In this interview, Sarah Bourge, the founder of a Paris-based branding studio, touches upon intuitive design, serif fonts, and elevating brands through typography. Romantic – that’s the word Sarah Bourge, the Franco-American founder of branding studio French Bre(a)d, resonates with…
Here, she tells us more about her work for the exhibition. Curated in early 2022 by Non-Depleted at Berlin’s Haus der Statistik, Positioned Realities is an exhibition dedicated to creating public-spirited cultural spaces, cooperative development, participatory education, and critical social…
Liberty Letters is a bright explosion of colour and typography, marking the longstanding collaboration between Pentagram and Liberty. Since 1875, Liberty Fabrics have been at the forefront of British design and decorative arts. Synonymous with high-quality contemporary design, the luxury…
The Berlin-based multidisciplinary creative studio works on the European Month of Photography and creates a timeless design language. Graphic design trends, like any other, can be fleeting. But Studio Last isn’t trying to cater to any type of hype. The…
Have you ever been on the lookout for professional, high-quality mockups for your latest project? Perhaps you’re a student looking to smarten up your portfolio. Or a freelancer aiming to jazz up their website. Or maybe, like us, you just…
With ease in mind for both designer and client, Brandpad flexibly allows for brand identities to evolve and grow with all its parties shifting needs. Valuing function and simplicity, yet adaptable and variable – Brandpad offers designers an opportunity to embrace…
Complete with Instagram Sans, a custom typeface by Colophon Foundry, the new brand identity aligns with Instagram’s future—giving movement, inclusivity and a new purpose. Inspired by their global community, Instagram from Meta’s brand, product and creative teams set out to…
I speak with the founder of Arabic Script Studio (@arabic_script), an Arabic branding studio and leading platform for designers in the Persian and Arab worlds. ZLM: Welcome, Mehrdad. First, can you explain what you do at Arabic Script Studio? M:…
With their new brand identity for Stompy, a personalised wine subscription service, &Walsh aim to lift the lid on the ‘stuffy’ wine world. The indentity, complete with custom type, aims to challenge the ‘stuffy’ nature of the wine buying experience…
Custom fonts are a steadfastly popular way that brands connect with customers in a unique, memorable voice. “If a brand is a person,” Mucca studio founder Matteo Bologna has said, for example, “its custom font is like the sound of…
Brian Jackson is a freelance brand designer living in Los Angeles. With 34 years of professional experience, he has recently undertaken the challenge of creating a brand refinement for Universal Pictures, and throughout his years on the scene, he’s gathered…
Matteo Bologna has some bold ideas on branding and fonts today. Not only does he believe that custom fonts are a super-tool for brands right now, but that they are essential for any brand to build their story effectively in…
Guta Cafe’s name is derived from Vietnamese slang, in which “gout /gu” in French and “ta” in Vietnamese are pulled together into a term meaning “our style.” The cafe being a hotspot for Ho Chi Minh City (Saigon) city-dwellers, they wanted the new…
Like music, Rio de Janeiro-based (although currently remote) type design studio Plau believe that type has the power to spark conversations, bring people together and move ideas forward. This conviction sits fittingly with their recent work for Brazilian TV channel,…
We’ve loved seeing type playing a huge, defining role in tons of branding and visual identities this year. With the abundance of incredible work, we decided to create a roundup of some of our favourite typographic branding & visual identity…
