Jackalope Hotels by Fabio Ongarato Design, Australia
Posted: October 12, 2017 Filed under: Cafes, Bars and Restaurants, Graphic Design Reviews, Leisure and Tourism, Logo Reviews | Tags: Black Block Foil, Brand Identity, Brand Identity Blog, Brand Identity Reviews, Branding, Branding Blog, Branding Reviews, Business Card Design, Design For Print, Design News, Design Opinion, Design Reviews, Designed in Melbourne, From Australia, Graphic Design, Graphic Design Blog, Hotel Logos, Interior Design, Logo Design Inspiration, Logo Design Resource, Logo Designs, Logo Opinion, Logotypes, Restaurant & Cafe Menu Designs, Restaurant Logos, Sans-serif Typography, Stationery Design, The Very Best Brand Identities of 2017, Thermographic Ink, Typography, Wordmark Design 1 Comment »Opinion by Richard Baird
Jackalope Hotels is a luxury hospitality experience developed by Melbourne-based Louis Li, a hotelier described as having a penchant for the avant-garde. The first Jackalope Hotel is situated in the heart of the Mornington Peninsula, Victoria, Australia. It is unique in its location, surrounded by the hotel’s vineyard, in its architecture and interior by Carr Design, and in its visual identity, created by Fabio Ongarato Design.
Interior design and visual identity are linked by the theme of alchemy – a metaphor for winemaking, a core part of the business, and expressed in the juxtaposition of visual and material elements to create a new whole. These include the hybrid qualities of the Jackalope sculpture by Emily Floyd, the mixed techniques employed by artist Kate Robertson, and the polished layers of stone and carved busts of Rolf Sachs. This also extends to the visual identity for hotel, its restaurant and bar, in the combination of paper and finish, organic image and precise typographical and geometric forms.
Kisumé by Fabio Ongarato Design, Australia
Posted: September 6, 2017 Filed under: Cafes, Bars and Restaurants, Graphic Design Reviews, Logo Reviews | Tags: Black Block Foil, Brand Identity, Brand Identity Blog, Brand Identity Reviews, Branding, Branding Blog, Branding Reviews, Business Card Design, Colorplan Papers and Boards, Design For Print, Design News, Design Opinion, Design Reviews, Designed in Melbourne, From Australia, Graphic Design, Graphic Design Blog, Logo Design Inspiration, Logo Design Resource, Logo Designs, Logo Opinion, Logotypes, Restaurant & Cafe Menu Designs, Restaurant Logos, Sans-serif Typography, Stationery Design, The Very Best Brand Identities of 2017, Typography, Wordmark Design 4 Comments »Opinion by Richard Baird.
Kisumé is a Japanese restaurant located on Melbourne’s Flinders Lane. It is described by Fabio Ongarato Design, the studio behind its visual identity, as an unconventional, slightly twisted and artfully executed experience. The restaurant intends to immerse guests in an intriguing view of Japanese traditions, and fuses these with the owner’s obsession with beauty and sensuality. This is expressed by a “brutally sophisticated and minimal interior design” created by Wood Marsh Architecture which features curated artworks by Japanese photographer Nobuyoshi Araki as well as Polly Borland, and in the break from the conventions of a typical Japanese dining experience in the movement and colour of visual identity. This links business cards, stationery, menus, window and lighting decals, posters and website.
High Street Wine Co. by Conductor, United Kingdom
Posted: July 25, 2017 Filed under: Cafes, Bars and Restaurants, Logo Reviews | Tags: American Design, Animated Logos, Bar Logos and Brand Identities, Brand Identity, Brand Identity Blog, Brand Identity Reviews, Branding, Branding Agency, Branding Blog, Branding Reviews, Business Card Design, Cafe Logos, Coaster Design & Beer Mats, Design For Print, Design News, Design Opinion, Design Reviews, Gold Foil, Graphic Design, Graphic Design Blog, Logo Design Inspiration, Logo Design Resource, Logo Designs, Logo Opinion, Logotypes, Restaurant & Cafe Menu Designs, Sans-serif Typography, The Best Graphic Design Work of 2017, The Very Best Brand Identities of 2017, Typography, Wine Bars 3 Comments »Opinion by Richard Baird
High Street Wine Co. is a wine bar and shop located in the Pearl neighbourhood of San Antonio, Texas. UK-based graphic design studio Conductor, working closely with architects Dado Group, created a visual identity that expresses something of the cheerful personality of its hosts, the ambience and community of a busy bar and its distinctive interior design.
Drawing on the name for inspiration Conductor, through colour, type and pattern, find a balance between street markings and signage, and the material qualities and forms of Dado Group’s interior design. Collaborating with Tom Froese, Conductor layer these with an idiosyncratic character and community spirit through a variety of convivial illustrations. These run across menus, coasters and website.
