Manchester’s Mark Studio produce work that is beautiful in it’s simplicity and wit. Understated type marries superbly with often satirical imagery to produce work that is both intelligent and thoughtful.
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Mark Studio {Manchester}
Effektive {Glasgow}
With a genuine passion for what they do, Effective deliver considered and engaging design for a wide variety of clients across both the private and public sectors.
Effektive say they work differently “from traditional agencies, working with a selected group of like-minded collaborators and partners across all creative disciplines to ensure that the right balance of skills are tailored to specific client needs.”
They believe by sourcing the right people to work and collaborate with, on specific projects, we can achieve more effective results.
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These are things
Beautifully simple with a splash of vibrant colours… you’ll definitely want one of these maps. These Are Things is Jen Adrion and Omar Noory, two designers from Columbus, Ohio who have a great eye for the world. See more of their creations at These Are Things.
Lundgren+Lindqvist {Gothenburg}
Lundgren+Lindqvist is a strategic design & development bureau. Well… kind of. With a list of clients that most agencies would wish to have, this Swedish company still remains a small focused team seeking to build a large network of talent around them. With a philosophy of embracing the constantly evolving possibilities of digital design this agency is full of simple but highly effective work.
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Creative wedding invitations
Wedding season is upon is and I don’t know about you but I my shelf is full of various invitations for friends’ and family members’ big days. This got me thinking; aside from a symbol of upcoming nuptuals, a wedding invitation is a branding exercise of sorts for the happy couple. So much time is spent carefully selecting the wedding stationery and it’s such a great and unique way to stamp your personality on a peice of print. It’s a multi-million dollar industry after all. But how do you stand out and become the ultimate branded bride?
Credited where possible.
Above: Ellen Forney
Above: via Wedding Tea Towels
Above: by Nick Brue
Above: by Adam Ramerth
UK Refugee Week
BCMH have created an campaign for UK Refugee Week, an annual festival aiming to promote but mostly celebrate the positive contributions of refugees to the UK since 1951.
The campaign is simply lovely. It is an original delightfully simple awareness campaign for a topic that few of us areaware of but, as the campaign highlights, deserve to recognise.
C&G give the V’s up
Chermayeff & Geismar have created a comprehensive identity system for Harvard Maintenance, a major provider of cleaning and security services.
Harvard Maintenance provides cleaning and security services for major corporate, educational, and industrial facilities across the nation. Chermayeff & Geismar designed a new identity system for the company with a logotype featuring an V extended into a check mark to emphasize reliability, efficiency, and expertise.
Whilst the new logotype set in a bold Futura doesn’t exactly break new ground, it does feel somewhat suitable for a clinical and no-nonsense industry. The exectution is straight forward and the type itself is satisfyingly well kerned.
The new logotype.
Derivatives of the identity into sub-brands.
The old identity, whilst looking more inkeeping with a masthead for Vogue magazine has been given a facelift with Futura bold.
The identity translates simply and with minimal fuss onto the web site.