Project:
Bell Cabinetry & Design—Rebrand

formerly Bell Kitchen & Bath Studios

*PRINT’s Regional Design Award Winner

*Featured on Brand New’s Friday Likes

*Graphis Silver Award Winner, Branding

Roles:
lead designer &
art director—

brand identity, print, web, photography & videography

Bell is a third-generation cabinetmaking company. They continue to hand-craft traditional cabinets, but recently added a German manufacturing system to expand their capabilities. We created an identity to compliment this signature, “southern modern” style.

To further differentiate the brand, we directed shoots to achieve a signature photo style. Bell’s photography feels warm and well-lived. Kitchens, baths and mudrooms are central arteries to the home, so we styled scenes to either incorporate daily moments, or to insinuate that someone has just exited the frame. We experimented with styled vignettes and motion blurs to create scenes far removed from the cold, lifeless portfolios of Bell’s competitors.

We were also engaged to create a fresh site to launch the brand. We built a brand-forward, concept-driven site with UX in mind. For starters, the brand lockup below above is brought to life in the menu animation.

Site Concept
Unlike competitors, Bell’s cabinetry is designed, built and installed in-house. Looking down from the design showroom, windows reveal a factory floor below where craftsmen and machinery cut, construct and finish the cabinets before delivery. The site mimics this client experience with its own “windows” that peel back the curtain to reveal the cabinetmaking process. A textured film reel documents the behind-the-scenes, while the forefront of the UI remains as polished and precise as Bell’s finished product.