Research Studios are delighted to announce their collaboration with The London Library on the development of their identity and marketing collateral. Having won a four way credentials pitch earlier in the year, the team has been hard at work evolving this iconic institutions’ visual language and campaign specific materials. We will be showcasing more from the project as it rolls out over the next couple of months so please check back from more details.

The London Library, founded in 1841, is the UK’s leading literary institution. A hidden gem in the heart of St James (London), it has more than one million books and periodicals in over 50 languages, the collection includes works from the 16th century to the latest publications. Membership is open to everyone and recently featured in Esquires top 50 things ‘no man should be without’. If you are curious to find out more about The London Library please check their current website here.
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Research Studios has just completed the branding and initial roll-out collateral for The China Art Foundation, a cultural organisation connecting western and Chinese arts and cultural institutions, artists and general public through events, publications, films and summits.

The foundations aims to “Help to make sure that the interest in contemporary Chinese art has a sustainable future: Help the west to understand the rich history and contemporary cultural life of China; Help China to understand western art and culture, historical and contemporary” and whose advisory board includes representation from Solomon R Guggenheim Museum, The Metropolitan Museum of Art New York, National Art Gallery (Singapore), Yale University Art Gallery, Central Academy of Fine Arts (Beijing), Musee National d’Art Moderne – Centre Pompidou (Paris), British Museum.

The China Art Foundation has hosted two summits in both Britain and China with attendance from major western and Chinese museum directors, produced two publications (Contemporary Art in Asia edited by Melissa Chiu and Benjamin Genocchio and Total Modernity and the Avant-Garde in Twentieth Century Chinese Art by Gao Minglu) commissioned a full length documentary and recently hosted two China Art Foundation Talks in America (Yale and The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York). The Foundation’s trustees include, Pearl Lam, Susan Hayden, Gao Minglu, Sydney Picasso and Philip Dodd.

Research Studios has worked alongside the Foundation Trustees to develop an identity that captured the strands of core activity and the sense of connectivity between east and west. The secondary language to the identity has also been developed and applied to the foundation’s first pieces of collateral show here in poster and leaflet format as well as rolled out on a micro blog site.

You can out more about the China Art Foundation here
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Re-brand announcement card

Singposium flyer

Schools Prom flyer

National Festival flyer

Brand announcement card; Schools Prom flyer; National Festival flyer

Business cards

National Festival programme

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It was also brilliant to engage with many of the young people who thrive on the opportunities that the charity provides to perform at work class venues during the week long event. You can find out more about Music for Youth here.

Staff tee. Photo: Alick Cotterill

Symphony Hall

Symphony Hall entrance

Wristband

Programmes ready for the taking

Tees and hoodies

Bags!

Symphony Hall on stage. Photo: Alick Cotterill

Tech team backstage in black logo tees

Programme backstage

Checking the programme

Big screen in the shopping centre (!)

On stage

Deep in the programme

Rock, Pop & Urban at O2 Academy. Photo: Alick Cotterill

MFY core logo and personalities

Research Studios has begun the roll out of a new look for musical organisation, Music for Youth, who provide young musicians with the platform of performance opportunities in a host of public events; from local venues to prestigious locations such as the Royal Albert Hall London or the O2 in Birmingham. Music for Youth also offers young performers the opportunity to develop their skills with workshops and other unique opportunities to collaborate and learn with top named performers, musicians, conductors and music educationalists.

This year Music for Youth turns 40 and the charity wanted Research Studios to re-design their identity to communicate more effectively with its core audience of young performers and loyal organisers/supporters, as well as broaden their language to reflect the diverse range of musical genres it covers. Furthermore, it also wanted to enhance its ability to evolve and strengthen its digital presence. Whilst the new identity beds in the logo’s core iteration will be constant but the new personalities will begin to roll out after the first year (highlighted in this animation). Research Studios are currently working with the organisation on their website and programme of activities including the forthcoming National Festival held in Birmingham from 5th to 10th July 2010.

