Oh, Romeo!
Pentagram has done it again. And in fact, I might say this every time I see their work but it’s true! A team lead by the london branch’s John Rushworth has created this remarkable new identity for a luxury hotel called ROMEO. Fitting for a Neapolitan-family owned business featuring it’s landmark hotel on the Bay of Naples. The logo is to-die-for with the letters crashing into each other to create an intimacy between their forms. Read More
How Original Can We Really Be?
Original: new: completely new and not copied or derived from something else Designers want to be unique, want to create outstanding designs that are admired by clients and peers. Isn’t the goal of drawing out creativity to draw out something original? We want to explore the new, and be groundbreaking artists. Even our bravest attempts at being original may not be good enough Grant Thornton logo by Pentagram North Energy logo by tank I always... Read More
Marks
Marks, the new book by Pentagram is now available to pre-order and looks to be worth every penny! $40.95, own a piece of Pentagram history! The book features 400 symbols and logotypes created within the Pentagram business and is a limited edition of just 1000 copies!!! The book is printed on French-folded bible paper, bound in a red, cloth-covered softback cover and includes five ribbons for bookmarking. Read More
A Designer’s Path
I love when an article, book, blog post, podcast focuses on a designer and what they have gone through to get to where they are now. I especially like this article, Drawing Board to Desktop: A Designer’s Path on the New York Times where Michael Bierut remembers the days where his career began. Like a chef, I brought my knives with me. I didn’t begin my career in the way that Mr. Bierut did, but that is how my study in the field of design... Read More
Design and Foosball?
That’s right. The design offices of Pentagram have been taken over with Monday Night Foosball. Pentagram hosted the 5th Annual Graphic Design Foosball Championship. And Paul Sahre gave suspected non-designers a design quiz in which they passed. How fun! The red cardigans are classic! Is it a cardigan or a sweater, and what the f- is the difference? I had to use this image above strictly for that guy making the funny face. It cracked me up! Read More
Pentagram on par
Central Park West As always, Pentagram is dishing out the good work. Most recently is Central Park West. Bellissimo! Central Park West Read More
Marian Bantjes | Want It campaign
Marian Bantjes was brought in to do the “Want It” campaign for Saks Fifth Avenue and what a beautiful campaign it is. I’m so glad that her work is getting such great exposure. She was brought in by Michael Bierut of Pentagram and then worked directly with Terron Schaefer at Saks to create this eye-candy campaign. I can only imagine how she exceeded their expectations when working on this. I am a huge fan of calligraphy, hand-lettering,... Read More
