Tag Restaurant Design

Carla Cobas

The work of Carla Cobas caught my eye recently, and I haven’t been able to look away since. A designer in Valencia, Spain, her work has a confident, clean aesthetic to it that really draws you in. See for yourself below and check out…

Tag Collective: Wishbone

New York’s Tag Collective just put out some tasty new branding and environment work for Wishbone, a fried chicken spot in Philadelphia. It maintains an authentic balance between rustic aesthetic and modern design, resulting in a thoughtfully considered casual dining experience. Wishbone, a fried…

Alliteration Inspiration: Reading & Royalty

Alliteration Inspiration is a weekly column featuring the top twenty pieces of visual inspiration based on two random alliterative themes. This week’s thematic combo: reading & royalty. Reading Stephen King rightfully states that “books are a uniquely portable magic.” And…

MINE: Bun Mee

San Francisco just got even more eye-popping with MINE‘s branding and environment design for Bun Mee’s new Market Street location. From the large, beautifully illustrated mural down to the small details (the jalapeño warning being my favorite), it seems they really perfected…

Deuxtone: Dichotomy Coffee & Spirits

Texas two-man operation Deuxtone executed some exquisite work in designing the brand identity and environment for Dichotomy Coffee & Spirits in Waco. Dichotomy was recently listed #2 on Eater’s 20 Hottest Coffee shops in the US, so it seems that product and environment have come…

Bolster: The Freehouse

The folks at Bolster have executed some fantastic work for Blue Plate Restaurant Company in developing the brand identity and overall brewpub experience for The Freehouse, Blue Plate’s newest restaurant venture in Minneapolis, MN. While many brands and products can go a…

Studio Indice: Ocio Identity and Collateral

Bogotá, Colombia-based design studio Indice recently completed the identity and collateral for Ocio, a creative, informal restaurant and bar. The encyclopediac imagery was inspired by head chef Laura Londoño’s recent educational culinary travels.

Hubbly Bubbly Falafel Shop

Orlando-based studio Push recently took their design for restaurants one step further, by choosing to conceptualize, own and operate one for themselves. The result, Hubbly Bubbly Falafel Shop, is a new eatery offering, of course, falafel and other Middle Eastern foods. The dream…

Little Mule Studio

Watch out: this Little Mule kicks. After sharing her talents and building her chops at Pentagram (Austin, TX) and Yee-Haw Industries (Knoxville, TN), Blair Richardson decided to set off on her own. After three years of freelance in Austin under the name…

BLOW: Shanghai PoPo 336 Identity and Collateral

The latest project from BLOW’s creative team is the identity and collateral for Shanghai PoPo 336 a modern restaurant located in Shanghai: Inspired by the gorgeous yet warm atmosphere of the dining room in a Shanghai villa, Shanghai Po Po 336…

Heydays: Bolivar Identity and Collateral

Heydays recently did a massive portfolio update (with a beautiful new site, by the way), and their work for Bolivar was one of the projects that caught my eye. An Oslo-based restaurant serving South American cuisine, wine and cigars, the…