Perhaps the most romantic way of regarding typefaces is that they embody the unspoken messages in our words. And as such they affect us all, designers and non-designers alike. But a typeface in itself is not typography any more than an alphabet is a word, despite the intrinsic relationship of one to another. Words could not exist without an alphabet...
Estúdio Kuumba — David Silva — Minas Gerais, Brazil
How do you think the design of a restaurant is different from other identity projects? “With today’s diversity of tastes and styles it has become essential to remain different from the crowd when it comes to visual identity. For a product to stand out in the market it needs to be different — in terms of packaging, flavour, service, quality....
Ozan Karakoc Design Studio — Los Angeles, USA
How do you find designing for a restaurant different to other identity projects? “A restaurant/café identity can manage a customer’s perception, and even alter their sense of taste.”...
Redkroft — Warsaw, Poland
“The key to designing a food brand is to use visuals to make you feel, well, hungry. There are many ways to achieve this — from colour through form to brand language. The image must be very consistent and properly associated, but above all, it should stimulate our senses. The second important thing is a clear message. The image should...
Yuán Méi — Protect the Forest or there will be Nothing Left — Beijing, China
If everyone uses one additional piece of paper every day, there are fewer trees in the world. Over exploitation of resources and the damage of vegetation greatly reduce the forest area and threaten the survival of animals. The tear-marks of the three pieces of paper form the outline of trees and mountains, which directly shows the process of erosion of...
Folklore — Chihuahua, Mexico
How do you find designing for a restaurant different to other identity projects? “For us, it is different. The pleasure and passion that people have when enjoying a great restaurant with good food inspires us to create these projects. We like to pretend that we are right there conjuring up what the client would like to see. This way, creativity...
A’Design Award & Competition 2021 — Top Winners Announced — Italy
A’Design Award & Competition, one of the World’s largest and most diffused international design awards announced results of the 2019/2020 design competition: 2094 Winners from 107 countries in 104 different design disciplines. Entries were carefully evaluated by an internationally influential jury panel composed of established scholars, prominent press members, creative design professionals and experienced entrepreneurs who devoted great care and...
Evleen Huang — Light of Love — New York, USA
Children with autism are referred to as “children of the stars”, they live in the world but are lack of understading and love. People communicate with them has been compared to talking to an alien. But don’t be afriad, stars will try their best to find their children with the light of love. It can drive away all darkness. Catch...
Run For The Hills — Anna Burles, Christopher Trotman — London, UK
“We are a studio of foodies, so designing restaurants is extremely satisfying. Creating a physical space that you can actually visit and show family and friends. It’s also a great calling card; we get lots of referrals for other work in the hospitality sector from people who like a restaurant we’ve designed. Researching the casual dining scene and eating out...
POST — London, UK
“One of the lessons we have learned when working with restaurants is to make any guidelines and templates as robust as possible. Design tools should be able to be used by any member of staff with little to no amount of training. Keeping things simple enables and empowers them to create assets themselves, and if this is easy to do...
Glasfurd & Walker Design Inc. — Vancouver, Canada
It claims that its “designs are defiantly different, driven by strong narratives and inviting at all touch points. From brand identity to art direction, digital and print design, signage and packaging; the goal is to make each brand stand out from the rest.”...
Yuán Méi — SOS of Animals — Beijing, China
A large number of broken animal biscuits are scattered on the poster, which are mixed with a small number of complete animal biscuits, forming the pattern of SOS. Animals are asking for help. The poster calls for less killing and animal protection!...