Château de Roquefort wine branding & packaging
Wine brands tend to fall into cliché styles. Although beautiful, they start to look very similar. You have the classic design aesthetics with highly ornate elements, seals, and the like. You also have the more modern approaches that maybe introduce watercolor illustrations somewhere. There are exceptions to the rule and when that happens it really […]
How strict should you be with your niche?
There are tons of articles and arguments for finding a niche and sticking to it. A lot of them take a purist and idealist approach to the strategy which is always easy when producing content. However, it leaves a lot of creative leaders wondering, “So do I turn away paying business because it doesn’t fit […]
Kazoo food branding & packaging
The crew at Crew Marketing takes use of the trusty triangle to all new heights in its brand identity and packaging work for Kazoo. Kazoo is an upcycled snack chip with a great story to tell. Rather than focusing on how the brand prevents waste by using the wasted ingredients, they focused it on taste […]
Good Job restaurant branding
It’s always fantastic to see brand identities in an alphabet that’s unfamiliar. As an American, the Cyrillic alphabet is not something I see often. However, great brand identity design doesn’t require readability to have an effect. Such is the case for Marka Collective’s work for Good Job. Good Job is a play on words in […]
GLAD chocolate branding & packaging
Volta Studio has a wide swath of port wine branding and packaging within their portfolio. Each one is notable. In this newest project, they flex their design acumen in the world of chocolate, the best friend of port wine. The identity for GLAD can be summed up in its color palette. Rich, powerful, and warm, […]
Stop spilling your Cheerios all over the floor!
Yeah, I know, the headline is an interesting one. How did that come to be? I was on the phone consulting with a friend of mine who’s leading a tech startup. It’s pre-funding so very agile and chaotic as they try to zero in on the offering. As with most enterprises, the sky seems to […]
Sapiens coffee shop restaurant branding
This project has been making waves throughout the social sphere lately, and for good reason. The brand identity design for Sapiens, a coffee shop in Ruse, Bulgaria, is absolutely strikingly primal without losing civility. Ruse can be found along the Danube River in Bulgaria and it’s known as the City of First Things. Sapiens takes […]
Dig In Dublin restaurant branding
Located in Dublin, Dig In is a multi-use facility that merges art, food, and entertainment. Known for one of Ireland’s most impressive art collections, Dig In houses rare works by Banksy, Conor Harrington, Obey, Maser, Chloe Early, JR, and more. It’s these street artists’ works that drive inspiration for the restaurant’s brand identity. Taking the […]
Mi Pan bakery branding
Rebranding is always a delicate endeavor when the brand has such a rich history. For Mi Pan in Mexico City, that history was built with passion and love for the art of baking. Firmalt, the branding agency in charge of the rebrand, approached the task with equal passion and dedication to ensuring that the brand’s […]
The Audo Hotel branding
The Audo is so much more than simply a hotel. It’s a multi-use experience merging hotel residences, a restaurant, a café, a concept store, a material library, and a creative work and event space. With so many stories to tell and communicate, the task at hand is a complex one. However, Studio 8585 showcases they’re multi-faceted, […]