Old Spike Coffee by Commission Studio, United Kingdom
Posted: Filed under: Food and Drink, Graphic Design Reviews, Logo Reviews, Packaging Reviews | Tags: Bag Design, Brand Identity Reviews, Branding & Packaging of 2017, Branding Blog, Branding Reviews, British Design, Coffee Logos and Packaging Design, Coffee Shop Branding, Creative Packaging, Design Blog, Design For Print, Design Opinion, Design Reviews, Designed by Commission Studio, Designed in London, From the United Kingdom, Graphic Design, Graphic Design Blog, Logo Design & Branding Blog, Logos, Luxury Logos and Packaging Design, Packaging Shortlist 2017, Sculpted Emboss, Structural Package Design, The Best Graphic Design Work of 2017, The Best New Logo Designs of 2017, The Very Best of 2017, The Very Best of BP&O, The Very Best Packaging of 2017, Tote Bag Design, Typography, Unbleached Materials Comments Off on Old Spike Coffee by Commission Studio, United KingdomOpinion by Richard Baird
Old Spike is a coffee roastery, subscription service and wholesaler, cafe and social enterprise working with the homeless, located in South East London. It is situated on the site of a former workhouse, a place where the poor would break rocks over metal spikes for food and lodgings, and where the roaster gets its name. With a desire to separate the roastery’s commercial and social activities Commission Studio worked to develop a retail and subscription packaging design that avoided the conventions of the market, and worked together a sense of the artisanal and wholesome and the eye-catching and luxury.
Omakase Room by Tatsu by Savvy, United States
Posted: Filed under: Cafes, Bars and Restaurants, Fonts in Use, Graphic Design Reviews, Logo Reviews | Tags: American Design, Brand Identity, Brand Identity Reviews, Branding, Branding & Packaging of 2017, Branding Agency, Branding Blog, Branding Reviews, Business Card Design, Condensed Typography, Design Blog, Design For Print, Design News, Design Opinion, Design Reviews, Designed by Savvy, Designed in New York, Fabric Menu Covers, Fonts in Use: Avenir, Graphic Design, Graphic Design Blog, Logo Design & Branding Blog, Logo Design Inspiration, Logo Design Resource, Logo Designs, Logo Opinion, Logotypes, Luxury Logos and Packaging Design, Material Thinking, Restaurant & Cafe Menu Designs, Restaurant Logos, Stationery Design, The Best Graphic Design Work of 2017, The Very Best Brand Identities of 2017, The Very Best of 2017, The Very Best of BP&O, Typography Comments Off on Omakase Room by Tatsu by Savvy, United StatesOpinion by Richard Baird
Omakase Room by Tatsu is a unique sushi dining experience located on New York’s Christopher Street. The concept is rooted in the centuries-old family traditions of Japanese Executive Chef and host Tatsu Sekiguchi and the celebration of the individual and personal. This can be experienced in the restaurant’s unique and intimate setting, one that seats only eight, and a menu carefully crafted by Tatsu for one evening and for that specific group of eight, based on their mood, curiosities and preferences.
The restaurant features a light interior design of soft bamboo and fabric centred around Japanese minimalist traditions. Materials a few but high quality, the ceiling is low, and the design of the table and layout of chairs lend the restaurant a quiet and earthy material quality with little distraction, and establish an intimacy with the chef, and focuses the mind on the food.
Building on this, design studio Savvy developed a multi-sensory brand identity, with a similar restraint, materiality and discretion. This offers something of its own subtle character but does not detract from the food, while also working in small thoughtful details such as scent and semi-transparent paper that links type with interior. The project included menus, stationery, business cards and a ceramic gift.
Pepe Raventós Natural Wines by Mucho, Spain
Posted: Filed under: Food and Drink, Graphic Design Reviews, Packaging Reviews | Tags: Alcohol Packaging, Best Packaging Designs, Bottle Label Design, Branding & Packaging of 2017, Creative Packaging, Design Blog, Design For Print, Designed by Mucho, Graphic Design Blog, Material Thinking, Minimal Package Design, Packaging Company, Packaging Design Blog, Packaging Design Resource, Packaging Shortlist 2017, Spanish Design, The Best Graphic Design Work of 2017, The Very Best of 2017, Uncoated Papers & Cards, Wine Design, Wine Label Design, Wine Packaging Comments Off on Pepe Raventós Natural Wines by Mucho, SpainOpinion by Richard Baird
Bastard Negre, Xarel·lo and Ancestral are a small batch natural wine collection created, with minimal intervention, by Spanish vintner Pepe Raventós. Although Pepe is in charge of a vineyard that has been in his family’s hands for over 22 generations, and maintains the philosophies of his father and grandfather, this small collection was produced in the garage of his house, with the intention of crafting the highest quality wine from unrepeatable terroir.
Natural wines Bastard Negre and Ancestral, and sparkling wine Xarel·lo, are unfiltered and made without additives or sulphites, and have been produced from vines that around 50 years old. The land in which these have been grown are located at different heights and geographical positions, and made up of a variety soil compositions. This is expressed, alongside a process of minimal intervention, in packaging design, created by Mucho, through the layering of paper, the use of colour and form, and material texture and composition.
