January 12th, 2012 4:53 PM
Signs of Good Design
Frost* has been prominently featured in Michelle Galindo’s highly anticipated release, ‘Signage Design’ as readers become exposed to our most recent environmental and signage project completions. The works featured highlight our success in the development of signage elements for The Powerhouse Museum, the design for an identification and intuitive wayfinding system for The Ritz Carlton, Hong Kong and new interior and exterior signage projects undertaken for the Queen Victoria Building. Other work featured includes our suspended directional and wayfinding signage implementation for Chatswood Chase, Sydney. Pick up a copy at your local bookstore, or order online here.
January 05th, 2012 1:38 PM
A shining example
One of Frost’s key strengths is our ability to work across cultural borders and we recently took pleasure in helping Chinese retailer TL Jewellery launch their business in Australia. Focal to our commission was creating a logo that is evocative of high-end jewellery and can work across signage and packaging. The solution elegantly translates the letterforms T and L into a geometric composition that draws on the visual cues of jewellery design and is reproduced in a stunning metallic gold.
January 04th, 2012 1:44 PM
Making a statement
A dynamic digital wall makes an impressive statement about the Commonwealth Bank’s commitment to the environment – greeting visitors and staff alike with real-time statistics on the green performance of its new Darling Walk Campus. The wall is part of a wide-ranging signage and environmental graphics scheme developed by Frost* for the Campus, which also includes a 17.5 metre curved lenticular wall – the largest we know of in existence. The signage and graphics over 55,000 sqm establish a distinctive sense of place and identity for the different workplace settings, including the cube and globe clubhouses on Level 1, exchange café and atrium carpet.
Photography by Tyrone Branigan.
January 03rd, 2012 2:13 PM
Making Waves for Artmusic
Artmusic is the first online portal covering live classical music events across Australia. The product of two musicians keen on celebrating classical music with style and integrity, the identity literally makes waves – taking the name’s letterforms and cleverly turning them into a soundwave. The accompanying website is contemporary and clean. It showcases classical music as vibrant and dynamic.
November 17th, 2011 1:54 PM
Digging deep – Rio Tinto
The rich visual language of the mining sector has inspired Frost’s latest environmental graphics project for Rio Tinto’s new Brisbane Regional Centre. The project was an opportunity to connect staff in the corporate office to the operational coalface, featuring elements such as stencil-cut fonts, raw materials and super-scaled photography. Contoured panelling creates a sense of topography in the lift core, while lithological patterns (geological map codes for rocks) bring otherwise functional surfaces to life. The graphics complement the “Earth to Sky” interior concept developed by Geyer, the interior designers on the project.
November 16th, 2011 1:48 PM
Balla restaurant
In yet another collaboration with our longstanding clients the Manfredis, this new Sydney restaurant seeks to redefine the classic osteria Milanese. Named after futurist painter Giacomo Balla, the inspiration point for the design is the Italian Futurist movement, of which Milan was a major centre in the early 20th century. Balla’s depictions of light and speed were used as references for a custom-created typeface with its own sense of geometry and form. The striking typography and colours redefine traditional associations with Italian restaurants, preparing patrons for a gastronomic experience like no other.
October 27th, 2011 11:26 PM
Chiswick, new garden restaurant in Sydney
We have been working with Matt Moran and his partner Peter Sullivan and their team on the new Chiswick restaurant identity. Set in Chiswick Gardens at 65 Ocean Street Woollahra Sydney. Watch this space it’s going to be tasty.
October 27th, 2011 10:48 PM
Soya 365 launches 8th November
We have been working with Qantas and our partners Community Engine to create the new identity and website for Soya 365. Qantas supports Australian creativity and this year long incentive is an endorsement of the value of design thinking. We are proud to be involved in such an increadible project. Watch this space.
August 31st, 2011 10:40 AM
Designing Your Life
Don’t miss Vince talking on the subject ‘The Ultimate Brief: Designing Your Life, Your Business And Your Happiness’ at the Apple Store in Sydney on Wednesday 28 September.
Presented by Apple / Infront, Vince will discuss his passion for design and how it flows through to life and business.
