The Stone Twins Explained

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.[1] [2] [3] [4]

The Stone Twins specialises in areas such as brand strategy, naming and brand identity (both visual and verbal).[5] [6] The firm is best known for the branding of MassiveMusic and A'DAM Toren,[7] [8] [9] as well as the design of several Irish commemorative postage stamps.[10] [11] [12] [13] The Stone Twins' award-winning work includes a coveted Dutch Design Award,[14] several European Design Awards[15] and 13 D&AD Pencils.[16] [17] Their work forms part of the permanent collections of the Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum, New York, and the Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam.[18]

The Stone Twins regularly write for trade magazines, including Communicatie (Wolters Kluwer) and Eye magazine: the International Review of Graphic Design.[19] They are the authors of the critically acclaimed book Logo R.I.P. (A Commemoration of Dead Logos);[20] [21] [22] [23] the updated 2nd edition was launched in the Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum, New York in 2012.[24] [25] They are keen educators, and were Head of the ‘Man and Communication' department at Design Academy Eindhoven from 2008 until their resignation in 2013.[26]

Books

The Stone Twins have written the following books:

Magazine Articles

Selected articles written by The Stone Twins:

Exhibitions

Selected exhibitions:

Controversies and criticism

In 2020, the agency began a self-initiated project questioning the fearmongering surrounding COVID-19 and the proportionality of the measures/restrictions.[45] [46]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Profile: The Stone Twins . by Clare Dowdy, Design Week, 11-11-2010.
  2. Web site: Design: Do the Logo Motion . by Lisa Godson, The Sunday Times, 07-03-2004.
  3. Web site: Seghers . Dirk . Puttaert . Hugo . Hugo Puttaert . We Like to Engage – The Stone Twins . Addmagazine, Issue 6/2008.
  4. Web site: Double Dutch / Irish Blarney – The Stone Twins . Irish Design 2015, www.irishdesign2015.ie. https://web.archive.org/web/20151201040134/http://www.irishdesign2015.ie/liminal/projects/double-dutch-irish-blarney/ . 1 December 2015 .
  5. Web site: The Stone Twins winnaar bij de D&AD Awards – Verbal Identity . By Nils Adriaans, Adformatie, 31-05-2021.
  6. Web site: The Stone Twins: A'DAM Toren . Dutch Design Daily, 11-07-2016.
  7. Web site: Interview: The Stone Twins over de A'DAM Toren. . by Bram Delver, VICE, 21-10-2015.
  8. Web site: The Stone Twins verzorgt branding A'DAM Toren – Het Amsterdamse bureau is verantwoordelijk voor de totale creatieve visie. . Adformatie, 30-08-2015.
  9. Web site: Amsterdam North – The current "it" neighbourhood of Amsterdam's design scene. . by Enya Moore, ICON, Issue 150, December 2015. https://web.archive.org/web/20151124111507/https://www.iconeye.com/gallery/item/12314-amsterdam-north . 24 November 2015 .
  10. Web site: Culture is ordinary: an (incomplete) history of Irish graphic design, 1950-2020 . by Linda King – ‘Irish Art 1920-2020: Perspectives on Change’, Edited by Catherine Marshall and Yvonne Scott – Royal Irish Academy, Dublin, 2022. ISBN: 9781911479826.
  11. Web site: Dublin UNESCO City of Literature stamp by The Stone Twins . by Amy Frearson, Dezeen, 26 May 2013.
  12. Web site: An Post issues new stamps to mark centenary of the publication of James Joyce's Ulysses . An Post Media Centre, 7 January 2022.
  13. News: A Stamp for Ireland . An Post Media Centre, 25 February 2019 . en.
  14. Web site: SoundCircus . 2018-05-09 . Dutchdesignawards.nl.
  15. Web site: Gold – 'Songtradr' Motion Logo, by The Stone Twins . European Design Awards . en-US.
  16. Web site: D&AD Awards: The Stone Twins . D&AD (British Design & Art Direction), www.dandad.org . en.
  17. Web site: The Stone Twins: List of Awards . thestonetwins.com.
