Grant Design Cases
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Designers behind the work
Designers and creative leads credited on Grant projects in press coverage.
News & interviews
- Has judging a book by its cover gone too far?
It's Nice That · Nov 26, 2025
The article by Olivia Hingley explores how social media and marketing trends have influenced contemporary book cover design, questioning whether visual appeal has overtaken literary substance. Featuring insights from designers Na Kim and David Pearson, it examines the homogenisation of aesthetics and the rise of 'photographable' covers driven by online culture. The piece reflects on how these shifts affect both readers’ choices and the creative freedom of designers.
Type as ImageFarrar, Straus and Giroux (FSG)Farrar, Straus and Giroux (FSG)The Paris Revieweditorial - New Packaging for Kininvie by Here Design
BP&O · Mar 24, 2022
BP&O features Here Design’s packaging for Kininvie, the experimental whisky arm of William Grant & Sons. The design embraces utilitarian minimalism, using Helvetica and a Dymo-like label aesthetic to reflect the distillery’s process-driven ethos. Muted pastels, recyclable materials, and coded naming reinforce the brand’s experimental and sustainable positioning.
Here DesignKininvieWilliam Grant & Sonspackaging - Migrant Journal No.5 Micro Odysseys by Offshore Studio
BP&O · Nov 20, 2018
BP&O reviews Offshore Studio’s design for Migrant Journal No.5, titled 'Micro Odysseys'. The issue explores microscopic and invisible movements through a tactile and conceptual editorial design, featuring sandgrain embossing, metallic inks, and vivid fluorescent red. The review praises the continuity of type, material play, and thematic depth across the Migrant Journal series.
Offshore StudioMigrant Journaleditorial - Migrant Journal by Offshore Studio
BP&O · Sep 26, 2018
BP&O reviews Offshore Studio’s design for Migrant Journal, a six-part publication exploring migration in all its forms. The article examines the journal’s material richness, custom typography, and provocative use of metallic inks, noting how its design both seduces and challenges readers. Richard Baird highlights the project’s conceptual depth, its slow journalism ethos, and its commitment to a total design vision.
Offshore StudioMigrant Journaleditorial - Migrant Journal No. 1–3 by Offshore Studio
The Brand Identity · Feb 7, 2018
The Brand Identity features Offshore Studio’s design and art direction for Migrant Journal No. 1–3, a publication exploring global migration and the circulation of people, goods, and information. The Zurich-based studio handled both the editorial design and co-editing of the project, which uses a bold color palette and sans serif typography.
Offshore StudioMigrant Journaleditorial