Torrefacto is a Russian coffee roasting business founded in 2011 in response to what they describe as the difficulty of sourcing freshly roasted coffee beans in Moscow, and the time and trouble associated with importing it. Torrefacto prides itself on batch production and hand roasting processes, good consumer relations – which sees its owners personally answering letters and addressing website comments – and...
Mary Wong is a fast-food chain, with locations throughout the Russian city of Rostov-on-Don, that prepares Chinese noodles with both Asian and American influences. Mary Wong’s brand identity, a combination of bilingual typography, logotype, black noodle boxes with bright spot coloured stickers, t-shirts, environmental design and signage developed by Moscow based studio Fork, was inspired by Tokyo and New York nightscapes and...