Design Quarterly

Design Quarterly

Design Quarterly featuring great design, architecture, fashion, graphics and innovation from across the globe.

 

Slice

This piece is a fruit bowl made with repetitions of layers of metal sheets with organic deformations and disappointments that repeat almost amorphously, these blades are connected through hidden welding points and are bathed in 24K gold. These overlapping blades intend to repeat the puff of leaves piling up on the ground, or cutting fruit in a logical sense, deformations suggest replication.

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H1 Series

The H1 Series counterbalances smooth contours and sharp, distinct angles against the backdrop of warm wood tones. Full textures serve to highlight the purposeful and raw design elements of these professional knives made for creatives. Each forged and full tang knife features flush seams along the handle between teak wood and high-alloy steel, marrying the distinct materials while allowing the knife to comfortably and naturally fit the chef’s grip. Three essential knives, the chef's, serrated and paring knives are all securely stored in a genuine leather knife roll.

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A Series

The A Series utilizes dark and durable Walnut in the knife block to accentuate the fluid curves and dense African Blackwood handles of the knives. Form and function seamlessly meld together to create a knife both luxurious and practical. Each forged and full tang knife feature flush seams, marrying the distinct materials while allowing the knife to comfortably fit the chef’s grip. A full range of essential kitchen and steak knives are securely housed in the richly textured, dark wood knife block.

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SoulSpice

SoulSpice offers high-quality organic spices. So the packaging design needed a premium feel while reflecting the brands’ sustainable and natural philosophy. In contrast to traditional spice brands, Studio Grau created a packaging design that reflects the spices´ inherent value and colorfulness, with unique hand-drawn patterns for each spice. The beautifully designed glass containers encourage the custumer to reuse the glass and not through it away. The design focuses on the joy of good food, sharing and living with responsibility thereby staying true to the brand’s motto: Taste That Matters

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Turkish Coffe Cup

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Freaktion

The brand was thought to be different from the category, from the positioning to the design. Differently from the competition, this beer has a typographic visual identity with friction elements on its logo. The use of dark backgrounds contrasted by the magenta color also helps to differentiate it in the craft beer segment, what adds authenticity and modernization, at the same time, a classic aspiration of an extremely premium/gourmet product. Its 2 sub-brands use freak characters to amplify the concept. Their colors, icons and and info carry consistency and remembrance to the consumers.

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