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.
Spanjorskan by Lobby Design, Sweden
Posted: February 13, 2018 Filed under: Cafes, Bars and Restaurants, Logo Reviews | Tags: Animated Logos, Brand Identity, Brand Identity Reviews, Branding, Branding & Packaging of 2018, Branding Agency, Branding Blog, Branding Reviews, Coaster Design & Beer Mats, Design Blog, Design News, Design Opinion, Design Reviews, Foil Blocking, Gold Foil, Graphic Design, Graphic Design Blog, Logo Design & Branding Blog, Logo Design Inspiration, Logo Design Resource, Logo Designs, Logo Opinion, Logos, New Logo, Restaurant & Cafe Menu Designs, Serif Logotypes, Sign Design, Typography Comments Off on Spanjorskan by Lobby Design, SwedenOpinion by Richard Baird
Spanjorskan is a Spanish restaurant located at Nybrogatan 42, Stockholm. It features a distinctive interior of warm and traditional detailing, a mix of wood, tiling and comfortable upholstery, and modern elements of exposed utilities, solid blocks of colour and feature lighting. Spanjorskan also has a distinctive menu with a sense of the theatrical and celebratory to it in colour, presentation and serving, one that is made up of large shared dishes presented with a favour for the bold and dramatic. This sense of interior character and food theatre also runs throughout the restaurant’s graphic identity, designed by Swedish studio Lobby Design. This links signage and website, and runs across menus, matchboxes and coasters.
