Lacoste: The Element Of Style

Posted on May 5, 2010May 5, 2010 Posted in Books, DesignTagged book, brand, fashion, graphic design, publication6 Comments

There’s something about the Lacoste brand and products that I love: they’re well-designed, detailed and minimal. So I’m excited to see that these concepts were extended to their new book, Lacoste: The Element Of Style? by Olivier Margot?. The book presents the visual history of this classic brand in a well-designed package. I personally love the simple design of the cover — which comes in 5 different color-ways — and the canvas texture.

I did some quick searching and couldn’t find any info on the designer of the book. I wonder if Lacoste did it themselves.

You can grab a copy of the book from Amazon or Assouline?.

Metro Area Poster

Posted on May 5, 2010May 5, 2010 Posted in DesignTagged graphic design, nyc, poster, print3 Comments

I’m digging this poster by Barcelona based Hey Studio.

Xavier Encinas

Posted on May 3, 2010May 3, 2010 Posted in DesignTagged french, graphic design, identity, print1 Comment

New work and site by the always inspiring Xavier Encinas. Pictured here is a business card that is part of the identity designed for men’s fashion label Pierce Paris.

Georg Staehelin

Posted on April 28, 2010April 29, 2010 Posted in Design, Grid Systems, International Typographic Style, TypographyTagged graphic design, grid system, International Typographic Style, typographic3 Comments

Interesting series of typographic posters by Georg Staehelin for the Museum of Design in Basel. I did a little searching and couldn’t find any info on Mr. Staehelin. If anyone has any info, I’d love to learn more about him.

Qubik Design

Posted on April 28, 2010April 28, 2010 Posted in DesignTagged graphic design, identity, posters, print3 Comments

Some tight work by Leeds based Qubik Design.

Modern Publicity

Posted on April 26, 2010April 26, 2010 Posted in DesignTagged branding, graphic design, identity, stationery4 Comments

Former Art Director of Monocle magazine, Ken Leung, has received a lot of attention recently on his new consultancy called Modern Publicity. And rightfully so, his work for Monocle is stunning. But personally I find the identity work for Vanity Fair to be the best piece in the portfolio.

Ken sent me some background on the project:

As a background to the project, I was commissioned by Graydon Carter at Vanity Fair to propose a redesign for the magazine – the brief was left open to see what I would come back with.

Given such an amazing opportunity, I envisioned the project as not just a magazine redesign but a complete brand relaunch, also proposing an accompanying corporate identity programme. I wanted the stationery to feel timeless, intelligent and reflective of the magazine’s heritage, whilst also being fresh and modern in it’s use of colour.

I think Ken accomplished exactly that. The identity has a timeless and sophisticated look, at the same time feels modern and minimal. Love it.