Feroz by Mucho
Posted: June 13, 2018 Filed under: Cafes, Bars and Restaurants, Fonts in Use, Food and Drink, Logo Reviews | Tags: Brand Identity, Brand Identity Reviews, Branding, Branding Blog, Branding Reviews, Design Blog, Design For Print, Design News, Design Opinion, Design Reviews, Designed by Mucho, Etched Illustration, Fonts in Use: Albertus, Graphic Design, Graphic Design Blog, Logo Design & Branding Blog, Logo Design Inspiration, Logo Design Resource, Logo Designs, Logo Opinion, Logotypes, Serif Logotypes, Serif Typography, Spanish Design, The Best Graphic Design Work of 2018, The Best Logo Designs of 2018, The Very Best Brand Identities of 2018, The Very Best of 2018, Typography, Uncoated Papers & Cards, Wordmark Design Comments Off on Feroz by MuchoOpinion by Richard Baird
Feroz, located on Barcelona’s Carrer Tuset, is described as being a fashionable destination that transitions from evening restaurant into late-night club. It features a distinctive interior design created by Pablo Peyra Studio. This exists in the grey area between something close to period colonialism, moments of kitsch and modern luxury. It has an undeniable character and specificity, one that is fully committed and is perhaps most successful in its use of foliage, modern upholstered chairs and colour palette of greens and aqua blue. There is here the implication and meeting of an exotic jungle location and civilisation. Design studio Mucho channel this and layer in a mysterious and wild night-time possibility into graphic identity through the juxtaposition of imagery and illustration, contrasting form, colour and overprint. This links stationery, menus and outdoor signage.
GoGo Daddy by Studio South & Egle Zvirblyte
Posted: April 12, 2018 Filed under: Cafes, Bars and Restaurants, Logo Reviews | Tags: Brand Identity Reviews, Branding & Packaging of 2018, Branding Blog, Branding Reviews, Design Blog, Design For Print, Design Opinion, Design Reviews, Designed by Studio South, From New Zealand, Graphic Design, Graphic Design Blog, Illustration, Poster Design, Restaurant & Cafe Menu Designs, The Best Graphic Design Work of 2018, The Very Best Brand Identities of 2018, The Very Best of 2018 Comments Off on GoGo Daddy by Studio South & Egle ZvirblyteOpinion by Richard Baird
New Zealand based Studio South worked with Lithuanian illustrator Egle Zvirblyte to build a graphic identity up of colourful characters for Mark Wallbank and Che Barrington’s new Thai canteen Gogo Daddy which is located in Ponsonby Central, Auckland. GoGo Daddy’s menu is inspired by Mark and Che’s extensive travels, and is a take on the rustic Thai street food they experienced throughout Thailand; from the roadside carts in Chiang Mai to the floating markets of Bangkok. This diversity of experience, the theme of big flavours from a little canteen, and an interpretation on a distinctly rich and quick to prepare culinary legacy is captured in Egle Zvirblyte’s illustrative panels and individual characters. These link posters, menus, staff t-shirts, table markers, house-made drink labels, mural, website and social media profiles.
Daechung Park Cafe by Studio fnt
Posted: March 29, 2018 Filed under: Cafes, Bars and Restaurants, Logo Reviews | Tags: Brand Identity Reviews, Branding & Packaging of 2018, Branding Blog, Branding Reviews, Cafe Logos, Coloured Paper, Design Blog, Design For Print, Design Opinion, Design Reviews, Designed by Studio fnt, Graphic Design, Graphic Design Blog, Korean Design, Logo Design & Branding Blog, Logos, Restaurant & Cafe Menu Designs, Sans-serif Typography, The Best Graphic Design Work of 2018, The Very Best Brand Identities of 2018, The Very Best of 2018, Typography Comments Off on Daechung Park Cafe by Studio fntOpinion by Richard Baird
Daechung Park / 대충유원지 is a cafe located in the South Korean capital of Seoul. It features a distinctive interior of wood and stepped brick walls developed by FHHH Friends, furniture and objects by studio COM and a graphic identity designed Studio fnt. Graphic identity is expressed through menus, coasters, packaging and framed calligraphic posters, but also through small details within the interior and in the shaping of furniture.
Although Daechung translates as half-heartedness and has a kitschy Korean association the design of the cafe is not. It is a space with a clear purpose and mood, a place to unwind, to kick back and relax.
Each element; interior, furniture, objects, graphic identity and calligraphy establish a multi-disciplinary continuity and a shared form language. This draws its inspiration from architectural and digital landscapes but also from the other translation of Daechung, a word used in old Asia to describe tigers.
The literal translation of Daechung is (Dae, 大) big (Chung, 蟲) bug, a homonym made up of Chinese characters and an affectionate term for the tiger, an animal of cultural significance in Korea. These often appear as friendly characters in fables and folk paintings, and more recently as Olympic mascots. Here, the tiger reference appears as a character on coasters and posters, as stripes and patterns woven into the interior, or bringing a modernity to the traditional craft of calligraphy.
