Signor Oil is a German brand with Italian roots, dedicated to high quality Apulian organic extra virgin olive oil. Founded by Denis Okore, Robert Michelone and Giuseppe Sacco, Signor Oil is based on tradition combined with passion and determination. Although the headquarters are in Berlin, their hearts remains closely linked to Puglia – the home of authentic organic olive oil.

The branding and packaging design was created by Ya Ting Yang and is using Grand Slang (Nikolas Type) for the logotype, combined with a yet unidentified sans [see comments].

Solare by Nikolas Type, among TT Interphase by TypeType in use for the portfolio website of Rodolfo Sarno.

Rodolfo Sarno is a user interface and interactive designer with a diverse body of work including clients from the likes of R/GA Sydney, VML Sydney, the Commonwealth Bank of Australia, and Qantas Airlines.

As seen in the domain name rdlf.co itself, the preloader of the website is displaying the designer’s name without vowels, playing with Solare Italic and TT Interphase in the mix. The initial, fixed throughout the site as a center-aligned signature element, is using the Italic style of Solare.

Nikolas Type is an independent type foundry founded by German typeface designer Nikolas Wrobel, offering both retail and custom typefaces. The foundry is dedicated to creating typefaces that balance structure and fluidity, blending timeless influences from the past with innovative, forward-thinking ideas.

The website primarily uses Helvetica Now (Regular, Medium and Bold) while the recently released Solare appears in blog articles for titles and quotations. The website design embraces minimalism, featuring deliberate contrasts in font weights and a monochrome color scheme. Typography is central to the layout, ensuring an intuitive browsing experience.

The blog section, called Journal, offers a curated collection of content, including examples of typefaces in use, articles, interviews with creators, and more. Limited-edition foundry merchandise is offered in the Boutique; the Directory section showcases clients / uses of Nikolas Type typefaces.

This Cowgirl punching bag is five feet tall, heavy vinyl, made in Los Angeles from scratch exclusively to Cowgirl ETC. The font in use is Grand Slang in all-lowercase letters, from Nikolas Type.

See also the previous post about the Cowgirl logo.

Grand Slang Italic is paired with Söhne and Söhne Breit for the website of San Francisco-based immi:

immi reinvents the delicious Asian American foods we love with added nutrition. We’ve started by enriching the comforting, umami rich, and nostalgic bowl of instant ramen. Our single goal: capture that same oh so satisfying ramen feeling with a makeover of better ingredients and crafted flavors for a more nutritious, and equally delicious bowl.

South Australia's government initiated “A New State of Mind”, a campaign showcasing the state's progressive, diverse, and innovative character. This rebranding aims to transform South Australia into a magnet for growth, empowering individuals to contribute to it's dynamic and sustainable future.

Leading the campaign with a dynamic approach, “A New State of Mind” introduces a vibrant and modern visual identity for South Australia, featuring a bold colour palette, dynamic typography, and captivating design elements.

Cosi Times (Nikolas Type) is heroing the South Australia wordmark with a modified structure of the R’s leg and a simplified, more condensed A.

All text uses Everett from Weltkern. To enhance the visual appeal of major headlines, Fuller Brand Communications incorporated alternative glyphs from Cosi Times – scaled to 110% to match Everett’s cap height – thus infusing more expression into the visual identity.

This refreshing aesthetic reflects the campaign’s deep purpose, sparking a generational shift and forging a compelling narrative for the state.

In our history, women often got overlooked or pushed aside, when in the meantime male inventors, scientists or entrepreneurs mainly received most of the attention and appreciation. Inventive Women is an illustrative postcard series which puts female inventors in the spotlight and informs about their achievements and how they changed our lives significantly.

Illustration and graphic design by Laura Eibeck, using Grand Slang by Nikolas Wrobel and Necto Mono by Collletttivo.

Bird is a Dutch independent accessories brand founded by Anja Fijma. In their Amsterdam-based atelier, Bird is handcrafting raincovers to protect precious, beloved handbags from bad weather conditions.

