Vol Design Cases
Designers behind the work
Designers and creative leads credited on Vol projects in press coverage.
Designers and creative leads credited on Vol projects in press coverage.
Creative Boom’s February 2026 roundup by Tom May highlights notable new type releases from global foundries. The selection spans bespoke commissions, multiscript collaborations, and variable font innovations, reflecting a strong focus on inclusivity, craft, and typographic versatility. Each featured release demonstrates renewed ambition and thoughtful design across the international type community.
Creative Boom’s Katy Cowan explores Volkshotel Amsterdam, a hybrid hotel and creative hub that combines hospitality with co-working and studio spaces. Originally a newspaper office, it now houses over 200 creative professionals and musicians, fostering collaboration and community. The article highlights how Volkshotel’s model could represent the future of creative workspaces by blending living, working, and social environments.
Creative Boom’s article by Tom May surveys the design community to identify 50 typefaces expected to trend in 2026. The roundup highlights a mix of contemporary and classic fonts from leading foundries such as Grilli Type, Klim, ABC Dinamo, and Pangram Pangram. It reflects a broader trend toward revisiting familiar grotesques and serifs with modern refinements for digital and branding applications.
Written by Rotterdam-based studio From Form, this feature explores the city’s creative scene through the lens of colour. The article highlights local designers and artists such as Susan Bijl, Marie Bernard, Maaike Canne, and Team Thursday, celebrating how colour shapes Rotterdam’s visual identity. It reflects on the city’s evolution and the instinctive, expressive use of colour in its design culture.
The article spotlights Metaklinika’s minimalist brand identity for Bosnian furniture maker Volumen. Rooted in modernist principles, the design uses the typeface The Future by Klim Type Foundry and a restrained black, white, and brown palette to convey timelessness and modularity. The identity includes both full and abbreviated wordmarks, applied across print, digital, and motion assets.
Creative Boom covers the launch of a crowdfunding campaign for 'Margaret Calvert: Woman at Work', the first book dedicated to the legendary British designer. Edited by Adrian Shaughnessy and designed in collaboration with A2/SW/HK, the project highlights Calvert’s iconic signage work and lesser-known projects. The article explores the book’s origins, Calvert’s meticulous approach, and the importance of celebrating overlooked female designers.
Paul Belford revisits a 1983 Volvo 740 advertisement created by AMV, highlighting the craftsmanship and conceptual strength of David Abbott and Ron Brown’s work. The article contrasts the enduring quality of this classic ad with the decline in creative standards driven by modern agency cost-cutting and ageism. Belford praises the ad’s simplicity, typography, and the way it communicates safety without overt branding.
BP&O features Requena Office’s packaging design for Panettoni Pavolucci, a Barcelona bakery founded by twin sisters Chiara and Francesca Pavolucci. The design avoids traditional Christmas cues, instead using refined typography, soft colors, and subtle twin-inspired details to modernize the panettone’s image. The result is a contemporary, functional packaging system that repositions a classic Italian dessert for year-round enjoyment.