La Pecora Bianca by Pentagram, United States
Posted: March 7, 2016 Filed under: Cafes, Bars and Restaurants, Logo Reviews | Tags: American Design, Brand Identity, Brand Identity Reviews, Branding, Branding Agency, Branding Blog, Branding Reviews, Colour in Use: Pastels, Design For Print, Design News, Design Opinion, Design Reviews, Designed by Pentagram, Designed in New York, Display Typography, Fonts in Use: Futura, Fonts in Use: Futura Passata, Fonts In Use: Geometric Sans-serif, Graphic Design, Graphic Design Blog, Hand Drawn Typography, Hand Lettering, Hand Painted Signs, 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, Script Typography, The Best Brand Identities of 2016, The Best Graphic Design Work of 2016, Typography, Uncoated Papers & Cards 1 Comment »Opinion by Richard Baird.
La Pecora Bianca is a New York restaurant, located in the St. James building at Broadway and West 26th Street, with a menu inspired by the seasonal farm-to-table cooking of rural Italy. The restaurant is said to evolve, moving from breakfast, coffee and wine bar throughout the day to restaurant in the evening.
La Pecora Bianca worked with Pentagram partner Emily Oberman and her team to develop a visual identity that would capture and convey a healthy wholesome menu, a warm and welcoming atmosphere, and would compliment an interior by Nema Workshop. This extended across menus, coasters, signage, tableware and postcards.
BP&O Collections – Signs & Wayfinding
Posted: November 13, 2015 Filed under: BP&O Collections | Tags: Design Inspiration, Hand Painted Signs, Neon Sign Design, Sign Design 1 Comment »Curated by Richard Baird.
A continually updated collection of signage and way finding designed for museums, galleries, shops and bars, as part of a new brand identity, and published on BP&O. Between them, these how a mix structure, type and iconography, material choice, surface finishes, colour and contrast can stand out, communicate and direct.
This selection features window decals, illuminated panels, neon tubes, standalone and wall mounted solutions, as well as those that have been handprinted, and includes work by graphic design studios Spy, Bond, Stockholm Design Lab and Maud, amongst many others. Click through to get a sense of how these fit within a broader brand identity program and the communicative intentions that underpin aesthetic choices. Check out more at BP&O – Collections or subscribe to the series here.
Libertine Liquor Bar by CODO, United States
Posted: June 10, 2015 Filed under: Cafes, Bars and Restaurants, Fonts in Use, Logo Reviews | Tags: American Design, Bar Logos and Brand Identities, Brand Identity Reviews, Branding, Branding Blog, Branding News, Branding Reviews, Design For Print, Design Opinion, Design Reviews, Designed by CODO, Graphic Design, Graphic Design Blog, Hand Painted Signs, Logo Design & Branding Blog, Logo Design Inspiration, Logo Design Resource, Logo Designs, Logotypes, Monospaced Logotypes, Pastel Colours, Restaurant & Cafe Menu Designs, Restaurant Logos, Serif Logotypes, Sign Design, The Best Brand Identities of 2015, Typography, Uncoated Papers & Cards 1 Comment »Opinion by Richard Baird.
Libertine is a bar and restaurant, located on Indianapolis’ Mass Avenue, that celebrates the pioneering American spirit with an emphasis on classic cocktails, craft distillers, boutique wines and an evolving menu. It is recognised as one of the best restaurants and bars in the country, and as being instrumental in the city’s growing and continued support of local food and independent restaurants.
A light wood bar, steel rails, exposed utilities, red brick walls and I beam, comfortably sit alongside the ornament of crafted lamp shades, cast deer head, uncovered floor and the retrospective character of vintage jugs and jars. This contrast of utility and flourish, retrospection and a current favour for the crafted also make its way into Libertine’s visual identity, developed by design studio CODO and including menus, branded matches and hand painted signage.
