Love the work of Stitch in Charleston, SC. Always lovely to look at. This is for Wild Olive restaurant and really brings in the rustic flavor to drive this brand home.

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This bold identity was designed by Claret Serrahima AKA Cla-se. Strong black and white, high contrast, and bold typography is used to make a statement. Raw materials are used to give the brand depth and texture. It’s simple, but poignant. I especially love the signage.

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The Buccaneer restaurant branding work is an exercise in old style nautical cartography illustration. It’s reminiscent of pirate maps and times where ruling the sea meant ruling the world. The brand has a limited color palate allowing the illustration and typography do the work. Work done by Alvin Diec.

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This short series of posters and brewery logo design come from Nick Brue. Highly graphic and delivered with a faux screen printing vibe, these posters and logo scream organic and earthy. Solid, earthy color palate creates a strong finish.

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I’ve been in love with this brand identity for a butcher shop since I first saw it. It’s spread across the internet for its on point design, and I just have to add to the list of places it’s been featured. It’s thought out from soup to nuts. All the pieces fit together visually without looking monotonous. Unfortunately, it’s not a REAL location. It started as a real project but fell through. The guys at Ptarmak just finished it anyway because it was too good to drop. I KNOW THE FEELING!

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Charleston, South Carolina is another smaller city with a strong restaurant presence. Food Is Good is one of the restaurants there that have embraced the power of good design for their brand. If you’re in the design industry, I’m sure you’ve seen this one pop up in magazines and blogs, but I did want to feature it here for good measure.

The people at Stitch Design Co. put together this identity. It’s simple in its delivery which mimics the style of the cuisine and experience. Simple, but strong. The use of wood textures, real and imitated, enhance the deep dark chocolate color that’s the core of the brand color palate. There is nothing gaudy or over done with the identity. The type and design is allowed to breath letting the content, whether it’s texture or simple composition, do the speaking.

Here’s their description:

A refreshed identity for a restaurant wanting their menus, drink stirs and dining experience to reflect the thoughtful food being served.

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Well, this is more of a food store, but we’ll still put it here. This spanish/latino focused food mart brand was developed by SuperMarket.

The branding on this project is solid with a consistent type treatment that carries through a autumnal color palate. The logo itself has a semi-retro feel to it reminiscent of an old school sticker call out.

The typeface is well done and the supporting typography really ties the brand together.

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Restaurants tend to jump into logo designs. Some are great. Some are pretty bad. Our suggestion would be to hire us for your logo design, but we understand that that’s not always in the budget. At the very least, here are some points to take into consideration so you too can have a great logo.

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