Cool project: branding for webshop

Got to do a really cool branding design for a webshop. Perfect enthusiastic client, lot's of freedom and an inspiring assignment. What more can we wish for :-)

Client: Ansje: a webshop with handmade baby and kids lifestyle products. 

Objective:

Design a visual identity.

Style: cheerful colors, and important words are "handmade, personal, original and passion for working with fabrics".

We chose to design a character logo for the owner, to express the personal approach.
For the header of the webshop we designed a fabric pattern that underlines the important role for fabrics and handcraft.

Logo:

Business card front:

Business card back:

Fabric label:

 Webshop header:

Design Webshop (Luondo)

Roparun Team Steamwork

This weekend 325 teams worked hard to raise money and awareness for cancer, by joining the Roparun, a relay race from Paris or Hamburg to Rotterdam.
We designed and sponsored the logo and a character for team 293: Steamwork:

They named it Steampy and took it everywhere they went :-)

We congratulate all the dedicated Roparun participants with their achievement, they worked hard in the past warm days. Well done!

Day care center logo

We've been designing logo's for day care centers. 

We would love to know which one you like and why!

Blink is Dutch for 'shine'

Stek is Dutch for plant cutting

It also means a place to live / hang out.

Kokon is Dutch for Cocoon 

(but spelled phonetically)

Vintage book find - Silhouettes by Reyer Stolk

'Dierenprentenboek Silhouetten' by Reyer Stolk, 1945

We recently visited the wonderful little city Bredevoort. It's called "Books City" and that makes sense: vintage book stores on every corner! We were very excited to find this inspiring animal picture book by Dutch artist Reyer Stolk (1896-1945).
Don't you just love the typography?! Here's two of the double paged illustrations: animal silhouettes on the right and their names on the left (genius). Enjoy!

Ministry of Letters

I know it's quite a challenge to translate an alphabet book, but can somebody please try to make a Dutch version of Operation Alphabet?!

Found it through tiny and little blog. They embedded a video that's too cute not to share:
presenting The Alphaphonic Orchestra!

How to use iPhone in cold weather

When visiting Tallinn we brought only our iPhones to take pictures. But using the touch screen was quite a challenge facing minus 15 degrees Celcius. Jaco likes challenges, so he found a way :-)

A tutorial on how to take pictures with your iPhone when it's freezing cold.

 1. Hit the home button twice. You can do this with your gloves on.

 2. Touch the camera icon with your nose.

 3. Use the right volume button to take a picture. Still comfortably wearing your gloves!!

You could of course forget all this and just buy really cool hand knitted iPhone mittens like Aline did. They have a special flap to cover your fingers when you are not using your iPhone. 

Actually the nice old lady who made them didn't have this purpose in mind, she was wearing a pair to keep her fingers warm in between sales. Guess all good designs are multifunctional :-)

Time out in Tallinn

Just took a 2-day pause together in Tallinn, Estonia. Perfect city for it!
What we loved: history all around, but free wifi too. Also:

Cafe restaurant Must Puudel (Black Poodel). Nice atmosphere, retro 70ties design and friendly staff,  good choice of music and piles of interesting satire comics from Sovjet times.

Also at Must Puudle: very decent breakfast for a good price. Yes, we are going back there :-)

Very nice textile. This design by Zizi.

Inspiring illustrations everywhere..

Lovely streets to wander at night. With an occasional hot wine to fight the cold. Or the perfect hot chocolate with a little rum at Cafe Josephine. Cheers :-)