Sunday 29 May 2016

UK designers & architects for Great Britain in Europe



British designers, architects and innovators for Great Britain in Europe.
Logotype Paul Vickers Design.

Two great new Royal Mail stamp collections

The Royal Mail continues to produce great, creative postage stamp designs, with these two new collections: Pink Floyd album cover designs by Studio Dempsey and Animail stamps by Osbourne Ross. One stamp from each collection show here. The full collections at http://www.designweek.co.uk/issues/23-29-may-2016/go-bananas-royal-mails-new-animail-stamp-series/



Tuesday 17 May 2016

New? Paris Tourist Office logotype

What to make of the new identity, just launched, for the Paris Tourist Office?... The much over used Eiffel Tower image - over 100 years old now - does tend to be a well-worn, retro and often kitsch symbol that has been flogged to death. But the simplicity of Graphéine's typographic logotype is its saving grace.
The full project here:
http://www.grapheine.com/…/charte-graphique-office-de-touri…

Tuesday 10 May 2016

Nutritional graphics France

The French government is testing new nutritional information graphics for food packaging. Four proposals are under review (top). The UK (bottom) & USA (right) current designs are very clear. The UK one is being tested. Seems a lot simpler than the new proposals...

Sunday 8 May 2016

Robert Brownjohn archive online

Robert Brownjohn, one of the great US designers from the early days of graphic design now has a dedicated archive website of his work and life.
https://robertbrownjohn.com/featured-work/