Posted: | Author: Richard Baird | Filed under: Cafes, Bars and Restaurants, Fonts in Use, Logo Reviews | Tags: Brand Identity Reviews, Branding, Branding Blog, Branding News, Branding Reviews, Business Card Design, Canadian Design, Coloured Paper, Condensed Logotypes, Condensed Typography, Design For Print, Design Opinion, Design Reviews, Designed by Brief, Designed in Vancouver, Geometric Pattern, Gold Foil, Graphic Design, Graphic Design Blog, Logo Design & Branding Blog, Logo Design Inspiration, Logo Design Resource, Logo Designs, Logotypes, Restaurant & Cafe Menu Designs, Restaurant Logos, Sans-serif Typography, Silver Block Foil, Stationery Design, The Best Brand Identities of 2015, The Best Logo Designs of 2015, The Very Best of 2015, Typography, Unbleached Materials, Uncoated Papers & Cards, Wood Menu Cover | Opinion by Richard Baird.
Torafuku has a simple yet adventurous menu that reinterprets pan asian flavours as modern shared dishes. These are made from good quality and locally sourced ingredients, which are complimented by a variety of contemporary cocktails, a carefully curated wine list and local craft beers. Torafuku is located on the border of Vancouver‘s historic Chinatown and features an open and reductive urban interior space of leather upholstered benches, light wood stools and tables, a long cast concrete surface, panels of material texture and white walls. This is punctuated by a bright and multi-coloured visual identity, which included business card, packaging and menu design, developed by Canadian graphic design studio Brief.
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Posted: | Author: Richard Baird | Filed under: Fonts in Use, Food and Drink, Packaging Reviews | Tags: Best Packaging Designs, Brand Identity Reviews, Branding Blog, Branding Reviews, British Design, Colour in Use: Black, Creative Packaging, Design For Print, Design Opinion, Design Reviews, Designed by Distil Studio, Die Cut Design Detail, From Europe, From the United Kingdom, Graphic Design, Graphic Design Blog, Illustration, Logo Design & Branding Blog, Minimal Design, Packaging Company, Packaging Design, Packaging Design Blog, Packaging Design Resource, Packaging News, Paper and Card Packaging, Sans-serif Typography, Seafood Packaging, Silver Block Foil, The Best Packaging of 2015, The Very Best of 2015, Typography, Uncoated Papers & Cards | Opinion by Richard Baird.
Springs’ Smokery has been producing high quality smoked salmon for three generations from its location in South Downs, UK, using Sussex oak and a traditional dry-salting process which has remained unchanged for 50 years. Springs’ recently worked with graphic design studio Distil to develop a new visual identity and package design. Distil’s treatment is an exercise in aesthetic impact derived from colour and form contrast, and a conceptual and communicative simplicity that makes a connection with the traditional craft and process of smoking salmon but also draws on the themes of heritage and the sea.
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Posted: | Author: Richard Baird | Filed under: Art and Design, Graphic Design Reviews, Packaging Reviews | Tags: Best Packaging Designs, British Design, Coloured Paper, Design For Print, Design News, Design Opinion, Design Reviews, Designed by Design Project, Designed in Leeds, Die Cut Design Detail, Fedrigoni Papers & Boards, Foil Blocking, From Europe, From the United Kingdom, Graphic Design, Metallic Spot Colours, Packaging Design Blog, Packaging News, Packaging Opinion, Silver Block Foil, Stencil Cut Logotypes, Uncoated Papers & Cards | Opinion by Richard Baird.
Leeds based studio Design Project were commissioned by Fedrigoni, one of Europe’s leading paper manufacturers, to develop a material sample solution that would help them to promote their flagship paper brand ‘Sirio Color’ within the UK market. With the intention of allowing customers to experience the tactile characteristics and diverse colour palette of the range first-hand, Design Project developed a flat-pack box concept with die cut detail and foil print finish that both informs, inspires and engages.
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