Silversmiths really did have it’s heritage in silversmithing. So we’re working on devising clever ways in which we can pull on the heritage of metal working and marry it to an environment more conducive with a restaurant.

Each letter is hand drawn and deliberately printed small (on most occasions) to resemble a silver makers hallmark. All paper stocks and in-house selling tools such as the menus have been careful brought in line with an ex-industrial, vintage but modern tone. Rich bitter chocolate brown, classic brogue tan, and unbleached paper are key colours used through-out the scheme, and they do suit each other well. The thickness and texture of the stocks has also been something important to get right – certainly for those who appreciate a more tactile environment. Pick up, pocket and enjoy – welcome to the world of great print.

See the Silversmiths Restaurant project overview for more information.

Ingenious gift-cards designed and produced for award-winning restaurant Silversmiths! Made from the Cairn Eco Range of papers from paper coop Paperback, London. As ever we instructed our embosser to ensure the utmost care was taken to ensure these were produced as envisioned, and he didn’t fail. Featuring embossed branding to the front, and satin silver hot foil to the interior. The gift-card values can be tailored to suit any pocket by punching the value from the numbers listed using a Boston made stainless steel hand punch. Raw, industrial but with an edge of uber-cool, enjoy your meal and see you again soon.

See the Silversmith Restaurant project overview for more information.

We continue to work alongside Living Ventures Restaurants advising on brand and graphic direction across their collection of restaurants and bars.

The Grill on New York Street hosts a collection of menus that take the avid diner on a journey through the menu. Our main task on the suite of menus was create a consistent feel, and pulling in an edge of 1920 – 1930′s classic glamour back on the menu.

Printed on uncoated stock, with thick black inks to finish these fine documents. Business cards have been made from duplexing 2 textured boards from GF Smith card with text finished with black hot foil impressions. If that doesn’t get your appetite going …

See the The Grill on New York Street project overview for more information.

Mio Amore’s mini spa is an exclusive hideaway dedicated to the love of looking and feeling tiptop.

This boutique brand specialise in luxury treatments for ladies looking for a little glamour in their lives, daily grooming and pamper essentials for ladies who love to look and feel fabulous.

Illustrations provided by the fabulous and ever in vogue Esra Roise from her Oslo studio. Esra produced a short series of illustrations under the direction of 93ft. Our aim was to try capture some of the textures, colours and shapes produced when make-up-ing, so the dusty pinks, eye liner pencil grain and powder puff tones we think seal the deal on these hand drawn works. As part of the body of work produced for the salon include brochure, price lists, business and appointment cards, and to follow a Magento e-commerce store in collaboration with Dermalogica UK.

See the Mio Amore project overview for more information.

Built 4 approach 93ft to create a sharp identity for their brand.  Built 4 are a professional shop fitting group working for some of the UK’s and world’s largest brands including Selfridges and Juicy Couture.  The brand takes into account application for both on and off line, with the website logos capturing bird’s eye view of a cut out room layout, while the cards carry this forward using debossing foil techniques.

See the Built 4 project overview for more information.

Hot damn! Few hot stamp foil cards arrive at The Chimney House for 93ft.  We thought the last cards we produced were good, but these are definitely one-up.  Foiled using bronze foil onto crisp GF Smith card these bad boys say all the right things!  The next challenge is to beat these …

See the 93ft project overview for more information.

We have just completed a total re-skin web design for sports kit suppliers Kitlocker.com.  They approached 93ft to help them to refresh their existing online brand for which we delivered to them a full redesign of the website as well as ironing out any inconsistencies in their existing logo.

The front end development allows browsers to buy instantly on the front page, and helps guide the browser through a consistent series of streamlined pages working to reduce the number of page and clicks to complete the order.  A key part of the brief was for the Kitlocker web team to be able to update the styling and promotional banners both on the home and product pages.  We also created themed backdrops for the homepage which could be tailored to the seasons or customised to suit on-board brands.

Once again this site shows how if you have great content you can create a great looking site.  Images courtesy of Nike.

See Kitlocker.com project overview for more information.

The Cerberus Beach House over looks one of the most spectacular bays – Half Moon Bay – just over 20km south of Melbourne, Victoria.  And it is here where this brand begins, Australia!

Taking a lead from the name, and the inspiring attributes the indigenous landscape has to offer we devised the new brand around the legend that is … The Cerberus.

In the Bay itself rests HMVS Cerberus which was launched in 1868 and believe it or not was the first and most powerful of the modern day battleships. Built for the Victorian Navy this iron colossus formed part of the pre-Federation and old colonial navy. It’s a prized item in our collection of wonders down here on the bay and is brimming with accolades being the only monitor class warship left in the world. It’s revolutionary design dispensed completely with wind sails and was powered solely by steam powered engines that once roared inside the central superstructure now grounded approx three metre of water on the sands.

Where did the name Cerberus come from? Strange but true – it dates far back beyond the rule of Victorian wars and waves to a time when myths and legends reigned supreme.

Cerberus originates from Greek and Roman culture, and is the name for the loyal watchdog who guarded the gates of the ancient Greek underworld. The story goes that no living soul would be able to cross the river Styx (rather a strange coincidence considering its a dog watching the river) to the underworld and escape back across the river alive! The most famous account tells how Orpheus in his quest to capture the Cerberus lulled the great dog to sleep with poisoned honey-cakes while playing sleep inducing music. This was the twelfth and final labour of Heracles.

