Once–Future Office

Manaow

Bringing Bangkok street food to a casual local dining experience

Brand

We designed an identity for a fast-casual Thai restaurant in Long Beach, California. Inspired by the restaurant’s namesake and a key ingredient in Thai cuisine, the brand system included a logo, exterior blackened steel signage, interior wall graphics, milled furniture details, an open/closed sign, business cards, menus, and T-shirts. For the restaurant’s 10th anniversary, we refreshed the identity system to further emphasize the “lime” as a celebrated motif.

Olive green cloth bound menu lays on a dark wooden table with dappled light. Brighter green 'manaow' logo is printed on the bottom of the menu.
A member of the kitchen staff places a dish with rice and curry on the expediting window.
Exterior of 'Manaow Thai' restaurant. Metal cut signage showcasing a serif stencil-cut logo appears above the front window. A group of people are sitting outside dining, next to a pair parked bikes. Snake plants line the front.
Interior shot of the restaurant. A geometric pattern appears on the wall, with olive green, dark gray, and light gray triangles. People are seated at the wooden booths. A geometric light fixture hangs above.
The owners stand outside of the restaurant.
Interior shot of a wooden booth inside of the restaurant.
3 enamel pins rest on top of an olive green shirt. Top pin reads,
A hand hovers over an olive green paper with the
An olive green t-shirt with the 'manaow' logo hangs off a wooden hanger. The shirt is in front of a detail shot of a lime tree.
Grilled Tamarind Ribs_by Magda Bierna
Plate of pad thai
Papaya Salad_by Magda Biernat
Miang Kam_courtesy Manaow
A container of chili sauce with manaow branding sits in front of a detail shot of a lime tree.
Olive green baseball cap with the
Exterior shot of the restaurant through the window. People are seated inside underneath the geometric light fixture, and there's a glare of palms tree from the outside.

Images courtesy of Magda Biernat and Ken is your friend (?)

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