Cynthia Warren Design

2015 – A Year To Flourish

Two thousand & fifteen has arrived, and although the New Year always comes faster than I feel prepared for, I welcome it! This year, my personal aspirations are focused on embracing change and exploring new possibilities... pushing myself out of my comfort zone. Change doesn't tend to come easy but the beneficial energy and creativity that it can generate is powerful … [Read more...]

Calligram Menu For Chez Panisse

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...]

Bon Anniversaire Chez Panisse Café!

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...]

St. Valentine’s Day at Chez Panisse

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...]

Northern California Fall Wedding

I just got home from a beautiful hike with a friend in Redwood Regional Park. I always love Thanksgiving weekend as it seems to be one of the rare times that life truly slows down. Being out in the woods on this crisp sunny day inspired me to share this autumnal wedding in Hopland, California. This is the same wedding that I spoke of in last month's post - Fall Wedding … [Read more...]