Hare and the Turtle

We met Alethia during her time at Best Ugly Bagel in New Market, while doing some alterations to the menu. She asked if we’d like to sign and brand a new cafe that her and partner Jamie were working on opening.

We talked about a classic diner sort of thing, complete with gold leaf glass signage and unique illustrations incorporated into the logo and printed menus.

So here are some pics of what became Hare and the Turtle. They make the best cinnabuns we ever tasted!

23ct water gilded glass sign. This custom lettering for the logo was created in Illustrator and was used for the paper pattern to work from.

Mirror gold with matte through the center.

The diner look and feel was carried through to our illustrations and design of the printed menus. These were Risographed by Inky Palms

Hand-painted Way-finders in 1Shot black Sign Enamel.

Old School green chalk board, custom made and hand-painted with removable chalk markers.

David's Milk Glass

These cool vintage milk glass light shades are part of the personal collection of Bromley & Co. We were asked to paint some of David’s “words” in a classic, minimalist colour palet, and to push the typical fonts of this vintage era into something more expressive.

The lettering was designed and drawn up by hand, directly onto the glass and painted in 1Shot Sign Enamels.

Bromley & Co.

Our relocation to Melbourne brought us to Bromley & Co, a partnership between David and Yuge Bromley. We love the freedom in David Bromley’s work and his ability to collaborate with unbounded creativity. Everything we do for Bromley & Co is directly painted onto his inspired works, which are a range from: Canvas, timber, leather, paper, ceramics, clothing, vehicles, windows, metal and more.

There is usually very little in the way of a brief when working with David and Yuge. The process we have adopted is much like working as a band in a recording studio. We track it and see where it leads.

We thought arm tattoo’s would be fitting for a young lad from the era of boyhood smoking.

Breaking the rules is part of Bromley & Co. We wanted to see how far we could push David when we painted this William Burroughs quote over the faces of his smoking boys.

Vintage cars, custom bikes—the world of Bromley knows no limitations when it comes to what you can and can’t play on with paint.

Our hand-painted reworking of the Bromley & Co logo in acrylic on paper.

The Pie Shop Brunswick

Matt from Brunswick East’s ‘the Pie Shop’ needed some sprucing of his interior chalk boards, from old dusty chalk scratchings to something clean, simple and punchy.

For his menu chalk, we employed the use of chalk markers which are waterproof and removable, good for when new price points and seasonal changes call for updates.

Fridge topper signage brings focus to what’s going on inside the fridge.

Acrylic hand painted Sandwich Board.

Rose Tinted Flowers Sandwich Board

I was recently contacted by Rosie of Rose Tinted Flowers, she'd seen one of my sandwich boards and hit me up about one for herself.

We narrowed the vibe down to a minimalist, arcade sized, plywood with a subtly visible grain and all handpainted 1Shot black lettering, baby feet cut out—to stand lower than hip height.