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.
Gretas by 25AH, Sweden
Posted: July 6, 2016 Filed under: Cafes, Bars and Restaurants, Logo Reviews, Packaging Reviews | Tags: Brand Identity, Brand Identity Blog, Brand Identity Reviews, Branding, Branding Agency, Branding Blog, Branding Reviews, Cafe Logos, Coloured Paper, Design For Print, Design News, Design Opinion, Design Reviews, Designed by 25AH, Fonts in Use: Brown, From Scandinavian, Gold Foil, Graphic Design, Graphic Design Blog, Inline Typography, Logo Design Inspiration, Logo Design Resource, Logo Designs, Logo Opinion, Logotypes, Sans-serif Typography, Script Logotypes, Sign Design, Swedish Design, The Best Brand Identities of 2016, The Best Graphic Design Work of 2016, The Best Logo Designs of 2016, Type Foundry: Lineto, Typography, Uncoated Papers & Cards 7 Comments »Opinion by Richard Baird.
Gretas is a café set within the Haymarket, a hotel located at the heart of Stockholm, Sweden. The building was formerly home to a famous department store that dates back to the early 20th century and was the place where actress Greta Garbo was discovered while working at one of the concessions.
25AH, the Scandinavian graphic design studio behind Haymarket’s own brand identity, as well as Paul’s, a restaurant also situated within the hotel, worked on the brand identity for Gretas. Where Paul’s was darker and more robust in colour and type, inspired by the hotel’s signage, Greta’s is light and personable, drawing on an informal interior, whilst working in the iconic status and history of its location through name and illustration. The project went on to include signage, packaging, menus, stationery and business cards.
Hato by Allink, Switzerland
Posted: July 4, 2016 Filed under: Cafes, Bars and Restaurants, Graphic Design Reviews, Logo Reviews | Tags: Brand Identity, Brand Identity Blog, Brand Identity Reviews, Branding, Branding Agency, Branding Blog, Branding Reviews, Business Card Design, Coloured Paper, Design For Print, Design News, Design Opinion, Design Reviews, Foil Blocking, Gold Foil, Graphic Design, Graphic Design Blog, Logo Design Inspiration, Logo Design Resource, Logo Designs, Logo Opinion, Logotypes, Postcard Design, Restaurant & Cafe Menu Designs, Restaurant Logos, Sans-serif Typography, Sign Design, Swiss Design, The Best Brand Identities of 2016, The Best Graphic Design Work of 2016, The Best Logo Designs of 2016, Typography, Uncoated Papers & Cards 1 Comment »Opinion by Richard Baird.
Hato is a fine dining restaurant with locations in Zürich and further south in the resort town of St. Moritz. It has a menu of refined Asian cuisine, a rich interior design and a brand identity, created by Swiss graphic design studio Allink, inspired by the creativity of chef Nathan Dallimore. Allink describe their work for Hato as expressing playful and artistic qualities. This links a variety of printed collateral, which included stationery, menus and business cards, but also permeates interior, with the logo worked into partitions, table surfaces and window decals.
