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 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 12 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]

TA-2 poster series at the Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam, 2014.

References
  1. "Profile: The stone twins". Design Week. Retrieved 2018-04-17.
  2. "Addmagazine issue 8". Retrieved 17 April 2018.
  3. "OFFSET2013". Issuu. Retrieved 2018-05-09.
  4. "SoundCircus". www.dutchdesignawards.nl. Retrieved 2018-05-09.
  5. "European Design Awards - The Stone Twins". europeandesign.org. Retrieved 2018-05-09.
  6. "Search | D&AD". www.dandad.org. Retrieved 2018-05-09.
  7. "The Stone Twins: List of Awards". www.stonetwins.com. Retrieved 17 April 2018.
  8. "Eye Magazine". www.eyemagazine.com. Retrieved 17 April 2018.
  9. "Logo R.I.P." BIS Publishers. Retrieved 2018-05-09.
  10. "A Tribute To Dead Logos From The Past". Fast Company. 26 September 2012. Retrieved 17 April 2018.
  11. The Stone Twins (26 September 2012). "Logos R.I.P." The Huffington Post. Retrieved 17 April 2018.
  12. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2013-05-27. Retrieved 2014-02-05.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  13. "Eye Magazine - Blog - 'Shake hands with the devil'". www.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 2018-05-09.
  15. "The Stone Twins to Leave Design Academy Eindhoven". Design.nl. Retrieved 17 April 2018.
  16. https://www.logorip.com
  17. https://issuu.com/thestonetwins/docs/logo_rip_preview
  18. https://www.dandad.org/awards/professional/2011/graphic-design/18455/a-catalogue-of-curiosities-relics-art-propaganda/
  19. https://issuu.com/thestonetwins/docs/catalogue_of_crap
  20. http://www.eyemagazine.com/feature/article/chameleons
  21. http://www.eyemagazine.com/review/article/logos-without-words
  22. http://www.irishdesign2015.ie/liminal/exhibition/dublin/
  23. https://www.dezeen.com/2015/06/01/movie-liminal-irish-design-at-the-threshold-exhibition-fusion-old-new/
  24. https://catalogus.boekman.nl/pub/JS/S05-2009.pdf
  25. http://www.eyemagazine.com/blog/post/shake-hands-with-the-devil
  26. https://walkerart.org/magazine/brand-new-worlds-corporate-makeovers-and-dead
  27. https://www.zeeuwsmuseum.nl/nl/plan-je-bezoek/nu-in-het-museum/tentoonstellingen/underground
  28. https://www.zeeuwsmuseum.nl/nl/plan-je-bezoek/nu-in-het-museum/tentoonstellingen/1600-x-zierikzee
  29. https://web.archive.org/web/20080419081352/http://www.zeeuwsmuseum.nl/
  30. https://www.product-fear.com/
  31. https://garechstone.medium.com/a-campaign-of-fearmongering-propaganda-1c2139393f74
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