Branding and Packaging: Yoosli
Posted: June 11, 2013 Filed under: Food & Drink, Packaging | Tags: branding, cereal, design, food, food muesli, illustration, logo-type, packaging, review, Together, typography, Yoosli Leave a comment »Yoosli is a new online service that enables customers to create their own muesli mix from a choice of over 65 ingredients delivered as a one-off or subscription service to their work or home address. UK-based studio Together Design – commissioned to develop Yoosli’s brand identity and e-commerce website – created a cast of what they describe as eccentric characters, “each of whom represents a different personality and muesli flavour”, alongside a conversational speech-bubble device to convey the ‘joyful’, personalised and ‘creative mixing experience’ provided by the service.
Logo and Branding: Podi
Posted: May 27, 2013 Filed under: Food & Drink, Logos & Branding | Tags: Art, branding, design, food, graphic design, identity, logo, logo-type, restaurant, typography, visual identity 1 Comment »Podi is a Singapore-based organic restaurant that ‘celebrates bold, robust and unique flavours’ and the responsible sourcing and cooking of ingredients. Drawing inspiration from the restaurant’s name, a Hindi word to describe a mixture of ground dry spices and herbs, design agency Bravo Company developed a visual identity that pairs a small, abstract interpretation of heaped spices with a bold logo-type, earthy tones and tinted imagery to reflect Podi’s mission of making ‘good, natural and organic food’.
Logo and Branding: Agricola
Posted: March 14, 2013 Filed under: Food & Drink, Logos & Branding | Tags: Art, branding, food, graphic design, identity, logo, Mucca, news, opinion, restaurant, typography Leave a comment »Agricola is a restaurant located on Princeton’s Witherspoon Street that offers simple, rustic, American cuisine – created by executive chef Josh Thomsen – that is based around fresh seasonal flavours, local produce grown on their 112 acre farm and a selection of regional beers. Multidisciplinary design agency Mucca was responsible for translating Agricola’s ‘farm-to-table’ concept into a visual identity that extended across a website, signage and printed collateral, and would compliment the earthy materials and intimate lighting of Seed Design’s interior.
Logo and Branding: The Tokenhouse
Posted: February 6, 2013 Filed under: Food & Drink, Logos & Branding | Tags: Art, branding, Branding News, design, Designer Anonymous, Drink, food, Fuller's, graphic, graphic design, identity, illustration, logo, logo news, logo-mark, logo-type, London, news, opinion, packaging news, review, stationary, The Tokenhouse, typography, visual identity Leave a comment »The Tokenhouse is a gastropub – run by hospitality brand Fuller’s - located on London’s Moorgate road. Designers Anonymous – the agency behind the branding of Fuller’s King’s Cross pub venture The Parcel Yard and fair-trade coffee range Brewer St. – developed a visual identity for the venue that appropriates 17th century history, gives it a contemporary vector treatment, a creative but cohesive diversity throughout the print work and a high quality finish across the exterior signage.
Logo and Branding: The Honours
Posted: January 24, 2013 Filed under: Food & Drink, Logos & Branding | Tags: Art, branding, Branding News, Business Card, design, Edinburgh, Fine Dining, foil, food, graphic, graphic design, identity, logo, logo news, logo-mark, logo-type, monogram, news, opinion, Print, restaurant, review, texture, typography, uncoated, visual identity 3 Comments »The Honours is an Edinburgh-based and Parisian-influenced brasserie owned by two Michelin-starred chef and restaurateur Martin Wishart. The brasserie’s visual identity, developed by creative agency Touch - also responsible for the branding of Martin’s other establishments, combines a well-spaced logo-type, a creative monogram, black and cream colour palette, tactile material textures and a block foil print finish to communicate a traditional crafted approach to food, the use of high quality ingredients and personal service practices set within a contemporary environment.
