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 – Declan (left) and Garech Stone – photographed by Krijn van Noordwijk. A homage to the David Bailey portrait of the Kray twins, 1965.

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] The firm's award-winning work includes a coveted Dutch Design Award,[4] several European Design Awards[5] and 13 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]

Books

The Stone Twins have written the following books:

  • Logo R.I.P., (A Commemoration of Dead Logos), BIS Publishers, 2012. (ISBN 9789063692902)[16][17]
  • A Catalogue of Curiosities, Relics, Art & Propaganda (CRAP), 2010.[18][19]
  • Hello, I’m A’DAM (The Creation of a New Amsterdam Icon), A’DAM Toren C.V., 2021. (ISBN 9789082075885)

Magazine Articles

Selected articles written by The Stone Twins:

  • Chameleons (Single-character logos provide rich, raw material for identity design) – Eye, No. 67, Vol. 17, Spring 2008.[20]
  • Logos without words – Eye, No. 80, Vol. 20, Summer 2011.[21]

Exhibitions

Selected exhibitions:

Controversies and criticism

Since 2020, the agency has been responsible for questioning the fearmongering around COVID-19 and the proportionately of the measures/restrictions.[30][31]

References
  1. "Profile: The stone twins". Designweek.co.uk. Retrieved 8 August 2023.
  2. "Addmagazine issue 8". Issuu.com. Retrieved 17 April 2018.
  3. "OFFSET2013". Issuu.com. Retrieved 9 May 2018.
  4. "SoundCircus". Dutchdesignawards.nl. Retrieved 9 May 2018.
  5. "European Design Awards - The Stone Twins". Europeandesign.org. Retrieved 9 May 2018.
  6. "Search | D&AD". Dandad.org. Retrieved 9 May 2018.
  7. "The Stone Twins: List of Awards". Stonetwins.com. Retrieved 17 April 2018.
  8. "Eye Magazine". Eyemagazine.com. Retrieved 17 April 2018.
  9. "Logo R.I.P." BIS Publishers. Retrieved 8 August 2023.
  10. "A Tribute To Dead Logos From The Past". Fastcodesign.com. 26 September 2012. Retrieved 17 April 2018.
  11. The Stone Twins (8 September 2012). "Logo R.I.P." Items Magazine (NL). Retrieved 8 August 2023.
  12. "Ode to the logo | Design Indaba". Archived from the original on 27 May 2013. Retrieved 5 February 2014.
  13. "Eye Magazine - Blog - 'Shake hands with the devil'". Eyemagazine.com. Retrieved 17 April 2018.
  14. "Presentatie 'Logo R.I.P.' van The Stone Twins - Bijzondere Collecties". Bijzonderecollecties.uva.nl (in Dutch). Universiteit van Amsterdam. Retrieved 8 August 2023.
  15. "The Stone Twins to Leave Design Academy Eindhoven". Design.nl. Retrieved 8 August 2023.
  16. "LOGO R.I.P. - A Commemoration of Classic Logos". Logorip.com. Retrieved 5 January 2022.
  17. "Logo R.I.P. (Preview Only) by The Stone Twins - Issuu". Issuu.com. Retrieved 5 January 2022.
  18. "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. Retrieved 5 January 2022.
  19. "A Catalogue of Curiosities, Relics, Art & Propaganda (CRAP) by The Stone Twins - Issuu". Issuu.com. Retrieved 5 January 2022.
  20. "Eye Magazine | Feature | Chameleons". Eyemagazine.com. Retrieved 5 January 2022.
  21. "Eye Magazine | Review | Logos without words". Eyemagazine.com. Retrieved 5 January 2022.
  22. "Dublin". Irishdesign2015.ie. Retrieved 5 January 2022.
  23. "Irish design exhibition presents "fusion between old and new"". Dezeen.com. 1 June 2015. Retrieved 5 January 2022.
  24. "Jaaversla Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam, 2009" (PDF). Catalogus.boekman.nl. Retrieved 5 January 2022.
  25. "Eye Magazine | Blog | 'Shake hands with the devil'". Eyemagazine.com. Retrieved 5 January 2022.
  26. "Brand New Worlds: Corporate Makeovers and Dead Logos". Walkerart.org. Retrieved 5 January 2022.
  27. "Underground". Zeeuwsmuseum.nl. Retrieved 5 January 2022.
  28. "1600 X ZIERIKZEE". Zeeuwsmuseum.nl. Retrieved 5 January 2022.
  29. "Big museum in Zeeland with modern and contemporary art, wonderchamber, superstudio and heritage". 19 April 2008. Archived from the original on 19 April 2008. Retrieved 5 January 2022.
  30. "A project on the fearmongering about COVID-19". Product-fear.com. Retrieved 5 January 2022.
  31. "A Campaign of Fearmongering Propaganda". Garechstone.medium.com. 16 May 2021. Retrieved 5 January 2022.
Poster x2 by The Stone Twins.
TA-2 poster series at the Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam, 2014.
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