Cuba Gallery Graphic Design & Architecture Blog

Kapsimalis Architects are responsible for some of Santorini's most exciting modern architecture. The rough volcanic landscape and the changeable weather conditions have a huge impact on the design process, and ultimately the final design.

The new Mobilia branding is a great example of well considered minimal design and typography. This sophisticated approach creates a brilliant parallel to the craftsmanship, detail and minimalism seen in the Mobilia furniture collections. The stunning design work by Caterina Bianchini Studio plays with primary colours, mixed pastels, illustration, patterns and a handcrafted typeface.

Design agency Pacifica have masterfully put together this new brand identity design system for retail giant Zippy. Zippy is a well-established clothing label, with over two decades of retail experience. It's an optimistic, dynamic and innovative family brand which develops affordable clothing for kids aged 0 to 9 years old.

After 20years in the market (yup time flies) vitaminwater asked Collins to revitalize their brand with a refreshed strategy, design system and visual language. The brand needed an injection of energy in order to keep competing with the high number of copycat brands.

This incredible mid-century style home was designed by Austrian architecture firm Luger Maul. The approach is characterized by it's clean simple lines and thoughtful integration with the environment. There's ample use of full height windows and an open floor plan which helps bring the outdoors in. The timber exterior travels all the way through to the interior finishings playing an important role in even the finest bespoke details. This approach also helps add both warmth and texture, not to mention luxury!

These limited edition graphic sketchbooks caught my eye. They are a brilliant choice for anyone who loves art, design or just coming up with ideas. There's an extensive range of cover and internal layout options, each design giving you a nudge to create something new and inspirational. Only limited runs available check out the full range and available at abukoo.

Simple were engaged by Alchemy to refresh their jewellery brand and infuse it with a luxurious, fashion-focused minimal design style. At the centre of the solution was a befitting gold colour palette. The gold theme was played out through print production processes by introducing gold foils, gilding and other non-standard printing techniques.

Simple is an award winning integrated marketing agency with specialists spanning a full range of marketing disciplines. They cover a wide range of skills including branding, graphic design, digital and advertising  all rolled into one sparkling package. Simple recently completed this stunning new identity for Dr Kien Ha (renowned Ear, Nose and Throat (ENT) specialist). They developed a personal brand to reflect the high quality nature of Dr Ha’s services, and to complement this a brand for his private practice.

Adobe Hidden Treasures is a campaign based around the creation of typographic artworks inspired by Bauhaus. The following project and approach was created by Anna Fahrmaier (Typejockeys) & Birgit Palma on behalf of Adobe.

Milan based design and stationery store Write Sketch & recently collaborated with Veuve Clicquot on a series of exclusive limited edition notebooks.  Write Sketch & have extensive experience designing and developing high-quality notebooks.

The team at тень have created a beautiful and clever visual identity for the Brovdi Art Fund. It captures the creative essence of the organisation with ease, and is a great case study for how to increase the depth and dimension of a brand system.The design uses a ‘creative window’ within the brand mark to express, extend and inspire the audience. Motion, painting, design or any form of artistic expression can be captured within the window.

Designer Tomba Lobos created these beautiful graphic wrappers for is own chocolate brand.

I stumbled across this logo design for an upcoming cycling guild call Fount. The design by Amy Wilson really stuck with me. I can’t quite put my finger on why, but it has a striking retro feel and some interesting little quirks. Cool angled cross bars, the deep color-way, and crafted letterforms and typography. It will be very exciting to see what Amy Wilson does with the rest of the brand identity, let's stay tuned and see how it develops.

Stylo is a small, but brilliant London design consultancy. They specialise in high-end brand and digital projects for a wide range of clients. Their driving passion is to produce the best possible design and digital work for their clients. The style of work is handcrafted, bespoke and carefully balanced between restraint and expressive.

The parisian institution "Le Théâtre des Bouffes du Nord" commissioned Violaine & Jeremy to develop their visual identity for the 17-18 season. The result is a timeless piece of design, with distinct vintage themes. They enlisted the help of talented to illustrator Anna Kövecses to produce the highly graphic illustrations, which have been masterfully integrated with the bespoke typography.

These beautiful typography explorations are the latest jaw-dropping pieces of graphic design by Jérémy Schneider and Violaine Orsoni at Violaine & Jeremy. Their work is an incredible illustrative mixture of both modern and vintage styling. 

The new 'Hello' series of business card templates are now available on Abukoo. They have an easy to use and quirky design all wrapped up in an editable pdf template. The content can be easily be updated using Acrobat Reader, which means you don't need design software on your computer.

Incredibly simple signage design for this clothing retailer. I'm not sure where it came from, or who designed it, but it has a beautiful minimal approach to the typography. It's also been expertly manufactured. I'd love to know if anyone can find out where this came from.