The brand creates protection the same way a person would for its loved ones or like a bird cares for its offspring, hence the name.

For Bird’s logo, Fijma customized Grand Slang (Nikolas Type) and paired it with Grand Slang Italic and Tenor Sans by Denis Masharov for the overall identity.

Grand Slang Italic in use for a Nike NSW (Nike Sportswear) T-Shirt. The iconic Nike swoosh is screen printed; the brand name is embroidered in a matching color. The T-shirt was designed under the creative direction of Steve Green at Nike in Portland, Oregon, and is available in selected stores around the globe.

53 is a contemporary Asian fine dining restaurant in New York City that draws its creative essence from its iconic location. Nestled next to the Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) in a tower designed by prominent architect Jean Nouvel, the restaurant name is an homage to its physical location at 53 West 53rd Street.

Inspired by the interior of the space, the logomark and visual identity feature an intricate, architecturally structured icon with the numbers five and three intertwined, fitting together as seamlessly as the restaurant’s three dining levels.

The identity designed by Emily Oberman's Team of Pentagram uses a pair of complimentary typefaces: Grand Slang, a sleek, calligraphy-inspired typeface by Nikolas Type, and Yport by Luzi Type.

Grand Slang and Cosi Times in use for the Nikolas Type’s unisex souvenir longsleeve.

The lettering in Cosi Times Roman on the left arm is written in German and says Hersteller für expressive Qualitätsschriften (“Manufacturer for expressive quality fonts”), while the right arm holds the foundries name, set in Grand Slang Roman and Grand Slang Italic.

Nikolas Type’s claim Hersteller für expressive Qualitätschriften, set in Cosi Times and printed on the right arm, was inspired by Bernd Fuchs’ text for a promotional video about type design at the Berthold foundry, which in one passage says Hochwertige Exklusivschriften prägen anspruchsvolle Erscheinungsbilder (“Exclusive high-quality typefaces shape sophisticated identities”). The use of German, in a rather neutral “boring” wording for this fashion item, got an instant reaction, especially outside of Germany, and was sold out in a short time.

Still from the scene that was filmed and photographed in the first Nikolas Type Office in Cologne Mülheim, 2019. Model: Felipa Paus.

Cover by Pierre Mornet

Silhouette is a new independent French fashion magazine which focuses on luxury, haute couture, craftsmanship, jewelry, perfume and illustration. The magazine, with a logo based on Canopée by VJ-Type, is divided into twelve parts, each with a different opening typeface and color, with three different paper textures for a total of approximately 300 pages.

The first issue focuses on Japan and features a conversation with Japanese creator Mame Kurogouchi, a focus on the late Kenzo Takada work, the art of kimonos, yakuzas... In addition to a 32-pages photoshoot in Japan by Takay and a studio photoshoot by Mario Simon Lafleur, there is an exclusive photo report in Guerlain and Chanel workshops.

Dahlia and Beatrice

Bourbon St

Zangezi

Beretta Sans

Lyon and Beatrice, with all-caps Grand Slang Italic on the right

Black Orchard

Black Mamba

Cosi Azure

BTP

Voyage

Voyage Bold and Beatrice

TT Trailers

My Claustrophobic Happiness is a novel by Jeanne Randolph, published by ARP Books:

In this satirical work of meta-fiction, psychoanalyst, cultural critic, and performance artist Jeanne Randolph uses (and discards) a series of artworks as tools in the creation of the fictional character La Betty: a flesh-denying creation of pure consumerist identity. She is the central figure in a series of humorous, surreal, and viciously critical vignettes that dive deep into complex waters of identity's relationship to consumerism. Through a La Betty's altered reality--one that is solely moderated through the processes of shopping and having--Randolph analyzes with transcendental absurdity a morphing, unstable, and terrifyingly fragile existence of object-worship.

