New at Pentagram
New Work: Matter
Angus Hyland and his assistant Masumi Briozzo have designed a corporate brochure promoting private-hire opportunities at Matter; the recently opened music venue designed by Pentagram Architect William Russell.
Hyland has provided graphics and branding consultation to Matter since its inception; naming the venue and then designing its identity and signage in parallel with Russell’s work on its architectural interior. Pentagram’s design for the corporate brochure is part of an ongoing creative relationship with Matter that has also seen us design the poster promoting Matter’s first ever New Years Eve event.
From Russia With Mugs
Harry Pearce, with assistant Muriel Moukawem, has designed seven coffee mugs for the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime’s mission in the Russian Federation. Each of the mugs, intended to be distributed amongst Russia’s law enforcement agencies, is decorated with a short rhyme promoting the UNODC’s drug counselling program and encouraging officers to refer drug addicts in their custody for treatment.
New Work: ‘The City in 2050’
What will cities be like in the not-too-distant year of 2050? For the Urban Land Institute, Michael Gericke and his team created the exhibition The City in 2050. Designed to educate the public about the variety of economic, social and environmental factors that will shape the future design and development of cities worldwide, the exhibition was installed at the institute’s Urban Land Expo in Miami and will travel to other locations in the year ahead. A pair of large-scale arrows creates the structure for the exhibition’s galleries and symbolically points to the future.
A look at the exhibition after the jump.
New Work: OLIN
Abbott Miller has designed a new graphic identity and website for OLIN, a landscape architecture, urban design and planning firm based in Philadelphia. OLIN is the recipient of the 2008 Cooper-Hewitt National Design Award for Landscape Design and is internationally recognized for creating spaces that promote social interaction as well as for emphasizing environmental, economic and social sustainability in their work.
The firm was previously known as Olin Partnership, and the identity and website coincide with the introduction of the abbreviated name. The identity comprises an icon of two perfect circles and a signature in Gotham Black characterized by its redrawn “O.” The simplicity of the name and mark are counterbalanced by vibrant color options and flexible logo compositions that allow for a customizable identity. The OLIN website extends the identity into a navigable experience that encourages users to view the firm’s work through a series of different lenses. The result is an intuitive environment that complements the firm’s deep understanding of public space.
A closer look after the jump.
Marks and Numbers on Ace Jet 170
Quick Link: Marks and Numbers on Ace Jet 170
New Work: ‘In Search of Beauty’
Praised as “a true Old Master of the reflex camera” Fritz Henle (1909-1993) was one of the early champions of the Rolleiflex camera and its square format photography. Known later in life as “Mr. Rollei,” Henle’s diverse work in many genres (including documentary, travel, fashion, commercial, portrait, celebrity, avant-garde, nude, industrial, landscape and inspirational) popularized the new format in America which was later adopted by prominent photographers like Diane Arbus and Irving Penn. Henle, described as “the last classic freelance photographer,” was a frequent contributor to publications like LIFE, Harper’s Bazaar, Mademoiselle and Town and Country.
Austin Partner DJ Stout and Associate Julie Savasky have just completed the design of the definitive book on Henle, In Search of Beauty, published by The University of Texas Press. The large-format book, written and painstakingly researched by Roy Flukinger, will make its debut at a major retrospective exhibition of Henle’s work, Fritz Henle: In Search of Beauty, opening on 3 February at the Harry Ransom Center on the campus of The University of Texas in Austin.
A look inside the book after the jump.
For the Love of Nonsense
Harry Pearce was called on by Saks Fifth Avenue over the holidays to add a dash of festive cheer to their seasonal catalog. The catalog makes holiday shopping so easy that Saks decided to sprinkle its pages with 108 of Pearce’s Typographic Conundrums, a long-running series of images that use wordplay and typographic invention to present a familiar phrase as a cryptic puzzle that toys with the relationship between typography and meaning.
Saks approached Pentagram after receiving our 2007 holiday greeting, Decipher, a collection of cryptograms designed by Pearce. Each year Pentagram issues a small book as a seasonal greeting to its friends and colleagues, intended to give better value than a simple card by providing an entertaining diversion over the holidays. The idea instantly appealed to Terron Schaefer, Saks’ senior vice president of marketing, who contacted Pentagram to devise a similar style of festive fun for the holiday catalog.
A closer look at Pearce’s Typographic Conundrums and a chance to test your wits against the complete set of 108 after the jump.
New Work: The White House Historical Association
As the Obamas get ready to move into 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue today, the organization charged with tending to the historic residence, The White House Historical Association, has received a change of its own: a new identity designed by Luke Hayman.
Established by Jacqueline Kennedy in 1961, The White House Historical Association is a non-profit historical and educational organization dedicated to preserving the history of the world’s most famous residence. The organization’s broad mission encompasses the publication of books, the preservation of the residence's art, decorative art and period rooms and a wide variety of education initiatives. With such a profusion of activities, the organization’s mark had taken on a variety of forms over the years and so, in an effort to portray a more consistent image, the association approached Hayman to develop a new identity.
The stately new identity utilizes LTC Caslon, an updated version of the 18th century font used for the first printing of the Declaration of Independence, and a specially commissioned engraving by illustrator Steven Noble.
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New Work: New York Philharmonic
Today the New York Philharmonic announces its 2009–2010 season and introduces a new graphic identity designed by Paula Scher. The identity coincides with the arrival of Alan Gilbert, the Philharmonic’s next music director, and acknowledges the orchestra’s long heritage of distinguished conductors by taking as its inspiration the graphic line of the baton.
A preview of the identity after the jump.
New Work: ‘Dreams From My Father’
Angus Hyland has designed the cover for a special hardback edition of Dreams From My Father, the memoir of President-elect Barack Obama. Published in the UK by Canongate Books, the edition is to be released to coincide with Mr. Obama’s inauguration ceremony on the 20th of January.
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