Restaurants, cafés, bars, wine shops, hotels — we help hospitality brands find their voice and carry it through every touchpoint.
Hospitality is where we do our deepest work. Over the past decade we’ve built identities, signage, menus, websites and more for some of Ireland’s most distinctive food and drink venues. Many of them come back — which we think says more than any case study.
See the workHow it tends to go
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The whole thing.
We don’t stop at the logo. We think about what it feels like to walk through the door, sit down, pick up the menu, open the website, scan the label. Identity, signage, packaging, menus, digital — hospitality brands live on every surface, not just a screen.
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We stick around.
Roberto and Carol brought us from Grano to A Fianco. Elliot’s came back for their second location. Our best work comes from long relationships — when we understand the business, the ambition, and what’s changed since last time.
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Nothing off the shelf.
Custom typefaces, hand-painted illustration, bespoke signage. When the brief calls for craft, we make it from scratch — and we’ve a habit of building things that couldn’t have come from a template.
Case studies
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Eleven
Café, deli and grocer in Greystones. A custom bevelled wordmark built around 11:11.
Identity, Type Design, Packaging, Print, Signage, Digital, Art Direction
The Sackville
Late-night cocktail bar on Dublin’s north side. Refined, with a raw, lived-in edge.
FĂon Eile
Neighbourhood wine shop and community space in Phibsboro. Bold type, wine-led colour, conversational copy.
Identity, Digital, Packaging, Signage
F.X. Buckleys
A cocktail identity for Dublin’s favourite steakhouse. Marbling meets a classic serif.
Identity, Print, Art Direction
Mani
Roman pizza by the slice, eaten by hand. So the identity talks with its hands.
Identity, Digital
Host
Mediterranean small plates, communal tables and a cast of hand gestures borrowed from Greek vase painting.
Identity, Signage, Print
A Fianco
“Next door” in Italian — and next door to Grano, the restaurant we branded for the same owners four years earlier.
Identity, Print, Digital
Featherblade
Dawson Street steakhouse. Letterforms cut from thin sheet metal, lit to cast a calligraphic shadow.
Identity, Signage, Print
Elliot’s
Café and bakery on Arran Street East. A wordmark drawn from the owner’s son’s handwriting.
Identity, Signage, Print, Art Direction, Packaging
More from the floor.
Bibi’s
Neighbourhood café, Dublin 8. A custom stencil face and letterpress menus.
Grano
Italian restaurant, Stoneybatter. Where the A Fianco relationship began.
Kabannas
Hostel and hotel brand. Bold, colourful, built to travel.
Luckys
Bar and late-night spot. Custom type, signage, print.
The Magnet
Pub identity, signage and print.
The Circular
Multi-space bar and venue in Rialto. Website design and development.
The Locals
Three Dublin pubs — Luckys, The Circular and Leonards Corner — and the group that ties them together.
Grub & Gargle
Casual dining identity and digital.
Allta
Restaurant website design and development.