Design & Stationery
Design & Stationery brand guidelines — colour palettes, typography and design systems for design brands, with honest notes on ownership and where each is made.
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ACCO Brand Guidelines: The Paper-Clip Company That Became the Owner of Swingline, Rexel and Leitz
Brand Guidelines · Field Guide ACCO Brand Guidelines The paper-clip company that became a house of office brands. Made Good Designs ·…
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Bostitch Brand Guidelines: The Boston Wire Stitcher That Named a Stapler
Brand Guidelines · Field Guide Bostitch Brand Guidelines The Boston wire stitcher that gave a country its word for stapling. Made Good…
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Esselte Brand Guidelines: The Stockholm Printing Group That Became an Office-Products Maker
Brand Guidelines · Field Guide Esselte Brand Guidelines The Stockholm printing group that became an office-products maker. Made Good Designs · Design…
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Swingline Brand Guidelines: The Queens Stapler Maker Behind the Red 747
Brand Guidelines · Field Guide Swingline Brand Guidelines The Queens stapler maker whose swing-open top named the company. Made Good Designs ·…
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Fellowes Brand Guidelines: The Bankers Box Family Business From Itasca, Illinois
Brand Guidelines · Field Guide Fellowes Brand Guidelines A Chicago storage-box business that became a family-run office machine maker. Made Good Designs…
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Rexel Brand Guidelines: The London Stapler Maker George Drexler Founded in 1939
Brand Guidelines · Field Guide Rexel Brand Guidelines The London stapler maker with a little man for a logo. Made Good Designs…
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Leitz Brand Guidelines: The Stuttgart Maker of the Lever Arch File, Founded by Louis Leitz in 1871
Brand Guidelines · Field Guide Leitz Brand Guidelines The Stuttgart workshop whose name became the German word for a file. Made Good…
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Optima Typewriters Brand Guidelines: The Erfurt Works That Lost the Olympia Name
Brand Guidelines · Field Guide Optima Typewriters Brand Guidelines The Erfurt typewriter works that carried on under a new name. Made Good…
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Torpedo Typewriters Brand Guidelines: The Frankfurt-Rödelheim Bicycle Works That Built Typewriters
Brand Guidelines · Field Guide Torpedo Typewriters Brand Guidelines A Rödelheim bicycle works that sold typewriters as Torpedo. Made Good Designs ·…
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Groma Brand Guidelines: The Saxon Knitting-Machine Firm That Made Typewriters in Markersdorf
Brand Guidelines · Field Guide Groma Brand Guidelines A Saxon knitting-machine works that turned to typewriters in 1924. Made Good Designs ·…
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Erika Typewriters Brand Guidelines: The Dresden Portable of Seidel & Naumann and Robotron
Brand Guidelines · Field Guide Erika Typewriters Brand Guidelines The Dresden portable that outlasted its maker’s empire. Made Good Designs · Design…
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Olympia Typewriters Brand Guidelines: The AEG Typewriter Name That Moved From Erfurt to Wilhelmshaven
Brand Guidelines · Field Guide Olympia Typewriters Brand Guidelines The AEG typewriter name that crossed from Erfurt to the North Sea coast.…