocking, Fonts in Use: Domaine, From New Zealand, Graphic Design, Graphic Design Blog, Green Block Foil, Luxury Logos and Packaging Design, Material Thinking, Metallic Spot Colours, Modern Luxury, Packaging Company, Packaging Design, Packaging Design Blog, Packaging Design Resource, Packaging News, Packaging Opinion, Red Block Foil, Structural Package Design, The Very Best of 2019, Type Foundry: Colophon, Type Foundry: Klim Type Foundry, Typography, Uncoated Papers & Cards, Visual Identity Design Blog Comments Off on andSons Chocolatiers by Base DesignOpinion by Richard Baird.
andSons is a second generation chocolatier and retailer run by Marc and Phil Covitz, two brothers who learned everything there is to know about fine chocolate from their mother. Seeking to offer something new to the world of artisanal chocolate, driven forward by Top 10 Pastry Chef Kriss Harvey who joins the brothers, andSons thrashes out a liminal space between their traditional European heritage and the contemporary creativity of Los Angeles where they are located. With this positioning in mind andSons commissioned Base Design to create an iconic graphic identity and packaging design that would capture the spirit of innovation founded on tradition that was refined and luxurious whilst also being playful and surprising. These intentions are woven together and expressed by way of a simple but elegant logotype, bold colourful forms set against white space, and using colourful foils in conjunction with interchangeable sleeves.
