31 October – 6 November 2022 – Design Week

Studio Koto introduces “fresh and exciting” visuals to Mystudenthalls.com

Abbey Bamford — Fri, 04 Nov 2022 16:50:38 +0000

Studio Koto has rebranded student accommodation search engine Mystudenthalls.com (MSH) with a graphic system that revolves around its new building-shaped logo. The platform launched in 2011 as the first purpose-built student accommodation search engine. Though MSH has become a “respected name in the sector”, Studio Koto’s creative director Fred North says the website and brand “felt dated” and…

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As design tools improve great collaborations must still be people powered

Nick Carson — Fri, 04 Nov 2022 15:54:20 +0000

Design has always had collaboration at its heart: between the individuals directly involved in its creation; with the various stakeholders and sponsors, internal and external; and with any third-party specialists. In the wake of the pandemic, the shift for many to a remote workflow may have necessarily put more focus on digital tools and processes, but it’s all still powered by people.

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Switzerland’s new passport looks to celebrate country’s natural beauty

Abbey Bamford — Fri, 04 Nov 2022 11:29:44 +0000

The Swiss government has released a new passport designed by Geneva-based creative agency Retinaa SA, which is inspired by rural Swiss scenes. According to a spokeswoman from Switzerland’s Federal Office of Police (Fedpol), the designs “invite you on a virtual journey through Switzerland’s 26 cantons, from the Alpine peaks down to the valleys.” A canton is a political or administrative…

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Royal Mail 2022 Christmas stamps embrace “jewel-like” aesthetic

Abbey Bamford — Thu, 03 Nov 2022 16:21:13 +0000

Royal Mail’s set of Christmas 2022 stamps have been released today featuring “jewel-like” illustrations of the nativity scene. Brighton-based studio Baxter & Bailey led the project and worked collaboratively with Kent-based illustrator Katie Ponder on the six-piece stamp set. They also created the presentation pack, mini sheet, and first day cover. The studio’s creative director Matt Baxter…

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Design events to look out for in November

Sophie Tolhurst — Thu, 03 Nov 2022 14:14:00 +0000

The Design Council’s Design for Planet Festival returns on 8 and 9 November to coincide with COP27, held in Egypt this year. The festival’s theme is Action, and features instructive talks, practical workshops and panel discussions to “explore how design is responding to the climate emergency and what we can do today, together”, the Design Council explains. Speakers include biologist and…

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Retail project by Mucca references the site’s fish market past

Abbey Bamford — Thu, 03 Nov 2022 10:24:38 +0000

Michelin Star chef Jean-Georges Vongerichten’s food market Tin Building has opened in New York City with an identity and custom typeface by Mucca inspired by the site’s former tenant, Fulton Fish Market. The new 53,000 sq ft (4,900 sq m), two-story culinary marketplace houses four full-service restaurants, six fast-food counters, four bars and eight marketplace vendors, where Tin Building’s…

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Swedish beer Bellman repositioned to tell story of its namesake

Abbey Bamford — Wed, 02 Nov 2022 13:44:28 +0000

Scandinavian design studio Everland has redesigned Swedish beer brand Bellman with a new custom drawn wordmark and redrawn portrait of its namesake. The pilsner is named after Swedish musician and poet Carl Michael Bellman, who had a major influence on Swedish music. His portrait along with his birth and death date embellish the front of the can. The number six on the can references the beer’s…

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DNCO brands the reinvented Heal’s Building

Sophie Tolhurst — Tue, 01 Nov 2022 16:45:56 +0000

DNCO has developed the name, brand strategy and brand identity for The Manufactory, a collection of restored buildings on the Tottenham Court Road site home to furniture company Heal’s for over 200 years. In the mixed creative reuse development by General Projects in partnership with investors KKR and architects Buckley Gray Yeoman, Heal’s will retain a flagship store within the Grade II*

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Gretel devises “consistent but flexible” framework for Rhode Island School of Design

Abbey Bamford — Tue, 01 Nov 2022 16:27:23 +0000

Brooklyn-based studio Gretel has designed a new “consistent but flexible” identity framework for Rhode Island School of Design (RISD). The initial brief was “complex” as RISD wanted to “involve the community in meaningful ways” and also needed to get “necessary approval from all stakeholders”, according to Gretel’s creative director Andrea Trabucco-Campos. To fulfil this…

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Barnbrook collaborates on The Horror Show! to explore creative rebellion

Abbey Bamford — Mon, 31 Oct 2022 16:27:38 +0000

Barnbrook has worked with a team of curators from Somerset House and Sam Jacob Studio on the design of The Horror Show! A Twisted Tale of Modern Britain, an exhibition exploring how horror has influenced creative rebellion in Britain over the last 50 years. Sam Jacobs Studio carried out the 3D design, Somerset House senior curator Claire Catterall and co-curators Iain Forsyth and Jane Pollard…

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