Paley by Mucca, United States
Posted: July 15, 2016 Filed under: Cafes, Bars and Restaurants, Fonts in Use, Graphic Design Reviews, Logo Reviews | Tags: American Design, Brand Identity, Brand Identity Blog, Brand Identity Reviews, Branding, Branding Agency, Branding Blog, Branding Reviews, Copper Block Foil, Copper Ink, Design For Print, Design News, Design Opinion, Design Reviews, Fonts In Use: Geometric Sans-serif, Geometric Pattern, Graphic Design, Graphic Design Blog, Logo Design Inspiration, Logo Design Resource, Logo Designs, Logo Opinion, Logotypes, Sans-serif Typography, The Best Brand Identities of 2016, The Best Graphic Design Work of 2016, The Best Logo Designs of 2016, Typography, Uncoated Papers & Cards Leave a comment »Opinion by Richard Baird.
Paley is a restaurant located in Columbia Square, Los Angeles, the former headquarters of CBS and its pioneering chief: William S. Paley, from which the restaurant draws its name. Paley features a distinctive interior, designed by Bishop Pass, of mid-century detailing that recalls Hollywood’s heyday, which comes through in the mix of wood panelling, gilded surfaces, and period-style furniture, fixture and fittings.
Paley’s brand identity, created by New York-based graphic design studio Mucca and extending across menus, wine lists, business cards, coasters and website, plays with the building’s broadcast history and shares a commonality with interior through geometric form and pattern, a contrast of type and high-quality material choices and print finishes.
Giant by Also Design, United States
Posted: July 14, 2016 Filed under: Cafes, Bars and Restaurants, Fonts in Use, Logo Reviews | Tags: American Design, Brand Identity, Brand Identity Blog, Brand Identity Reviews, Branding, Branding Agency, Branding Blog, Branding Reviews, Business Card Design, Design For Print, Design News, Design Opinion, Design Reviews, Graphic Design, Graphic Design Blog, Logo Design Inspiration, Logo Design Resource, Logo Design Trends - Flexible Logos, Logo Design Trends – Dynamic Brand Identities, Logo Designs, Logo Opinion, Logotypes, Restaurant & Cafe Menu Designs, Restaurant Logos, Sans-serif Typography, Sign Design, The Best Brand Identities of 2016, The Best Graphic Design Work of 2016, The Best Logo Designs of 2016, Typography Leave a comment »Opinion by Richard Baird.
Giant is a restaurant on Chicago’s Armitage Avenue with a menu of what is described as unpretentious Midwestern food. It is a small and intimate space with a contemporary and utilitarian interior of solid wood tables, simple chairs, brick and wood panelled walls, and chipboard skirting. Giant’s brand identity, designed by Also and extending across business cards, website, signage and menus, is an articulation of the the restaurant’s tongue-in-cheek name and plays against its modest interior space through type, typesetting and image.
Landhaus Keller by Seite Zwei, Austria
Posted: July 11, 2016 Filed under: Cafes, Bars and Restaurants, Graphic Design Reviews, Logo Reviews | Tags: Austrian Design, Bar Logos and Brand Identities, Brand Identity, Brand Identity Blog, Brand Identity Reviews, Branding, Branding Agency, Branding Blog, Branding Reviews, Design For Print, Design News, Design Opinion, Design Reviews, Fonts in Use: GT Sectra, Fonts in Use: Patron, Graphic Design, Graphic Design Blog, Logo Design Inspiration, Logo Design Resource, Logo Designs, Logo Opinion, Logotypes, Restaurant & Cafe Menu Designs, Restaurant Logos, Serif Logotypes, Sign Design, The Best Brand Identities of 2016, The Best Graphic Design Work of 2016, Type Foundry: Grilli Type, Type Foundry: Milieu Grotesque, Typography 3 Comments »Opinion by Richard Baird.
Landhauskeller is a restaurant and bar in the Austrian city of Graz, housed within a building that is over 400 years old. It has a distinctive and highly ornamental interior reflective of the building’s history, and a quirky, current and unusual presentation style. Together these play with classical and contemporary materials, details and forms. This also runs throughout Landhauskeller’s brand identity, designed by Seite Zwei, in the use of typographical juxtaposition, choice of materials, illustrative flourish and print finish. This links business cards, coasters, menus and website.
