The brief for the Fratelli Paradiso site was to create a design that abided by three rules: to provide an artful site that reflected the essence of the Fratelli Paradiso brand. To distill all functionality to its bare minimum, allowing the content to speak freely, as well as being functional in both a content and responsive nature. Our inspiration was taken from many conversations with the business partners encompassing their views and ongoing inspiration for the highly successful Fratelli Paradiso brand. We opted for a bespoke, and responsive, wordpress solution that allowed the brand to express itself as freely as its ever evolving menu and wine list does.

A destination you should add to your list.

Brisbane’s Riverbar & Kitchen is Matt Moran and Peter Sullivan’s second, and newest, restaurant located at the Eagle Street Pier in Brisbane. The restaurant’s identity is a confident result demonstrating a clear understanding of the venue which is a breezy, open plan destination with spectacular river and Story Bridge views. Riverbar & Kitchen is open for breakfast, lunch, dinner, and drinks 7 days a week.

We were briefed to develop the restaurant’s identity, stationery, menu systems, print collateral and signage.  Our inspiration was taken from the ‘horizon line’ surrounding the restaurant, a view where the river meets the city. The brand we developed was directly inspired by, and references the neon signage language that is reflected around the highly trafficed area. Working closely with renowned Sydney based architects Humphrey Edwards, our work became an extension of the overall vision that is Brisbane’s Riverbar & Kitchen.

The identity draws from the historical aspects of this 1850′s hotel featuring typography that evokes elegance and flair, as well as maintaining a true sense of all things present. Typography utlised in the evolved wordmark was also used in signature pieces throughout the project, including the black and polished silver ‘bar’ signage.

Designed and built utilising a custom wordpress platform, along with some subtle and elegant HTML5 enhancements, the site’s design also makes best use of responsive layouts for optimum presentation on all devices.

We also designed and built a portfolio sharing system to commission large media files such as show reels and auditions with production companies in a professional and secure online environment.

It was ultimately important that the artwork maintained the spiritual integrity of the work and of Bangarra as a leader in Australian performing arts and as an indigenous cultural institution.