Designer Britt Boyd’s new business cards are stunning. The letterpress cards feature beautiful typography and iconography and simplicity that, quietly, screams. The cards were designed & letterpress printed by Print & Grain in Portland on 236lb cotton rag. Images ©Print & Grain
The identity for the fake coffee shop, Coffee Co-Op, was designed by Louisiana Tech University Masters student Jake Dugard as a class project. The simple type and warm tones bring a feeling of nostalgia, harking back to a time when a cup of coffee was just that, no added crap.
The Chicago Neighborhoods is a beautiful & extensive personal project by Chicago resident Steve Shanabruch. Steve set out to brand every neighborhood in his beloved city and the results are quite stunning. Although these designs have no life outside of the project, it’s always important for designers to have pet-projects that blend their love of design with the other loves in their life, so, bravo to you Steve!
Steve explains, “branding a neighborhood is quite subjective. My experiences and knowledge are obviously different than those of someone else, especially a long-time resident, so let’s call this project “One designer’s take on Chicago.” My vision might not match yours, but I hope that we can agree that a neighborhood with a logo is better than a neighborhood without.”
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The branding package and collateral for Symbiosol by designer Franziska Veh is clean and simple but with a bright, vibrant twist. Symbiosol is a company that that promotes sustainable use of natural resources and includes 19 “Duo-Solar” parks in which the company powers the parks with solar energy. Franziska designed the logo to reflect the constant loop of renewable energy.
Five & Dime is a restaurant & cafe in Singapore with some really amazing new branding courtesy of Bravo Company. The design comes from a coin, the tender of choice in old five & dime stores across the US.
Since the restaurant is inspired by the old five and dime shops of the past, the team at Bravo decided to create a small line of inexpensive ephemera to be sold at the counter.
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Usually when I shop for wine, I stay safe and pick the wines I know, but this eye-catching branding for Urban Wineworks, by Dallas, Texas based Foundry Collective, would definitely pull me into buying. The bright, bold type & pattern of this label strays from the typical “french looking” copy labels or yet worse, funny animal labels and includes additional information, like pairings, that most people are clueless about.
Now if only I didn’t live in Pennsylvania, a state with draconian state-store laws.
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I’m really loving this clean, simple and utterly beautiful identity and website, designed by Budapest based Zoltan Balogh, for the Hungary based agricultural company Nadex.
London based design agency Unreal created this amazing brand and all of its associated collateral for their local supermarket, The People’s Supermarket, a member owned and managed nonprofit co-op started in 2010 by noted chef Arthur Potts-Dawson.
The brand is strong and vibrant, using yellow as its main color setting it apart from the boring visuals of the larger chain markets. The brand features a sub-brand, The People’s Kitchen, a place in the store where people can purchase low-cost high quality prepared foods.
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La Vittoria is an amazing gala event to raise money money for the Breast Cancer Foundation of Quebec and LG2 Boutique’s branding and event collateral for this years even is nothing short of spectacular. The black, white & gold colors paired with the clean typography makes for a package that feels elegant, a little American art-deco with classic cabarets styles mixed in.
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Charleston-based designer Jay Fletcher’s beautiful branding & collateral for home furnishings store Celedon features elegant type, color, and pattern usage and really brings the store’s high-end feeling to its printed matter.
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