Logo and Branding: Sweet Greek
Posted: January 22, 2013 Filed under: Food & Drink, Logos & Branding | Tags: Art, branding, Branding News, Business Card, design, food, graphic, graphic design, greek, identity, identity design, illustration, logo news, logo-type, melbourne, monogram, news, packaging, packaging news, review, Stamp, stationary, sticker, Sweet Greek, typography, uncoated, visual identity 2 Comments »Sweet Greek is a food store run by Kathy Tsaples, located in Melbourne’s Prahran Market, that sells classic sweets and authentic, freshly baked, ready-to-eat Greek cuisine. The store’s visual identity, created by Studio Brave and Elise Lampe, mixes the very loose, hand rendered and personal qualities of a logo-type and monogram with ancient, classically illustrated meats, olives and laurel wreathes. Executed across a tactile, uncoated board with craft treatments such as string, stickers and the texture of a hand stamped print finish with a single, economical, cobalt blue – reminiscent of china dining sets and the national flag – these elements convey a culinary honesty ideally representative of authentic, Greek products made from simple, local and good quality ingredients.
Logo and Branding: Pizza Luxe
Posted: January 21, 2013 Filed under: Food & Drink, Logos & Branding | Tags: Art, branding, Branding News, Business Card, design, food, graphic, graphic design, hand drawn, identity, illustration, labels, logo, logo news, logo-type, London, news, opinion, pizza, Pizza Luxe, Print, review, stationary, typography, uncoated, visual identity Leave a comment »Pizza Luxe is a restaurant located on London’s Brick Lane that hand makes good-value, freshly baked pizzas using locally sourced, ‘deluxe’ ingredients. To coincide with an expansion into the Westfield centre, Stratford, the brand approached Edinburgh-based design studio Touch to develop a new visual identity that would communicate their core values within a more ‘polished’ environment.
Logo and Branding: Iannilli
Posted: January 18, 2013 Filed under: Food & Drink, Logos & Branding | Tags: Art, branding, Branding News, design, Drink, food, graphic, graphic design, Iannilli, identity, label, labels, logo, logo news, logo-type, Mexico, news, opinion, packaging, packaging news, review, richard baird, Savvy, stationary, typography, visual identity Leave a comment »Iannilli is a traditional Italian restaurant located in the Mexican city of Monterrey. Its visual identity, recently revised by design studio Savvy, contrasts classic and contemporary design cues to satisfy an established clientele – expecting traditional food and service – while also appealing to a younger generation.
Logo and Branding: Helsinki Food Company
Posted: January 4, 2013 Filed under: Food & Drink, Logos & Branding | Tags: Art, branding, Branding News, Business Card, craft, design, food, graphic, graphic design, identity, label, labels, logo, logo news, logo-type, news, opinion, review, richard baird, stationery, typography, uncoated Leave a comment »The Helsinki Food Company provides design and production services – including consultation, styling, photography and recipe development – to regional broadcast, print and event sectors. Created by visual communications agency Werklig, their visual identity – an economical single colour print treatment of a logo-type constructed from a single consistent line weight and culinary-related letter-forms across a variety of tactile and dyed craft substrates – sets a playful and contemporary tone with an underlying sense of local industry.
Branding and Packaging: F. Ménard
Posted: January 3, 2013 Filed under: Agriculture, Logos & Branding | Tags: Art, branding, Branding News, Business Card, butcher, design, Family, food, graphic, graphic design, Heritage, identity, label, logo, logo news, logo-mark, logo-type, news, opinion, packaging, packaging news, Photography, pork, Print, producer, review, richard baird, sepia, stationary, typography, visual identity Leave a comment »F. Ménard is a Canadian pork producer and butcher with a family heritage that dates back fifty years. Their visual identity, developed by brand and packaging design specialist lg2 boutique, creates a seamless fusion of a past and present – traditional service values alongside contemporary high standards – through the union of vintage and contemporary photography, the utilisation of digitised, early 20th century typeface and a flat, economical colour palette cohesively executed across a variety of collaterals.











