The Weekly Nugget
It’s Friiiiiiiday! Another great week has passed and as usual, we’re back with our top inspiration picks of the week.
1. European menu designs from 1800 to 2000 — tasty visual treats
Due to the fast rotation of menus in restaurants and digitalization, physical menus have partly been replaced by websites and QR-codes, becoming more of an online vessel for information. Taschen’s new book collects cool European menu designs from 1800 to 2000. They showcase the beauty and charm of delicate drawings of food items with bold, sweeping typography and ultimately remind us of the fact that menus are tasty visual treats that can be enjoyed before the actual meal itself. Read more on It’s Nice That.
2. Updated visual identity for Symbol Audio
The agency High Tide created a beautiful and coherent updated visual identity for the cool company Symbol. A company that creates beautiful and functional furniture at the intersection of sound and design. Driven by their passion for design and roots in music.
3. Vitra Miniatures Collection
For over two decades, the Vitra Design Museum has been making miniature replicas of milestones in furniture design from its collection. The Miniatures Collection encapsulates the entire history of industrial furniture design — moving from Historicism and Art Nouveau to the Bauhaus and New Objectivity, from Radical Design and Postmodernism all the way up to the present day.
4. Kindling 03 — Kinfolk
Kindling is a magazine for people with children from the team behind Kinfolk. Packed with interviews, features, and fun activities, it’s a place to explore the new ideas and fresh perspectives that come with raising a child. If you’re like our curious colleague Emmy and wonder why kids love garbage trucks or want to learn how you can get your child to realize you’re a person too. Then give it a read!
5. A new brand for Good City Kids
Good City Kids, a new LA-based marketplace for art and design was just rebranded with a new minimal identity. Read about the process with designer Sasyk Mihal here
6. The fight for Ukraine — in illustrations
An agency in Ukraine documents the war with personal illustrations from the very time it started. They wanted to communicate the feelings and events to share with the world and they did it with help of illustrations. This has since gone viral. Check out their website and the timeline here.
And that’s a wrap! Until next week, Ciao! 👋
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