Second Phase Drink/Appetizer Menu...

This menu will be printed on smooth cream colored paper as it will be printed weekly at the restaurant. I'm still unsure about the layout, so if anyone has any suggestions I would love to hear them. Also, I'm still working on finding a new exterior to use for Miscela as well as interiors. I'm not sure of anywhere at this moment...although, these images from Saffron's website are inspirational and it's in Minneapolis...

Initial Interior/Signage for Miscela & Drink Menu

This is the direction in which my system application has gone...let me know what you think. The menu will be edited and will have a back side with appetizers. It's going to be what in Italy is known as an "Aperitivo" menu...although it won't be exactly as they do Aperitivo.

Miscela Menu exterior

I'm having a bit of trouble with the layout of the menu. I was tortured by the printer during the creation of the Welcome booklet, so I am nervous about depending on the printer being my friend. I want to create a full menu. So far I have the exterior rough laid out. I found six images to add to the interior of the menu in a similar fashion as the Welcome booklet. Also, I've included the very rough start to my Graphic Standards Manual. Any initial thoughts are always welcome!

Inspirational Graphic Standards Manuals

It was much more difficult to find an inspirational graphic standards manual than I imagined it would be. Thus, I think out of the manuals I looked at, which was a great number of them, the graphic standards manual that Spunk created for the College of Design for the University of Minnesota is inspirational to me. Additionally, I think that the simpler the graphic standards manual the easier and more likely users will be to follow the guidelines in the manual.

Miscela ID

Miscela's identity system emulates the shape of the snails shell as well as a meandering path, in an attempt to communicate the slow relaxed pace at Miscela. This is all done through die cuts (on the business card, the member card, the envelope, and the welcome booklet), as well as the pattern that will be applied to each piece of the communication system. The initial communication system consists of a welcome booklet for New Coop Members, which includes Miscela's story, What coop members mean to Miscela, a Miscela Member card, and a business card for Miscela. Additionally, the booklet will come in a envelope/package that emulates all of the design elements of the booklet. The communication application will be a menu for Miscela, in addition to the standards guide.

Images are yet to come.