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March 20, 2011 • 10:08 pm 0

Truth Branding by Socio

Branding lexicon in the next para – something I absolutely hate – but maybe this is the best way to communicate this stuff???

“Truth is a strategic insight consultancy offering global marketing solutions. They approached Socio to evolve their current branding and to create a fresh and coherent visual template for the brand. The identity needed to offer much more to accurately portray the dynamism and ground breaking approach of the company. The starting challenge was to use the existing logo and company colours but develop all other brand elements. The result was a new cohesive brand direction that was rolled out across internal and external marketing communications, acting as a visual voice for company. Clear guidelines were designed and printed to act as a staff handbook aiding a smooth transition to the new branding, including colour breakdowns, associated fonts as well as photographic style and illustration.”

Words and images taken from here (Behance).
Agency site Socio here.

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March 20, 2011 • 9:57 pm 0

Matjaz Cuk visual identity

Love the simplicity and thought behind this.

“A small design studio needs many different office materials for its communication. In order to cut down on costs, resources and waste, I had to rethink the design of stationery. Plans of 9 different items are printed on one sheet of paperboard using only two printing inks. A paper with excellent environmental credentials from Gmund has been used.

The required item can be cut out on demand. From one sheet of paper you can get:
– two small folders
– one large folder
– 7 CD packages, 5 medium sized cards and one bookmark
– two small notebook covers and 6 small cards
– two large notebook covers

Variable information such as my logo and address are printed on removable stickers. Printing waste is therefore minimal as materials can be used in various ways, reused and recycled at the end of their lifecycle.”

Matjaz Cuk Visual Identity – words and images taken from here.

Seen via Behance twitter feed.

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March 20, 2011 • 7:25 pm 0

Ministry of Stories – We Made This

Fantastic story behind the fantastic project behind the fantastic concept.

“The Ministry of Stories was founded by Nick Hornby and co-directors Lucy Macnab and Ben Payne. Hidden away at the back of The Monster Shop (where else would you expect it?), the Ministry of Stories provides a free space for fresh writing by young people. Here in Hoxton we provide workshops and one-to-one mentoring. The services are provided by volunteers: local writers, artists and teachers, all giving their time and talent for free.

The MoS is inspired by young people, and aims to inspire them to transform their lives through writing. We work closely with schools, supporting the work of teachers, but our great benefit is that we provide one-to-one mentoring for young people to enjoy imaginative stories, improve language skills, increase abilities in communication, add to social and educational confidence.”

(above words taken from) Ministry of Stories site.
Designed by We Made This (with more pics and explanation) here.

First seen via Graphic Exchange (although not there anymore) + What Makes Us

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March 15, 2011 • 9:37 pm 0

Eight Hour Day + Studio on Fire 

Two of my favourite studios coming together here.
Designed by EHD and printed by SOF – Words EHD.

“We created this identity with the understanding that we would be traveling for a year…Instead of a standard letterhead, we opted for a postcard and notecard. We felt this was more mobile and highlighted the idea that we were on the road. We also use a stamp to pinpoint our location on a map on the mailing label…Our new blog was a large part of this trip…we wanted to have something to give people we met along the way, or those people or places we wanted to feature that wasn’t as stuffy as a business card. Our solution was the blog pog – a bit quirkier leave behind that let people know we were going to blog about them (EHD Likes You) or simply directed people to the blog to find out more (EHD Was Here).”

Eight Hour Day + Studio on Fire both awesome + both in Minneapolis…!

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March 9, 2011 • 11:37 pm 1

Jenny Kallman

An interesting place to work in – staged but not posed.

“Jenny Källman works in the field between documentary and staged photography. The arbitrary quality to photography is being put aside and instead a drama in time and room unfolds. The drama often takes place between young people, who appear in the images, as they experience a first, under-the-skin contact with the brutal plays for power that shape the roles of adult reality.”

Found via It’s Nice That‘s twitter feed.
Words from her press release – check out her site here.

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March 8, 2011 • 10:00 pm 0

Studio On Fire – designed by Cathy Daly

I haven’t visited Studio On Fire’s site for a while – too much stunning print work on offer to even make an informed choice! Top of their blog seems a great place to start…

“These cards were letterpress printed in three colors on an appropriately sandy colored Mohawk Loop Antique Vellum Husk, custom pasted to a 220lb weight. Note how the island seal is printed in with just tonal transparent white ink. After the letterpress printing, these sheets were pasted back to back with digitally printed sheets (with the island beach image) for a 320lbC final weight. Those sheets were trimmed into oversize 4 x 2 inch business cards and edge colored in a matching blue.”

“This textural business card was designed by island director Cathy Daly for Musha Cay, David Copperfield’s lush 700 acre tropical retreat.”

Studio On Fire – words + work

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March 8, 2011 • 9:40 pm 0

Graphic Designer’s Road Map

A tag cloud of inspiration!

Full infographic here.
Via the Behance twitter feed.

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March 7, 2011 • 10:20 pm 0

Eight Hour Day – Eli No!

“Inspired by a phrase often said by our nephew, “Eli, no!” uses iconic illustrations to tell the story of a trouble-making dog (our own Eli) and the one word that follows him around. We paired bold graphics and bright colors with clean, strong typographic layouts to instantly engage audiences of all ages. A call-and-response writing style makes this book easy to read, and even more fun to shout!”

Seen originally an age ago via Graphic Exchange but as I love it it had to go on this site as well.
Eight Hour Day great work coming out of Minneapolis. Words and images from Eight Hour Day.

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March 7, 2011 • 10:09 pm 1

Elena Galitsky – Chicago Mafia playing cards

Link via the Behance twitter feed.
Elena Galitsky

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March 1, 2011 • 9:02 pm 0

Port magazine

Port magazine launching spring – “The new intelligent style magazine for men”

“Editor Dan Crowe and creative directors Kuchar Swara and Matt Willey have created a very modern magazine but one that is clearly positioned within their collective understanding of the history of magazines. This is no surprise – Crowe has form as editor of the creatively successful literary magazine Zembla; Willey designed that title while working at Frost Design; and Swara has worked at Esterson Associates and been part of Tyler Brulé’s Winkreative team, where he helped relaunch Italian interiors title Casa Da Abitare. This is a team with an interest in well-crafted editorial communication.

Seen first via magculture retweeted and blogged the world over I am quite sure.
(Words and images from magculture)

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