Free Printable Mason Jar Labels

on January 16th, 2012

So lately I find myself drawn again to jars (old obsession). And since I have bought quite a few of them recently, a revamping of the pantry was quite in order, complete with colourful labels and pretty patterns. Which I now offer to you for free download, should you feel the spring clean itch.

Garden in a Bottle – Logo Design Process

on September 11th, 2011

Logo design process for SchreberMeister, a designer bottle garden company based in Vienna.

Rebranding Performance Leaders Australia (Logo & Brand Design)

on August 15th, 2011

Performance Leaders Australia’s mission is to provide guidance on how to best lead teams and improve a manager’s own performance as a leader of people and change catalyst. The client felt their current logo did not reflect their values or approach and contacted Limeshot for a rebranding exercise.

Angelina Jolie, Louis Vuitton and Annie Leibovitz: Fail.

on July 14th, 2011

If you read this blog before you’ll know I’m a fan of Annie Leibovitz. I also happen to love Angelina Jolie for a whole lot of reasons. I’m not into the whole Louis Vuitton “brand yourself as middle class by hanging a bag that spells its label on your shoulder” kind of thing, but that’s [...]

Kitsch and Cool Restaurant Branding

on July 6th, 2011

Lactobar Retro-Bistro is a new and very popular restaurant in Oradea, Romania (Lactobar means milk bar, in Romanian). Obviously, the drink of choice is not milk, but bear, however what’s interesting about this joint is the outlandish, crazy, cool and perfectly kitsch decor. From an old Romanian car embedded into the wall to doilies, old [...]

Circular logos: fascination and inspiration

on April 20th, 2011

It seems to me, of late, that everyone is attracted to circular logos more than any other type. I have started avoiding providing a circular option – unless I am very happy with it, for fear my clients will choose that over stronger, non-circular concepts. And yet what is it about circular logos that attracts [...]

Dionysus – Illustration Logo

on April 16th, 2011

Hand-drawn illustration for an organic Kalamata olive oil brand; more images after the jump. Currently featured in the logopond.com gallery. This is work in progress, so watch this space for more images.

Logo Design Research Finds: Black Figure Attic Pottery

on April 7th, 2011

Been to the State Library of NSW today, doing some research for a new logo project (for a sumptuous Greek Kalamata olive oil, watch this space!) and came across some lovely pottery images, not the ones one can usually find online but some more obscure and quite unusual ones. Images after the jump (and click [...]