Knoll Architectural Paint - Packaging/promotion

Simply the best paint pot packaging I have ever seen. To be fair most paint pot packaging has never been visually striking enough for me to take much of a notice, I have to be honest.....but this is wicked, someone's taken great care with this one. After seeing this no doubt I'll take more notice in paint pot packaging, it's not something I ever really even thought about. It's the first paint pot that I'd happily buy just to keep on a shelf somewhere.

F**k off back to Notting Hill - Publication

Another design by Donna Wearmouth, mentioned earlier a few posts back about some Quadra Gallery posters. I feel this is one of the most interesting, visually appealing, well designed and down-to-earth booklets I have seen in a long time....everything about it. It's very interesting to read; it contains some thoughts of a few residents of Hoxton..their opinions on how their community has recently changed, for the worse.

There's a digital version to read....well worth it.

http://issuu.com/donnawearmouth/docs/fucknottinghill_1

Magic two colour print....never fails..

Lacoste: The Element of Style - Publishing

I couldn't find a lot of information about this book (so it must be something special....) but I've been getting into Lacoste a little bit really, there's something really well thought out about their products, including this book... very clean, minimal, and fresh...I'm not sure if any particularly special printing/production methods went into creating this book, but the logo could quite well be embroidered onto the cover, much like on their other products.

Caravan Restaurant London - Branding/Identity

A nice bit of branding by InHouse, for Caravan in London. I'm particularly interested by the drinks range pictured further down, they look absolutely crisp, no fuss, no arrogance. I love it, apparently they're printed straight onto the bottle to look extra luxurious. I'm not so sure how you'd go about printing straight onto a bottle but it's a nice idea, and helps the company appear slightly more fresh and expensive.

Quadra Gallery posters - Promotion

Some incredibly nice posters by Donna Wearmouth;

http://www.donnawearmouth.co.uk/

She's got quite a sensible, minimalistic style (with the work I have seen so far) which I find makes for very attractive design. She made these posters for Quadra Gallery, which is at Southbank I think, but I'm not sure. Anyway, as far as these posters go, they hardly break any sort of boundaries in the design and print field but they're just simple and brilliant, I want some.













































































































































Just a very nice use of shape and type for posters. I'd like to see a physical version to be honest, I bet they look fresh.

F37 Bella Specimen - Publishing/Editorial (I think)

After stumbling across the Tent London directory design shown below, I thought I'd look up the typeface used, because I liked it a lot, and found this little specimen booklet showing off the typeface. It's really neat with a nifty bit of black foil blocking on the cover. Tasty.













Nice simple bit of print, straight to the point, shows off this typeface very reasonably. I might have to buy a copy, it's pretty cheap for the booklet, the actual typeface on the other hand weighs in at 35 quid so I'm gonna have to be alright for the time being.

Tent London show directory - Information and Wayfinding.

Accompanying directory for London Design Festival's Tent London show, a real nice piece by marc&anna. I don't think any particularly special printing methods have been used here, but the majority has been reduced to two or three colours, which is nice. What I particularly like is the typeface used (F37 Bella by Rick Banks...F37 Foundry); it's got that nice fat/thin thing going which I am a big fan of, very readable on a medium/large scale but still looks elegant and cool.

The salmon/pink stock is a nice idea also, bit softer on the eyes than straight up black and white.











I like this halftone image on the left also, works well with the stock used.