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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 specialises in areas such as brand strategy, naming and brand identity (both visual and verbal). The firm is best known for the branding of MassiveMusic and A'DAM Toren, as well as the design of several Irish commemorative postage stamps. The Stone Twins' award-winning work includes a coveted Dutch Design Award, several European Design Awards and 13 D&AD Pencils. Their work forms part of the permanent collections of the Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian 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. They are the authors of the critically acclaimed book Logo R.I.P. (A Commemoration of Dead Logos); the updated 2nd edition was launched in the Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum, New York in 2012. They are keen educators, and were Head of the ‘Man and Communication' department at Design Academy Eindhoven from 2008 until their resignation in 2013.

Books

The Stone Twins have written the following books:

  • Logo R.I.P., (A Commemoration of Dead Logos), BIS Publishers, 2012. (ISBN 9789063692902)
  • A Catalogue of Curiosities, Relics, Art & Propaganda (CRAP), 2010.
  • 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.
  • Logos without words – Eye, No. 80, Vol. 20, Summer 2011.
  • Something Is Rotten in the State of Design – Design Week, August 2015. Republished in: Open Manifesto #8: Change, 2018.
  • Design & Humour – 100 Archive: Dialogues, 8th April 2020.

Exhibitions

Poster x2 by The Stone Twins.
TA-2 poster series at the Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam, 2014

Selected exhibitions:

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

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.

References

  1. "Profile: The Stone Twins". by Clare Dowdy, Design Week, 11-11-2010.
  2. "Design: Do the Logo Motion". by Lisa Godson, The Sunday Times, 07-03-2004.
  3. Seghers, Dirk; Puttaert, Hugo. "We Like to Engage – The Stone Twins". Addmagazine, Issue 6/2008.
  4. "Double Dutch / Irish Blarney – The Stone Twins". Irish Design 2015, www.irishdesign2015.ie. Archived from the original on 1 December 2015.
  5. "The Stone Twins winnaar bij de D&AD Awards – Verbal Identity". By Nils Adriaans, Adformatie, 31-05-2021.
  6. "The Stone Twins: A'DAM Toren". Dutch Design Daily, 11-07-2016.
  7. "Interview: The Stone Twins over de A'DAM Toren". by Bram Delver, VICE, 21-10-2015.
  8. "The Stone Twins verzorgt branding A'DAM Toren – Het Amsterdamse bureau is verantwoordelijk voor de totale creatieve visie". Adformatie, 30-08-2015.
  9. "Amsterdam North – The current "it" neighbourhood of Amsterdam's design scene". by Enya Moore, ICON, Issue 150, December 2015. Archived from the original on 24 November 2015.
  10. "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. "Dublin UNESCO City of Literature stamp by The Stone Twins". by Amy Frearson, Dezeen, 26 May 2013.
  12. "An Post issues new stamps to mark centenary of the publication of James Joyce's Ulysses". An Post Media Centre, 7 January 2022.
  13. "A Stamp for Ireland". An Post Media Centre, 25 February 2019.
  14. "SoundCircus". Dutchdesignawards.nl. Retrieved 9 May 2018.
  15. "Gold – 'Songtradr' Motion Logo, by The Stone Twins". European Design Awards.
  16. "D&AD Awards: The Stone Twins". D&AD (British Design & Art Direction), www.dandad.org.
  17. "The Stone Twins: List of Awards". thestonetwins.com.
  18. "Jaarverslag Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam 2009, ISBN 978-90-5006-180-3, © 2010" (PDF).
  19. "Eye Magazine". Eyemagazine.com. Retrieved 17 April 2018.
  20. "Logo R.I.P." BIS Publishers. Archived from the original on 30 June 2018. Retrieved 8 August 2023.
  21. "A Tribute To Dead Logos From The Past". Fastcodesign.com. 26 September 2012. Archived from the original on 3 December 2020.
  22. "Logo R.I.P." by Viveka van de Vliet, Items Magazine (NL), 08-09-2012.
  23. "Ode to the Logo: Rest in Peace to the Logos of Yesteryear". Design Indaba, 31-10-2012. Archived from the original on 27 May 2013.
  24. "Eye Magazine - Blog - 'Shake hands with the devil'". Eyemagazine.com. Retrieved 17 April 2018.
  25. "Presentatie 'Logo R.I.P.' van The Stone Twins - Bijzondere Collecties". Bijzonderecollecties.uva.nl (in Dutch). Universiteit van Amsterdam. Archived from the original on 30 June 2018.
  26. "The Stone Twins to Leave Design Academy Eindhoven". By Gabrielle Kennedy, design.nl (Nieuwe Instituut, Rotterdam), 27-06-2013.
  27. "LOGO R.I.P. - A Commemoration of Classic Logos". Logorip.com. Retrieved 5 January 2022.
  28. "Logo R.I.P. (Preview Only) by The Stone Twins - Issuu". Issuu.com. Retrieved 5 January 2022.
  29. "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.
  30. "A Catalogue of Curiosities, Relics, Art & Propaganda (CRAP) by The Stone Twins - Issuu". Issuu.com. Retrieved 5 January 2022.
  31. "Hello I'm A'DAM – the creation of a new Amsterdam icon". Dutch Design Daily, 16-07-2021.
  32. "Eye Magazine | Feature | Chameleons". Eyemagazine.com. Retrieved 5 January 2022.
  33. "Eye Magazine | Review | Logos without words". Eyemagazine.com. Retrieved 5 January 2022.
  34. "Can you still make a living in design?". Design Week, August 2015.
  35. "Something Is Rotten in the State of Design". Open Manifesto #8: Change, 2018.
  36. "Design & Humour, by Garech Stone". 100 Archive: Dialogues, 8th April 2020.
  37. "Liminal Exhibition, Irish Design 2015". Curated by Louise Allen, Head of International Programmes, Irish Design 2015. Archived from the original on 1 December 2015.
  38. "Irish design exhibition presents "fusion between old and new"". Dezeen.com. 1 June 2015. Retrieved 5 January 2022.
  39. "Jaaversla Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam, 2009" (PDF). Catalogus.boekman.nl. Retrieved 5 January 2022.
  40. "Eye Magazine | Blog | 'Shake hands with the devil'". Eyemagazine.com. Retrieved 5 January 2022.
  41. "Brand New Worlds: Corporate Makeovers and Dead Logos". Walkerart.org. Retrieved 5 January 2022.
  42. "Underground". Zeeuwsmuseum.nl. Retrieved 5 January 2022.
  43. "1600 X ZIERIKZEE". Zeeuwsmuseum.nl. Retrieved 5 January 2022.
  44. "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.
  45. "A project on the fearmongering about COVID-19". Product-fear.com. Retrieved 5 January 2022.
  46. "A Campaign of Fearmongering Propaganda". Garechstone.medium.com. 16 May 2021. Retrieved 5 January 2022.
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