Posted: | Author: Richard Baird | Filed under: Cafes, Bars and Restaurants, Logo Reviews | Tags: American Design, Brand Identity, Brand Identity Reviews, Branding, Branding Agency, Branding Blog, Branding Reviews, Design For Print, Design News, Design Opinion, Design Reviews, Designed by Mast, Fonts in Use: Brown, Gold Foil, Gold Ink, Graphic Design, Graphic Design Blog, Logo Design & Branding Blog, Logo Design Inspiration, Logo Design Resource, 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, Type Foundry: Lineto, Typography, Unbleached Materials, Uncoated Papers & Cards, Wood Menu Cover | Opinion by Richard Baird.
Madrina is a Dallas based Mexican restaurant with a menu that plays with French culinary influences and Mexican tradition. The restaurant has a distinctive interior of exposed concrete beams, delicate gold light fixtures, leather upholstered chairs, beveled mirrors and tiled flooring. Like the menu, the interior is a fusion of influences, yet remains cohesive and distinctive. American graphic design studio Mast set out to create a brand identity that would align with this unique combination of cultures and would link in with interior detail. This extended across business cards, menus and signage.
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Posted: | Author: Richard Baird | Filed under: Cafes, Bars and Restaurants, Logo Reviews | Tags: Brand Identity, Brand Identity Reviews, Branding, Branding Agency, Branding Blog, Branding Reviews, Cafe Logos, Coffee Cup Designs, Coffee Logos and Packaging Design, Coffee Shop Branding, Design For Print, Design News, Design Opinion, Design Reviews, Designed by Bond, Finnish Design, From Scandinavia, Graphic Design, Graphic Design Blog, Hand Drawn Typography, Hand Lettering, Illustration, Kraft Paper, Logo Design & Branding Blog, Logo Design Inspiration, Logo Design Resource, Logo Design Trends: Clever Logos, Logo Designs, Logo Opinion, Logotypes, Sans-serif Typography, Script Typography, Sign Design, Swedish Design, The Best Brand Identities of 2016, The Best Graphic Design Work of 2016, The Best Logo Designs of 2016, The Very Best of 2016, Typography, Unbleached Materials, Uncoated Papers & Cards | Opinion by Richard Baird.
Coffee & Co. is a new cafeteria and coffee shop concept onboard the Finnish cruise ship the MS Silja Serenade. It offers freshly prepared sweet and savoury snacks, has a light interior design of tiles and wood, and features a visual identity of hand lettering and sans-serif typography created by graphic design studio Bond. This runs throughout the cafe, linking signage, packaging, interior communication and graphics.
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Posted: | Author: Richard Baird | Filed under: Cafes, Bars and Restaurants, Logo Reviews | Tags: Blackletter Logotypes, Brand Identity, Brand Identity Reviews, Branding, Branding Agency, Branding Blog, Branding Reviews, Colour in Use: Red, Condensed Logotypes, Condensed Typography, Design For Print, Design News, Design Opinion, Design Reviews, Designed by Bold, Designed in Stockholm, Display Typography, Fonts in Use: Fette Gotisch, Fonts in Use: Trade Gothic, From Scandinavia, Graphic Design, Graphic Design Blog, Illustration, Logo Design & Branding Blog, Logo Design Inspiration, Logo Design Resource, Logo Designs, Logo Opinion, Logotypes, Restaurant & Cafe Menu Designs, Restaurant Logos, Sans-serif Typography, Sign Design, Swedish Design, The Best Brand Identities of 2016, The Best Graphic Design Work of 2016, The Very Best of 2016, Typography, Uncoated Papers & Cards | playOpinion by Richard Baird.
Tidningshuset by Pontus is a 1000 m2 lunch restaurant, deli and bakery committed to sustainability, simplicity and quality, and was developed by famous Swedish chef and restauranteur Pontus Frithiof with the intention of challenging industry conventions.
The restaurant is on the ground floor of a building owned by Dagens Nyheter, Sweden’s largest daily newspaper, which is situated in the newspaper district of Stockholm. Inspired by this unique location, Scandinavian graphic design studio Bold created a visual identity for Tidningshuset by Pontus that references the traditional mastheads and contemporary headlines of the newspaper industry. This is visualised through type contrast, a single ink print finish and dramatic signage.
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