Fashion heavyweights Calvin Klein revealed a new logo via Instagram the other day. It’s an all uppercase design, with somewhat less tall characters than the previous design, and less pointy. It’s pleasingly kerned too. A collaboration between Calvin Kleins new creative director, Raf Simon and graphic designer Peter Saville, and I’m sure it’ll do the […]
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Adama | Anagrama
Always a sucker for simplicity, this branding for Canadian fancy skincare company Adama by Anagrama is looking good. I really like the herb illustration, the hints of gold and the logo type is a refreshing choice, it has character and style, it’s distinctive when looked at alongside other high-end skincare brands who recently seem to play […]
University of Suffolk Logo and Branding
The University of Suffolk is an educational institution located in the English county of Suffolk which was, prior to August 2016, formerly known as University Campus Suffolk(UCS). UCS was granted Taught Degree Awarding Powers by the Quality Assurance Agency for Higher Education in November 2015, and in May 2016 it was awarded University status by the Privy Council. As a consequence of this, UCS was […]
Beef over Burger Brand
What could be better than a Tasty Burger? How about a “Tasty Made” burger from a new restaurant chain owned by American firm Chipotle? Looking to get a processed cheese slice of the luxury burger pattie, Chipotle have developed a burger chain concept with branding separate from the parent design. However, local burger joint owner, David […]
Van Bert Lettering
Not especially new this one, but whilst poking about the work of Studio Laucke Siebein this bold simple design for cabinet maker Van Bert stood out. It’s little more than some nicely customised lettering, used really big. It has a Charles Rennie Macintosh feel but much more contemporary and not a pastiche of the artists overused lettering […]
Bistroteket Stencil Logo-type
Great stencil friendly typographical solution for Bistroteket, created the people of 25AH. Good enough to be used liberally on the premises and then used with care on the supporting materials. Colour palette is fab and the photography is spot on too. If I had to complain, it would be the secondary font and it’s application is perhaps a little inelegant, especially on […]
Pech.ru
St. Petersberg agency Science have put together this fabulous identity for Pech.ru, sellers of all things warming in Russian homes. Centred around illustrated stoves and fireplaces, with designs good enough to have as a print on my office wall. Produced in just 2 colours, a peachy red and brown, they look outstanding. The logo itself takes a […]
Distrito Films Branding
This identity for Distrito Films by Anagrama oozes class to me. Again quality papers printed and debossed with subtle lines and shapes which reflect video calibration patterns all topped off with a hint of “live recording” red. I think the text is Futura (Heavy?), which is good for me though the “S’s” always seem too squashed, especially with an […]
Forever Hope Foundation charity branding
Very much to like about this one by Branch, the monogram is fabulous and the grey/white stationary floats my boat (though I’m not sure where the spirographs come from). The fineness of the monogram line against the thickness of the Circular text is a little jarring, but not hateful. The photography is spot on. Consultancy […]
Maru Branding
Comprehensive black and white identity for Maru, which is delightfully applied across a wide range of items. The alphabet and lettering is a touch of a stretch, but when used a little more abstractly, such as on the door signage, works pretty decently. Maru means “perfection” in Japanese, and the architectural firm that adopted the […]
Loughborough University updates it’s logo. Again.
There seems to be a tension in the university branding world, between the wish to look cool and desirable to new students, luring them in with the promise of a great experience whilst studying and the need to be seen as a serious learning institution. And the two goals seem to flip almost instantly for students some time […]
Waving the Flag for Death to the Stock Photo
Death to the Stock Photo (DttSP) share their branding process with a smartly shot video. They charged Brandon Rike with an ambitious task of creating their new logo in a day, a design that would encompasses their goal of “…helping creatives live their passion, and do more great work”. He managed it of course with a […]
Do you like Facebook’s new Face?
Launched with no fanfare, Facebook have updated their logo with a little help from Eric Olson of Process Type Foundry. The iconic “f” remains the same, it’s going nowhere soon, but the full name type mark has been updated in full. Gone is the double story “a” and it’s ligature esq synergy with at crossbar […]
Brewers Fayre put a lid on it. An awful, awful lid.
I’ve not stacks of detail about the where and when of this one, but I passed a local Brewers Fayre the other day and was struck by the not insubstantial sign. I’d not noticed the change itself but was pretty flabbergasted, a key element of the design is a pan lid. A pan lid. Goodness […]
My Dream Taco Bar – Taquería Canalla identity
In another life I’d be super cool and hang out in achingly stylish bars and restaurants like this Taco store in San Pedro Mexico. My artsy buddies and I would drink refreshing beer and munch on flavour packed tacos whilst putting the worlds to rights and planning our next exhibition. In this life I’d stick […]
Lots of space for Lovespace
This ones just a lovely little solution for Lovespace, a London based box collection and storage company. Picking up on two things not particular to London but acute to the capital; small houses and too much stuff. I don’t imagine even the most inventive storage company can solve the metropolis’s housing issues and the real […]
A is for Up (and Activate) – Activate Learning
It seems in the UK that higher education establishments are becoming increasingly wealthy and powerful organisations, certainly in Derby and Derbyshire college and Uni mergers have created some large and extensive institutions. There’s barely an empty building in the University of Derby’s core region of town that hasn’t been “Acquired by Derby University” and it’s […]
Good designs for Good Design
There’s a tough brief for you, “Create an identity and website for a site called Good Design”. Fortunately Patrick Fry have done the job and developed this stencil based ident and website for the site which promotes sustainable and socially responsible design. Of the materials produced I think the GD monogram is my fave, paired […]
Association of Surfing Professionals Logo
Anything surf like should look surf like and not “big American sports franchise” like. So the new logo for the Association for Surfing Professionals (which seems essentially an excuse for a load of guys and gals to visit beautiful beaches and surf all day, in order to sell cool surf gear for their sponsors) […]
A new identity for the Grand National
A minimal design for the 2014 Grand National Logo by Loaf that’s a little hipsterish alone but the whole identity stands out when accompanied by some wonderful monochrome photography. It’s all pretty moot though, because of the need to stick the sponsors logo across the top “Crabbies”. Ugh. Harnessing the drama and atmosphere of the world’s […]
The Movember 2013 Identity
I like Movember. I like it’s daftness and how it turns quite sensibly faced men into 70’s porn stars. I’m an all year round beard wearer and also simply not confident enough to change my face so severely, as a weak effort, last year I created a bearded face illustration each day in M[N]ovember and […]