Logo and Branding: Sissy’s Southern Kitchen
Posted: March 20, 2012 | Author: Richard Baird | Filed under: Food & Drink, Logos & Branding | Tags: 50's, 60's, American South, americana, Bars, branding, Branding News, business cards, Cafes, comfort, design, graphic, identity, illustration, Kitchen, logo, logo news, logo-type, news, Pubs, Restaurants & Delis, review, richard baird, script, Sissy's, Southern, stationary, Tractorbeam, typography | 2 Comments »Sissy’s Southern Kitchen is a Texas based restaurant created by celebrity chef Lisa Garza, a former contestant on The Next Food Network Star, that serves southern classics such as fried chicken, bourbon bread pudding and gulf shrimp n’ grits. Developed by brand design agency Tractorbeam, Sissy’s visual identity takes a classic 50′s photo-illustrated approach and gives it a consistent quality across a diverse set of assets.
Logo and Branding: The Slanted Door
Posted: February 20, 2012 | Author: Richard Baird | Filed under: Food & Drink, Logos & Branding | Tags: Bars, branding, Branding News, Cafes, design, dining, food, graphic, identity, logo, logo news, logo-type, Manual, menu, news, opinion, Pubs, restaurant, Restaurants & Delis, review, richard baird, San Francisco, stationary, The Slanted Door, typography, uncoated, Vietnamese | 1 Comment »The Slanted Door is a family run, contemporary Vietnamese restaurant that fuses traditional recipes with locally sourced ingredients. Opened in 1995 and located on San Francisco’s Valencia Street The Slanted Door recently underwent a rebrand managed by design and visual communication studio Manual.
January’s Top 5 Projects
Posted: February 6, 2012 | Author: Richard Baird | Filed under: Logos & Branding, Packaging, Top Five | Tags: Art, Bars, branding, Cafes, design, Drink, graphic, identity, labels, logo, news, opinion, packaging, Pubs, Restaurants & Delis, review, top 5, typography | Leave a comment »These are the five projects I reviewed during January that I felt really stood out and wanted to give them another opportunity to be seen and discussed. I have ordered these from five to one with my favourite project presented last. Do you agree with my choices?
Logo and Branding: Mangolds
Posted: January 19, 2012 | Author: Richard Baird | Filed under: Food & Drink, Logos & Branding | Tags: Bars, branding, Cafes, design, graphic, identity, logo, mangolds, moodley, news, Pubs, Restaurants & Delis, review, vegetarian | 2 Comments »Mangolds is a vegetarian and wholefood restaurant situated on Griesgasse street in the centre of Graz, Austria. The restaurant’s identity, created by brand and strategic design agency Moodley, counters the perceptions of vegetarian cuisine as bland and limited with a diverse mix of typefaces.
Logo and Branding: Kavli Moen Gård
Posted: January 10, 2012 | Author: Richard Baird | Filed under: Food & Drink, Logos & Branding | Tags: Art, Bars, branding, Cafes, design, farm, graphic, guest house, identity, Kavli Moen Gård, logo, logo-type, news, Pubs, Restaurants & Delis, review, Strømme Throndsen Design, typography | Leave a comment »Kavli Moen Gård is a guest house, farm, restaurant, hunting and fishing experience located between the mountains in the small village of Eresfjord, Norway. Strømme Throndsen Design, an Oslo based independent design studio, was tasked with developing a unique visual identity and website solution that would resolve the outdoor pursuits, comfort and exclusive dining experience the brand has to offer.
Logo & Branding: Five & Dime
Posted: January 5, 2012 | Author: Richard Baird | Filed under: Food & Drink, Logos & Branding | Tags: Art, Bars, branding, Bravo Company, cafe, Cafes, design, graphic, identity, logo, news, Pubs, Restaurants & Delis, review | 5 Comments »Five & Dime is a new restaurant and cafe located on River Valley Road, Singapore. Their identity, designed by Bravo Company takes the theme of American 5 or 10 cent stores and crafts a diverse portfolio of brand assets and an affordable product line.
Logo & Branding: Ascari Enoteca
Posted: January 4, 2012 | Author: Richard Baird | Filed under: Food & Drink, Logos & Branding | Tags: Art, Bars, Block, branding, Cafes, Canada, design, food, graphic, identity, Italian, logo, news, Pubs, Restaurants & Delis, review | 1 Comment »Ascari Enoteca is a new Italian restaurant situated on Queens Street East, Toronto, Canada and named after the proprietors hero, Formula 1 legend, Alberto Ascari, (who was also known for his love of food). To reflect both the passion for good simple food and racing, independent brand design agency Blok developed an identity that fuses the visual sensibilities and photography of 1950′s motor sport with a simple roundel and typographic logo-mark.
Logo and Branding: Tjuvholmen Sjømagasin
Posted: November 11, 2011 | Author: Richard Baird | Filed under: Food & Drink, Logos & Branding | Tags: Art, Bars, branding, Cafes, design, food, graphic, identity, logo, news, Norway, Pubs, Restaurants & Delis, review, seafood | Leave a comment »Tjuvholmen Sjømagasin is a Norwegian grilled seafood restaurant owned by the Fursetgruppen group and located waterside in an area under redevelopment just outside the Aker Brygge region of Oslo. The restaurant’s identity, designed by Work In Progress, reflects the architectural theme ‘a play with water’, the high quality and delicate flavours of the food with fines lines, an undulating custom logo-type and symbol.
Branding: Yoobi Sushi
Posted: June 13, 2011 | Author: Richard Baird | Filed under: Food & Drink, Logos & Branding | Tags: Bars, branding, Cafes, design, food, ICO, logo, London, Pubs, Restaurants & Delis, Soho, Sushi, Yoobi | Leave a comment »Yoobi Sushi will be a new Japanese hand crafted seafood experience based in Soho, London serving temaki rolls and fresh sushi, eaten by hand from a cone in a restaurant. The new name and identity, managed by brand design agency Ico is based around the word ‘yubi’ (Japanese for finger) and was inspired by the founders’ trips to Rio and Tokyo.










