Branding portfolio

Les Insolites

An independent bookshop in Tangier, a door open onto the extraordinary.

The les insolites logotype in white over the shop’s bookshelves
The green storefront of Les Insolites in Tangier with red chairs
Client
Les Insolites
Sector
Independent bookshop, Tangier
Scope
Brand identityLogotype & emblemBrand voicePrintShop windowSocial media
01

The idea

A refuge for curious minds.

Les Insolites is not just a bookshop: it is a door open onto the extraordinary. In a world that keeps speeding up, it offers a refuge for curious minds, far from algorithms and standardised choices.

Reading is an intimate, personal act, an adventure that starts long before the first page is turned. The identity says it the way the booksellers do: in a handwritten voice, a little offbeat, never standard.

Four coloured strips with the bookshop’s statements in italic serif
The voice
02

Identity

Letters cut out by hand, stacked like books, and a round lattice emblem.

The hand-cut les insolites logotype in rose on black
Rose on black
The les insolites logotype in green above green book spines
Green on paper
Green lattice emblem
Pink lattice emblem
Yellow lattice emblem
Black lattice emblem
The name set in a grid of square letter tiles with the emblem
Modular logo
The lattice emblem in a black rounded square on its grid
Emblem
  • Primary Tangier green #54A575RGB 84 165 117
  • Primary Rose #E180ADRGB 225 128 173
  • Accent Sun #F3DD7ARGB 243 221 122
  • Accent Brick #D16137RGB 209 97 55
  • Paper Paper #EBE6DERGB 235 230 222
  • Text Ink #1D1B1CRGB 29 27 28
Voice Instrument Serif Italic

Italic

For the bookshop’s statements, set on coloured strips.

Text Bold grotesque
Bold grotesque

Bold

03

Print

Bookmarks in every colour, slipped between the pages and the shelves.

Les Insolites bookmarks in pink, green and orange over a wall of postcards
Bookmarks
Four bookmarks on the shop’s shelves
Bookmarks
Spread with italic text in yellow on green
Spread with the logo above green books
Spread with pink text on yellow
Spread with the pink logo and a photo of the shop
04

In the shop

On the window, on the lamp, on the bags: the identity lives in the shop on the street in Tangier.

Line drawing of the shop window with a row of lattice emblems
Shop window
The logotype in white over the shop window and its red chairs
In the window
Kraft paper bag printed with the logotype in the bookshop
Kraft bag
The logotype sticker on a black desk lamp
Sticker
Tote bags hanging at the bookshop’s door
Tote bags
Books displayed on a wooden table against yellow walls in Les Insolites
The bookshop, Tangier

A book is more than a story.

Brand strategy, identity and art direction by D/A Studio.

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Illustration: branding agency in Morocco, D/A Studio