Purl Soho Logo

The new logo Purl is moving to a larger location in Soho in April, and along with that move they’ve updated their logo. They show the process on their blog which I think is great that they are giving insight to their process with their designer Brooke, of Inchmark and type designer, Natasha Tibbott. The previous logo  Read More

Lovely Logo Refresh

Before It’s amazing to meet up with people that I went to high school with and find out about their life adventures, many of them own businesses and in this case … several. But it was very exciting to hear that this project was going to be a bit of fun for both of us. See the last image for the final design. Sketches Round One Round Two, hand-drawn Round Three After, the updated logo The updated logo is very similar to the original design,... Read More

Against the Brief

Marian Bantjes and Pentagram were asked to redesign the Strathmore thistle mark. But Marian went against the creative brief, didn’t adhere to Michael Bierut’s direction and created a beautiful new mark that brings old into the new. I think the new thistle on the ream wraps are especially beautiful. Marian’s sketches are shared here on Felt & Wire (seen below) and a full length post on the redesign. Don’t miss her take... Read More

Student Game

This is an amazing re-design of a family-favorite, Monopoly. The redesign was created by Andy Mangold, a sophomore studying Graphic Design at the Maryland Institute College of Art. I would immediately grab one of these off of the shelves at any store. The new shape refreshes the box to start (how would this size work on store shelves?) and the band adds a spark of color to the simple color scheme. Inside, Andy created compartmentalized boxes for... Read More