  18. Web site: Jaarverslag Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam 2009, ISBN 978-90-5006-180-3, © 2010 .
  19. Web site: Eye Magazine. Eyemagazine.com. 17 April 2018.
  20. Web site: Logo R.I.P. . 2023-08-08 . BIS Publishers . https://web.archive.org/web/20180630024834/https://www.bispublishers.com/logo-rip.html . 30 June 2018 . en.
  21. Web site: 26 September 2012 . A Tribute To Dead Logos From The Past . Fastcodesign.com. https://web.archive.org/web/20201203095209/https://www.fastcompany.com/1670864/a-tribute-to-dead-logos-from-the-past . 3 December 2020 .
  22. Web site: Logo R.I.P. . by Viveka van de Vliet, Items Magazine (NL), 08-09-2012.
  23. Web site: Ode to the Logo: Rest in Peace to the Logos of Yesteryear. . dead . 27 May 2013. Design Indaba, 31-10-2012. https://web.archive.org/web/20130527195019/http://www.designindaba.com/news/ode-logo .
  24. Web site: Eye Magazine - Blog - 'Shake hands with the devil'. Eyemagazine.com. 17 April 2018.
  25. Web site: Presentatie 'Logo R.I.P.' van The Stone Twins - Bijzondere Collecties . Bijzonderecollecties.uva.nl . Universiteit van Amsterdam . https://web.archive.org/web/20180630000346/http://bijzonderecollecties.uva.nl/gedeelde-content/evenementen/evenementen/2012/09/presentatie-logo-r-i-p-van-the-stone-twins.html . 30 June 2018 . nl.
  26. Web site: The Stone Twins to Leave Design Academy Eindhoven . By Gabrielle Kennedy, design.nl (Nieuwe Instituut, Rotterdam), 27-06-2013.
  27. Web site: LOGO R.I.P. - A Commemoration of Classic Logos. Logorip.com. 5 January 2022.
  28. Web site: Logo R.I.P. (Preview Only) by The Stone Twins - Issuu. Issuu.com. 5 January 2022.
  29. Web site: A Catalogue of Curiosities, Relics, Art & Propaganda | The Stone Twins | The Stone Twins | D&AD Awards 2011 Pencil Winner | Catalogues & Brochures | D&AD. Dandad.org. 5 January 2022.
  30. Web site: A Catalogue of Curiosities, Relics, Art & Propaganda (CRAP) by The Stone Twins - Issuu. Issuu.com. 5 January 2022.
  31. Web site: Hello I'm A'DAM – the creation of a new Amsterdam icon . Dutch Design Daily, 16-07-2021.
  32. Web site: Eye Magazine | Feature | Chameleons. Eyemagazine.com. 5 January 2022.
  33. Web site: Eye Magazine | Review | Logos without words. Eyemagazine.com. 5 January 2022.
  34. Web site: Can you still make a living in design? . Design Week, August 2015.
  35. Web site: Something Is Rotten in the State of Design . Open Manifesto #8: Change, 2018..
  36. Web site: Design & Humour, by Garech Stone . 100 Archive: Dialogues, 8th April 2020.
  37. Web site: Liminal Exhibition, Irish Design 2015 . Curated by Louise Allen, Head of International Programmes, Irish Design 2015. https://web.archive.org/web/20151201010339/http://www.irishdesign2015.ie/liminal/exhibition/dublin/ . 1 December 2015 .
  38. Web site: Irish design exhibition presents "fusion between old and new". 1 June 2015. Dezeen.com. 5 January 2022.
  39. Web site: Jaaversla Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam, 2009. Catalogus.boekman.nl. 5 January 2022.
  40. Web site: Eye Magazine | Blog | 'Shake hands with the devil'. Eyemagazine.com. 5 January 2022.
  41. Web site: Brand New Worlds: Corporate Makeovers and Dead Logos. Walkerart.org. 5 January 2022.
  42. Web site: Underground. Zeeuwsmuseum.nl. 5 January 2022.
  43. Web site: 1600 X ZIERIKZEE. Zeeuwsmuseum.nl. 5 January 2022.
  44. Web site: Big museum in Zeeland with modern and contemporary art, wonderchamber, superstudio and heritage. 19 April 2008. https://web.archive.org/web/20080419081352/http://www.zeeuwsmuseum.nl/. 5 January 2022. 2008-04-19.
  45. Web site: A project on the fearmongering about COVID-19.. Product-fear.com. 5 January 2022.
  46. Web site: A Campaign of Fearmongering Propaganda.. Garechstone.medium.com. 16 May 2021. 5 January 2022.

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