The Stone Twins

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 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 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:

  • 2015 Liminal – Irish design at the threshold, Eindhoven, Milan, New York and Dublin (group show)[22][23]
  • 2012 New Graphic Design Collection, Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam (group show)[24]
  • 2012 Graphic Design: Now in Production, Walker Art Center, Minneapolis and the Cooper-Hewitt National Design Museum, New York (group show)[25][26]
  • 2011 Underground by The Stone Twins, Zeeuws Museum, Middelburg (art installation)[27]
  • 2008 1600 X Zierikzee by The Stone Twins, Zeeuws Museum, Middelburg (art installation)[28][29]

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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