The Stone Twins
The Stone Twins is a creative branding agency based in Amsterdam. It was founded by twin brothers Declan and Garech Stone (born 8 November 1970, Dublin), graduates of the National College of Art and Design, Dublin.
The Stone Twins have a reputation for ideas-based, engaging and strategic design solutions.[1][2] Their body of work is quite eclectic, with no fixed visual style - as it equally embraces the palettes of graphic design, art-direction and copywriting.[3] In many ways, their work is characterised by a fusion of Irish wit and storytelling, with the austere Modernism that influences much of Dutch Design. The firm’s award-winning work includes a coveted Dutch Design Award,[4] several European Design Awards[5] and 10 D&AD Pencils.[6][7] Their work forms part of the permanent collections of the Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum, New York and the Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam.
The Stone Twins regularly write for trade magazines, including Communicatie (Wolters Kluwer) and Eye Magazine: the International Review of Graphic Design.[8] They are authors of the book Logo R.I.P. (A Commemoration of Dead Logos);[9][10][11][12] the updated 2nd edition was launched in the Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum, New York in 2012.[13][14] They are keen educators, and were Head of the ‘Man and Communication’ department at Design Academy Eindhoven from 2008 until their resignation in 2013.[15]
Further reading
The Stone Twins, Logo R.I.P. (2012. BIS Publishers) ISBN 9789063692902
References
- "Profile: The stone twins". Design Week. Retrieved 2018-04-17.
- "Addmagazine issue 8". Retrieved 17 April 2018.
- "OFFSET2013". Issuu. Retrieved 2018-05-09.
- "SoundCircus". www.dutchdesignawards.nl. Retrieved 2018-05-09.
- "European Design Awards - The Stone Twins". europeandesign.org. Retrieved 2018-05-09.
- "Search | D&AD". www.dandad.org. Retrieved 2018-05-09.
- "The Stone Twins: List of Awards". www.stonetwins.com. Retrieved 17 April 2018.
- "Eye Magazine". www.eyemagazine.com. Retrieved 17 April 2018.
- "Logo R.I.P." BIS Publishers. Retrieved 2018-05-09.
- "A Tribute To Dead Logos From The Past". 26 September 2012. Retrieved 17 April 2018.
- Twins, The Stone (26 September 2012). "Logos R.I.P." Retrieved 17 April 2018.
- "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2013-05-27. Retrieved 2014-02-05.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
- "Eye Magazine - Blog - 'Shake hands with the devil'". www.eyemagazine.com. Retrieved 17 April 2018.
- Amsterdam, Universiteit van. "Presentatie 'Logo R.I.P.' van The Stone Twins - Bijzondere Collecties". bijzonderecollecties.uva.nl (in Dutch). Retrieved 2018-05-09.
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