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Best of 2018
UnderConsideration
Here are our favorite twelve menus shown on Art of the Menu this year. We will be back with our regular programming on January 10, 2019.
Posted
By Armin on 12.31.2018
No. 12
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Thoughts
A great staggered approach with a wide range of cloth colors all nicely accentuated with gold foil.
No. 11
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A charming hen drawing looks great as a backdrop in the interiors and as an elegant gold foil logo against the dark blue leather case.
No. 10
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These large-scale scrolls are a fun and impactful alternative to the typical board menus.
No. 9
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Beautiful embossing job on the cover and a rich treasure of illustrations on the inside.
No. 8
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Presented as a book of spells, the illustrations and typography are enchanting.
No. 7
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A striking mix of materials and colors, with the leather cases working beautifully with the yellow paper and orange band. Crisp layouts too.
No. 6
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A little too cutesy for me but that doesn’t stop this faux diary to be delightfully made.
No. 5
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A fairly classic menu case but complemented in a surprising way by groovy illustrations.
No. 4
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I loved the concept of this restaurant identity (you can read about it in the original post) and the execution is unexpected and out of the ordinary.
No. 3
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Another great concept by the same design firm, abstracting the configurations of Greek islands through a mix of print methods.
No. 2
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Super elegant and beautifully produced, this set of dark green menus are simply top notch.
No. 1
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Taking the number one spot is probably the least “graphic” of all the menus but it’s the choice of material that sealed it for me. Sidestepping most menu trends — wood boards, leather, cloth-bound, clamps, etc. — these leathery, velvet-y, silky menus drip and droop as if they were in Salvador Dali’s The Persistence of Memory.
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UnderConsideration is a graphic design firm generating its own projects, initiatives, and content while taking on limited client work. Run by Bryony Gomez-Palacio and Armin Vit in Bloomington, IN. More…
blogs we publish
Brand New / Displaying opinions and focusing solely on corporate and brand identity work.
Art of the Menu / Cataloguing the underrated creativity of menus from around the world.
Quipsologies / Chronicling the most curious, creative, and notable projects, stories, and events of the graphic design industry on a daily basis.
products we sell
Flaunt: Designing effective, compelling and memorable portfolios of creative work.
Brand New Conference videos / Individual, downloadable videos of every presentation since 2010.
Prints / A variety of posters, the majority from our AIforGA series.
Other / Various one-off products.
events we organize
Brand New Conference / A two-day event on corporate and brand identity with some of today's most active and influential practitioners from around the world.
Brand Nieuwe Conference / Ditto but in Amsterdam.
Austin Initiative for Graphic Awesomeness / A speaker series in Austin, TX, featuring some of the graphic design industry's most awesome people.
also
Favorite Things we've Made / In our capacity as graphic designers.
Projects we've Concluded / Long- and short-lived efforts.
UCllc News / Updates on what's going at the corporate level of UnderConsideration.
