March’s Logo of the Month comes from New Zealand based designer Emma Holder in her work for Santa Rosa chicken suppliers.

The gorgeously organic typography complements the brand’s homely nature, despite the neon magenta pink colour tone, derived from the name ‘ROSA’ meaning ‘rose’ in latin.

The juxtaposition between the vintage illustration and the bold, colourful typography is clear to see in the packaging above. It works very well, admittedly these images showcased the logotype in a light that really appealed more than on it’s own.

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Just came across this great series of designer inspired posters entitled: Confessions of a Designer from Anneke Short.

In design, as in any domain, there are certain preconceptions about what designers think and do. This is a collection of quotes that I have either thought myself or that I have heard my designer friends say. Personally, I would say that the biggest preconceived idea is that a project will take however long it takes to sketch it up, whereas nine times out of ten, it is the concept and not the implementation that takes time. Hence ‘just come up with a few quick logos’ being a total oxymoron. 

All the posters from the series can be purchased here.

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Our Logo of the Month for September is Fenwick Pythons, created by J Fletcher Design. Based in Toronto, Ontario, Fenwick Pythons promotes the hobby and captive breeding of exceptionally unique and genetically diverse ball pythons.

I think what I like most from this is the suggestion of snakeskin within the logo itself. Giving it a faux-texture relates perfectly to the ‘idea’ of the python, without relying on the literal characterisation of it’s form. It would have been all too easy to design a snake headed letterform, but that’s the cliche that’s been perfectly avoided.

The above business cards are as classy and textured as they appear – it’s not a trick of the light. Letterpress printed over metallic inks, the love and care taken with these makes them some of the nicest I’ve ever seen.

I’m especially fond of Fenwick’s oversize 4″ x 2.5″ letterpressed calling cards, printed on Neenah Classic Crest “Tarragon” duplexed with “Epic Black” at a total weight of 230#. The large, blotchy pattern on the black side was printed first with metallic copper ink, then the scales were blind pressed on top to give the card a shining, slithering, snaky feel. ~ Jay Fletcher

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