St. Bernadine Mission Communication Inc.

August 8, 2011 | 8 Comments

“Saint Bernadine is the Patron Saint of advertising, graphic design, compulsive gambling and lung disease, as well as the name of a leading branding, advertising and design firm based in Vancouver, Canada.

This redesign of our stationery incorporates a system of patterns, inspired by endpaper designs, confessional booth screens and that quintessential advertising icon, the starburst.

Paper is Neenah’s Eames Weave Natural White, printed offset in three spot colours.”

Comments

8 Responses to “St. Bernadine Mission Communication Inc.”

EC
August 8th, 2011 @ 10:51 am

Sooo tired of the Saint Whatever concept. Frankly, this idea saw it’s best day way back in 2003(!) when Lynn Garrett did her own version (see it here: http://www.lynnster.com/saints.html).

Stationery is beautiful. I just wish the concept wasn’t so tired.
Cubworth
August 9th, 2011 @ 12:52 am

Wow the example of this concept in it’s ‘best day’ is grotesque.
Fanny Nordmark
August 9th, 2011 @ 2:32 am

Nice patterns and colors.
Derrik
August 11th, 2011 @ 7:31 am

@Cubworth

Uh yeah…. “best day” is definitely pushing it. This company did it better. But I think EC’s point is still valid. The basic idea is old news and kinda lame for a design company.
Aldea
August 11th, 2011 @ 10:35 am

Love the new stationery. The patterns are beautiful and I really like how the banner/hanging scroll shape works across the different pieces.

I agree with Cubworth, the lynnster “Saint” example is not very attractive.
Saint Bernadine
August 16th, 2011 @ 3:49 pm

Thanks for all the nice comments!

As far as originality, I think the Vatican wins on this one – Bernadino of Sienna was canonized in 1450… He’s real. And he invented the starburst…

Check out http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bernardino_of_Siena
or http://www.stbernadine.com/the-saint/

Cheers!
Andrew McKinley
August 18th, 2011 @ 12:01 pm

Come on, EVERYTHING has been done before. To quote a real, bona fide, canonized design saint, “Don’t try to be original, just try to be good”. This stationery is a gorgeous example of a well thought out design, meticulously produced. Putting forward lynnster’s just makes the SB piece look better.
Rachel Stone
February 11th, 2013 @ 2:25 pm

I like this design and love the patterned, shaped cards. Reminds me of that childhood game ‘Memory’. I have to agree that fashion/trends alone, whether current or past, is a silly thing to judge the merits of a design on. The design is lovely and in my opinion, works.

There is so little original under the sun. To pretend that anything one does is completely innovative is a bit of a delusion, since we’re all connected.