Montréal based multidisciplinary studio LOKI created the book cover using Grand Slang from Nikolas Type, displayed in a distorted, golden, 3-dimensional appearance.

This mooncake packaging project for the Macau based Mandarin Oriental Hotel is a brand new attempt for the next generation market. Indego designer Kun Lam opted for “Far side of the moon – 月球的另一面” as the design concept and tailor-made packaging including mooncakes, the iconic paper fan of Mandarin Oriental, and a reusable tote bag.

The far side of the moon is the side that always faces away from the Earth. As it cannot be seen by the naked eye, humans are curious about this unknown hemisphere of the moon. Mandarin Oriental was known to be luxurious and rich in oriental culture, but this far side of the moon mooncake packaging brings people to the unknown side of the brand – young, bold, and interesting, luxurious but trendy with the continuation of oriental culture.

The “Far side of the moon” project intends to to explore and discover the non-traditional side of Mandarin Oriental infusing new vitality. Typographically transported by Nikolas Type’s Grand Slang, mixed in the Roman and Italic styles and conveyed by Aeonik from CoType for the body text, Indego carried out bold creations to take over the public’s traditional impression of the brand.

Georgoulis SA is an established company with 47 years of experience in the field of construction in regards to bathroom, flooring, kitchen, as well as heating materials and systems.

As curators of ceramic materials for professionals, they set the status quo for materializing a design by providing solutions to the most demanding briefs and specifications.

Georgoulis Curated Collections is a selection of five material palettes to inspire your designs, elevate your senses and spaces. Each box features a selection of ceramic samples in the color palette indicated targeted to the company’s clientele.

Thessaloníki based designer Georgia Harizani opted for Grand Slang by Nikolas Type for the C, paired with Good Sans from Good Type Foundry, and completed by Georgia Harizani’s own, yet unreleased font Confined Mono for the numerals.

Manchester-based design agency Ensemble created a new identity for the global innovation consultancy Metta.

To quote from The Brand Identity,

Ensemble opted for Colophon Foundry’s DM Sans and DM Mono as the typographic workhorses, as well as Nikolas Type’s Grand Slang for the primary wordmark and Pizza Typefaces’ Orelo to inject an opulence and further hint at the brand’s fashion influences. “All used together they highlight the varying tones that the brand takes,” Ensemble conclude, culminating in a confident and cultivated identity that hits the heights of Metta’s own clientele.

Howdy is a newly shaped design family residing in Athens, dedicated to design services in the fields of branding, packaging and web design.

For its identity and website, Howdy is using Grand Slang from Nikolas Type for its display appearance, paired with Basis Grotesque from Colophon for the body text.

Semplice is a customizable portfolio system with a strong community including thousands of the most talented creatives in the world. Every year, twelve of them are chosen as the best porfolios of the year and appreciated in a web special.

For 2021’s Best of, Coimbatore based designer Surya T Anand opted for Cosi Times and Cosi Azure from Nikolas Type for the bold features of the designer names, completed by Maison Neue from Milieu Grotesque.

Carolina Castillo C. (CCC) is a Mexican fashion designer, with a focus on slow fashion, sustainable, timeless clothing. The brand is a letter to today’s women who are looking for a stylish quality option.

We developed a classic yet playful brand that proposes a design solution for every season to come, and created a feminine and elegant blend that feels timeless with Cosi Times, Cosmetic, and Nostra Stream, occasionally supported by Funkford.

Created by by Pritika Swarup, Prakti fuses the cultural richness, rituals, and spirituality of India with the contemporary energy and technologies of the West to create a first-of-its-kind hybrid beauty brand.

The products reimagine traditional ingredients from Indian remedies and the Ayurvedic pharmacopeia, harnessing their power through technological innovation to enhance the sensory experience of every product.

Prakti uses Grand Slang by Nikolas Type for the logo, paired with Jonny Pinhorn’s geometric sans Poppins for all other usages across all media.