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Alexandra Palace branding created by design studio Lovers Ally Pally (as it’s fondly known to Londoners) has been a multi-recreational Mecca since 1875. But without a coherent brand identity to champion its historic and contemporary significance, the palace’s efforts were feeling fragmented. Lovers stepped in to help the brand reclaim its cherished place in the […]

Issho branding by Dutchscot Issho translates as “together” in Japanese, so the idea of “togetherness” was a theme throughout the restaurant branding, with kintsugi being at the very core. Kintsugi is an ancient Japanese art form where repairing an item with gold joins makes the object more desirable than before. Often different pieces of pottery […]

Birmingham Design Festival create by Common Curiosity – Birmingham’s history is one of creating; of craft and of industry, a history in which design sits at the very heart. Why the city has never had a design festival — whilst other UK cities have well and truly flown their design flags with great pride — […]

Atlantic Theater Branding by Pentagram A campaign for the influential performing arts group recasts its brand identity with an eye-catching neon gradient. Since introducing a new brand identity for Atlantic Theater Companyin 2015, Pentagram has worked with Atlantic to refresh the identity with a new color palette each season. In this season’s campaign, a black and white color […]

El Pintor branding by Anagrama Studio The client“El Pintor is an elegant new brand of tequila and mezcal focused on putting the spirit of contemporary Mexico on international lands.” The objective“Shape Mexican nationalist sentiment in turn, always respecting the traditional but keeping open enough to reach an international audience” The solution“For this project we created a […]

Branding by Cast Iron Design Roger The Barber is a unique and exceptionally talented barber. He doesn’t offer the typical variety of services or array of products one might expect from a barbershop or salon, instead offering a singular service — short cuts without the shortcuts. Brand identity Roger’s logo and monogram allude to the iconic […]

Assembly Hotel Branding: “Most hotels want you to spend time in them. But when you’re in the heart of the city, why stay cooped up in your room? Assembly is a new hotel brand that encourages its guests to get up and go.” Ragged Edge created the brand strategy, identity and implementation. The brief: Criterion Capital […]

Fantastical Landscapes and Creatures: Graphic designer Justin Peters has an uncanny ability to compose fantastical landscapes and creatures by combining stock imagery using Photoshop. The 22-year-old German digital artist says that he’s often driven by the famous Picasso quote “Everything you can imagine is real,” choosing to use photography found on stock imagery sites as the source […]

Rainbow road: As of late, Daniel Mercadante’s light painting — rainbow road– has been traversing rocky creeks, exploring sheds, winding around lakes and into the hearts of his followers.  If you’re familiar-with/devoted-to the #lightpainting hashtag, you may have seen these long exposures trending, too.  The latest photo (pictured below) meanders across the forrest floor as the sun begins to set or […]

With an overall clean and modern look, this cocktail mix is sure to stand out from the rest. Morris Kitchen is a Brooklyn-based brand that creates specialty crafted cocktail mixes. The look for their products come with wonderful linework illustrations that highlight all the various ingredients that comprise each mix.  Another minimal bottle design which you may […]

Designed by CODO, Indianapolis. “If craft beer in America hasn’t reached a saturation point, it’s getting close. This is a bit anecdotal, but the people we look to for beer news, our most ardent beer geek friends, have stopped following local openings, news and festivals — there’s just so much that it’s hard to keep up. […]

Meraki is a new contemporary Greek restaurant in Fitzrovia, London, inspired by island life but with a refined execution. Dutchscot were commissioned by the Waney family to come up with an identity for their new restaurant. “There are six key island formations in Greece and this became the inspiration for the menu designs, created using a medley of […]