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Calligram Menu For Chez Panisse

September 30, 2014 cynthia Leave a Comment

I have been fascinated by calligrams long before I learned that that's what they are called. And, for as long as I can remember I've wanted to create a menu design in this way, I finally got my chance this Bastille Day for Chez Panisse Restaurant! The main course was chicken so my strutting rooster felt quite fitting as the image. The proud rooster has, also, always felt so … [Read more...]

Hand-lettering & Typography, Uncategorized, Weddings & Events Calligram, Calligrammes, Chez Panisse, Chez Panisse Restaurant, French rooster theme, handlettered menu, Letterpress menu, special menu designs

Bon Anniversaire Chez Panisse Café!

March 31, 2014 cynthia Leave a Comment

The upstairs Café at Chez Panisse Restaurant is turning 34 tomorrow. Bon Anniversaire! The occasion will be celebrated with a delicious prix fixe menu. This year, I was lucky enough to be asked to design and print the special menus. With such a wonderful French menu, I decided to draw inspiration from the sketches and illustrated notebooks of Georges Braque. Georges had the … [Read more...]

Hand-lettering & Typography, Uncategorized, Weddings & Events Chez Panisse, Chez Panisse Cafe, Chez Panisse Restaurant, French themed menu, Georges Braque, Handwritten menus, Provencal fish stew

St. Valentine’s Day at Chez Panisse

February 15, 2014 cynthia Leave a Comment

Please forgive my delayed Valentine's Day wishes, this year I was busily working on the menu designs for Chez Panisse Restaurant! Such a dream project! I created the above menus for the Downstairs Restaurant and the menu header, below, for the Café. My designs are inspired by gorgeous old title pages, in particular, design elements from Paris - circa the late 1700's. I … [Read more...]

Hand-lettering & Typography, Uncategorized, Weddings & Events Chez Panisse, Chez Panisse Restaurant, Valentine's Day, Valentine's Day at Chez Panisse, Valentine's Day Menu, Valentine's Day menu at Chez Panisse

42 Years of Chez Panisse

August 29, 2013 cynthia Leave a Comment

Yesterday Chez Panisse celebrated it's 42nd birthday. I have always felt a sense of kinship with the restaurant, as I too was born in 1971. I was so pleased when I was contacted to design and print the menus for this celebratory occasion. I kept my design simple and elegant using a decorative border from the late 1700's which I silkscreen printed in a soft moss green. I … [Read more...]

Hand-lettering & Typography, Uncategorized, Weddings & Events Chez Panisse, Chez Panisse Restaurant, menus for special events, special menu designs

Vive Bastille Day! Vive Chez Panisse!

July 24, 2013 cynthia Leave a Comment

It seems impossible that we are already deep into July, where does the time go? Although I'm a little late, I thought I'd post another one of my Bastille Day menus designed for Chez Panisse Restaurant. I've created many special menus for Chez Panisse over the years and they continue to be some of my favorite projects of my career. Alice (the owner and guiding light of the … [Read more...]

Hand-lettering & Typography, Process, Uncategorized, Weddings & Events Alice Waters, Baguette Quartette, Bastille Day, Bastille Day Menu, Chez Panisse, Chez Panisse Restaurant, Garlic Festival, Garlic Harvest, menu design

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