Diamond Jubilee
Yesterday, one of the guests on the Alan Titchmarsh show (ITV1) was Nuala McGourty , far left – Retail Director of The Royal Collection. She was showing Alan the English bone china products Peter and Sue designed for the Diamond Jubilee. Of the 14 or so pieces, many are limited edition and available from Royal Collection shop and web site.
All elements of the design were specially created and produced in Stoke on Trent. Very traditional hand skills were applied such as liquid gold and raised paste.
Another winner from LRW Design!
Redesign: Town Talk Polish
Friday, December 2nd, 2011
Creative Team: Andrew Smyth of Town Talk Polish and Ian Logan of LRW Design
Reason for Redesign: The century-old company, specializing in high-end polishes and cleaners, wanted to emphasize the “English look” of their original packaging. According to Smyth, the goal was to “bring Mr. Town Talk, the ‘polished gentleman’ to life.” Exuding an air of charm was key.
Decision Process: Along with further developing the butler illustration featured on the products (a design that was first created in 1910), polishing tips are now included on every package.
Before
Mr. Town Talk was a part of the logo rather than the entire brand image. Heavy tin and glass containers masked the liquids and carried text-heavy labels. While the labels are straightforward, the company values of tradition, service, and quality were lost on the nondescript look of the packaging.
After
By increasing Mr. Town Talk on the packaging and using his likeness more freely, the look becomes more personable. Color-coded plastic packaging and elegant typography differentiate between the products’ wide range of uses while giving them a more polished finish.
Tagged with: Andrew Smyth • Ian Logan • LRW Design • Town Talk Polish
See all the original designs of Towntalk Below
Do note that we have kept the original illustration of Mr. Towntalk as it is in our opinion a true icon.
We Won!
Last night at the Packaging Awards ceremony at The Hilton Hotel, London we won the award for Best Re-Packaging of a Brand for our work with Whittards.
Work with us
We are looking for some new faces; 1. a brilliant, aspiring packaging designer with a couple of years experience. And 2, someone who will help us manage a couple of new projects. (This is probably on a part time basis).
If you’re interested or know some one who might be, please contact peter@lrwdesign.com (soon)!
Gathering of Nations
A couple of years ago i had the privilege of attending a most wonderful spectacle in Albuquerque, New Mexico. It was the Gathering Of Nations a gigantic Pow-wow of all the tribes of Native Americans.It is held every April in the vast stadium which is part of the University of New Mexico. There are a staggering 10,000 Native Americans who attend the Pow-Wow and around 2000 in full costume. The visual sight of the dancing and cacophony of the drumming and chanting is to be seen to be believed!I published,mostly for my own benefit a small book to show some of the wonderful sights. It is published on 'BLURB' but you can see a preview below.Hope you like it! Ian Logan
An interesting photo of a very old college friend. I loved the Tornado in the background!
Very good...
A Weekend in Rome!
Went to a very big wedding in Rome at the beginning of October and having been to Rome before i looked for unusual things rather than the obvious. The wedding,by the way,was pretty spectacular. The party and reception were held in Berlusconi’s ‘Bunga Bunga’castle,he had left! It was over 30c all the time we were there but we managed to walk a lot and see interesting things. Without doubt the food in Italy beats French food hands down. We went to one restaurant called’ GUSTO’. This takes up a whole block but incorporates various different eateries and wine bars,well worth a visit if in Rome.Ian Logan LRW Design
This rather macabre image is from a shop that repairs dolls!!
Another shot of the dolls shop
Inside the dolls shop
'3 coins in a fountain' Can't go to Rome without going here
or without going to the Parthenon!
As the sun moves around or is it the Earth!
A wonderful wine shop and restaurant in one of the main streets
The old cash register in the wine shop
a nice display of chisels in a hard ware shop
A beautiful meat hook in a butchers shop!
'GUSTO" also has a kitchen shop attatched to one of their restaurants
A wonderful door...............
.....and window from a house being restored in Rome
What better title for an underware shop!!
Decoration on a fine 30s building. Gusto is in this building
More decoration on the same building
Barcelona!
A Gaudi rooftop
Another Gaudi building
A cafe on Las Ramblas Barcelona
Detail from the Cafe
The food market of Las Ramblas
Chillies in the market
breakfast in the food market!
Shopfronts
shopfronts
There are hundreds of them
and the 'living sculpters' on the Ramblas
Store decoration
a wonderful door handle!
This city is mouthwatering
Vincon Barcelona
A fireplace in Vincon
one of Vincon's bags. Some were designed by the great George Hardy
The owners on a bag!
The MIRO Museum.
A view inside the museum
A large Miro Tapestry
Could almost be an Allen Jones!
A very early Miro
August and early September 2011!!! LRW
Home for a few days in August to meet up with friends from California who are staying for a few weeks. We visit Borough Market which,even if it’s full of tourists,is still pretty fantastic. I do think the Neals Yard Cheese shop is quite amazing. We explored parts of London for a few days then back to France for one night and then a drive to Barcelona for 3 days as our friends had not been there. What a great city Barcelona is, the food, the design and of course the architecture of which,of course, Gaudi is the most prominent. It’s always amazed me that Gaudi’s buildings ever got built. Whether one likes them or not they are nothing but completely unique. It’s the backstreets an little squares in Barcelona that are fascinating. There is so much that is untouched from the 18th and 19th century especially shop fronts. One great shop to visit is VINCON (www.vincon.com)Vincon opened in the 60s and is similar to a more eclectic Conran. It is very big and full of wonder and is in the most beautiful 1899 building. (Address. Passeig de Gracia 96 08008 Barcelona ) The Miro museum is also a must. Take the tourist bus there and you get a really good idea of the layout of Barcelona. Ian@lrwdesign.
Neals Yard Cheese Shop
Cheeses!
More cheeses at Neals Yard.
and fresh bread for the cheese
Borough Market stall
more produce at the Borough
Packaging News Awards
We’ve just heard we are shortlisted for the Best Re-Packaging of a Brand Category for our work for Whittards.
Of course in our opinion we should win!!!
Interestingly one of the other contenders is Smith and Milton’s work for Crabtree and Evelyn foods, their concept is based on a wallpaper re-using all the original illustrations commissioned by Peter in the C&E heyday. 