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To find out more about Music for Youth from their exisiting website click here. Research Studios will keep you posted on new collateral and website as they roll out on this blog.
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Research Studios paid a visit to ISPO to see our friends at Bonfire Snowboarding. ISPO, held in Munich, is the world largest winter sports expo, Bonfire were they to show off their latest range of snowboarding apparel and boots, we were there to see our hard work in action. Research Studios has been Bonfire’s design consultants for the past five years, creating things such as their branding, advertising, fabric and embroidery designs and POP. This year we ventured into boot design, which was a first for us, while at the show we were lucky enough to see the first prototype, unfortunately we have to keep the design under wraps, but as soon as it is released we to post some pictures.

View the Bonfire season 09/10 work >
View the Bonfire season 08/09 work >
View the Bonfire season 07/08 work >
View the Bonfire season 06/07 work >
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The prototype of the Research Studios designed Bonfire Snowboarding boot, watch this space to see the final design!

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Research Studios has created a new logo for 1 Goal, an international campaign to get people to sign up and by doing so bring international pressure and global support to educate 75 million children in the developing world. 1 Goal and it’s activities will centre around this years world cup in South Africa (the first time the competition has been held in Africa).

The studio was inspired by Queen Rania of Jordan and the 1 Goal partners in its epic task to get millions of signatures to lobby the UN and national governments and have all signed up.
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You can find our more about 1 Goal and sign up here

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Research Studios has worked with Bonfire Snowboarding since 2005 on a range of projects from Branding to designing fabric patterns. Having designed their overarching logo and visual language in the first year, each year we develop this to give them a fresh look whilst retaining the solid foundations we originally created. Together we have established a brand language that is pioneering for Bonfire as it sits outside the typical style for the snowboarding sector. Research Studios consults with the business on all aspects of their collateral including apparel labeling, hang tags, sales graphics and website to ensure they are on brand.

We collaborate with Bonfire to create each seasons ad campaign: after agreeing the concept together, a member of the Bonfire team shoots the photography and Research Studios creates the final adverts, 2008/09 versions below.

We also work with Bonfire’s apparel designer to create custom patterns for the fabrics, and ‘Bonfire’ embroideries which are featured on garments.

View the Bonfire season 08/09 work >
View the Bonfire season 07/08 work >
View the Bonfire season 06/07 work >
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Bonfire Branding

Bonfire Advertising

Fabric Pattern Design

Embroideries

Sound and Music Brand

Research Studios has created the logo, visual language, brand guidelines and core pieces of marketing collateral for new music organisation Sound and Music. Brought together by the Arts Council, Sound and Music merged four leading organisations; British Music Information Centre, Contemporary Music Network, Society for the Promotion of New Music and the Sonic Arts Network.

The simple and playful new logo is the centre of a vibrant and dynamic language which offers Sound and Music the consistency it needs as a new organisation, yet the flexibility for its identity to grow and develop. Careful consideration had to be given to the spectrum of different sound and music forms, festivals, tours and live events it will promote and work with. In response to this, a visual language was developed embrace this. The logotype breaks into 6 core elements which become a toolkit of shapes, surface patterns, containers and graphic devices that can be used to create arresting material while staying on-brand.

Consulting across the organisation throughout the project and latterly with the new brand and marketing team, Research Studios has produced an announcement card, stationery, banners and quick time projections for events and parties.
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Deconstructing the logo into brand elements

Visual Language

Brand Launch Card

Website

Bonfire 2008/09

Research Studios has worked with Bonfire Snowboarding since 2005 on a range of projects from Branding to designing fabric patterns. Having designed their overarching logo and visual language in the first year, each year we develop this to give them a fresh look whilst retaining the solid foundations we originally created. Together we have established a brand language that is pioneering for Bonfire as it sits outside the typical style for the snowboarding sector. Research Studios consults with the business on all aspects of their collateral including apparel labeling, hang tags, sales graphics and website to ensure they are on brand.

We collaborate with Bonfire to create each seasons ad campaign: after agreeing the concept together, a member of the Bonfire team shoots the photography and Research Studios creates the final adverts, 2008/09 versions below.

We also work with Bonfire’s apparel designer to create custom patterns for the fabrics, and ‘Bonfire’ embroideries which are featured on garments.

View the Bonfire season 07/08 work >
View the Bonfire season 06/07 work >
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Season 08/09 Ad Campaign

Season 08/09 Apparel Patterns

Season 08/09 Apparel Embroidery