Taking inspiration from this, brand and design creatives 93ft, recaptured the Cerberus with the illustrative hand of International Artist, Tom Newell who is based out of London. Tom is a Dazed and Confused regular who also works for International Designer, John Richmond.

Coming soon to The Cerberus’ branded artillery – food menus, stationary and portfolio website.

See the Cerberus Beach House Project Overview for more information.

We’ve designed a little identity for one of the many high quality services you can expect from The Chimney House. This one is called Business Class. If you are working as an individual involved in seeking out innovation & encouraging entrepreneurship within the City of Sheffield then this is for you.

The Chimney House would like to invite you to experience business class so that you may continue to work hard and enjoy a little luxury in these times of austerity.  Experience an all inclusive and exclusive membership. Enjoy additional member privileges including special business class rates for other bookings and venue hire as well as a helpful range of top-up & upgrades to enjoy as part of your meeting.

Join Business Class.

See The Chimney House project overview for more information.

David Bowling approached us to create a new independent design identity that would allow him to break into the luxury interior market.  Creating a simple monogram using his initials allows David to stamp his marque onto drawings, documents and looks fantastic foiled on the top of his letterheads!  We produced a full business pack for David, with specialist printing and finishing techniques employed to inject a piece of luxury into the brand.

See the David Bowling project overview for more information.

This amazing project was a development we worked on to create Sheffield’s newest super-club complex. We were asked to create an environment that would house a high cuisine restaurant on the ground floor with an uber-luxe club above. The design merges the original fabric of this 70′s build with contemporary opulent fixtures.

See the Livelli Bar & Restaurant project overview for more information.

CHEF: FIELD The Forty-Eight Hour Festival for Food Lovers.  Showcasing the finest food brands from around the UK. Our 2 tone festival explores the relationship between what comes out of the field and what happens after the harvest.

We invite you to leap through the FIELD festival experiencing exquisite tastes, flavours and textures celebrating food in its purest form fresh from the earth.

Then we ask you to succumb to the delights of CHEF as the ingredients straight from our land and sea are introduced to cooking styles, method and innovation to create an inspirational and educational festival for food lovers everywhere.

The Marque: 93ft have created an ambigram for the festival.  Once rotated Field becomes Chef and Chef, Field. This reflects the symbiotic relationship between the two as the transformation of field produce into chef delights is celebrated.

Location: CHEF: FIELD is a merging of the two experiences which also spells (in your mouth) the location of our first event. Exact location will be released soon.

When: Summer 2011

Who you can see: Some of the most exciting and forward thinking food brands in the UK. Please contact info@thechimneyhouse.com for more details.

Can you take part?: To find out please contact info@thechimneyhouse.com

See Chef : Field project overview for more information.

The brand and logo have been developed in house at The Chimney House by 93ft.  We’ve started it with an open mind as to where it could go.  The aim is to let other people who perhaps feel on the fringes of cycling, who are in some way interested, to those who are regularly riding but would like to be part of a cycling lifestyle option.  The marque has been illustrated and developed by the fabulous hand of Tom Newell, master of the illustration featured on the 93ft Chimney in The Chimney House.  For more information about joining La Squadra visit the website.

See the La Squadra project overview for more information.

Meet the new Planet X Nanolight 920G Carbon Road Frame, featuring graphics and colours selected by 93ft.  This work stemmed from a visit to Europe’s largest all Cycling Expo ‘Eurobike’, where we met one of the world’s leading carbon frame manufacturers who are currently in production with Planet X.  As part of the whole strategy for their new professional road range we’ve also developed wheel graphics for their carbon wheel rims.  Although the total bike build pictured here does not include all of our designs we thought we’d share this one with you now, just because everyone is talking about it!  Yours available to buy here.

Brands aren’t just about logos, and some even say that logos are on their way out!  That aside, 93ft are true believers that good brands should have plenty of powerful and dynamic content to their name.  This library of brand elements help to break the monotony of the corporate world that so many brands find themselves in and consequently need reinventing out of.  Illustrations bring the soul back into brands and these of the Jones and Co. team do just that – super personal, bold and bright, and capture a true spirit of the people in the picture.

93ft collaborated with top London illustrator and artist Mitchy Bwoy (currently enjoying a retrospective at the Sauce Gallery, Birmingham).  Mitch’s work has become synonymous with new music and club culture, working alongside the most prominent musicians of the last decade, including Chase & Status, Amp Fiddler, Bugz in the Attic, Nitin Sawhney, Ziggy Marley, Howie B as well has having worked on many special projects, live paints and collaborations with other artists and designers.

These new master pieces will now be incorporated into the Jones and Co. branding, including personal business cards, an in store hall of fame and in online media.

Huge thanks again to Mitch!

See Jones and Co. project overview for more information.

As the world’s media up’s it’s game on delivering the heroic and epic achievements of the world’s finest super athletes, German Ironman Thomas Hellriegel approached 93ft to develop for him his own unique marque.

See the Thomas Hellriegel project overview for more information.

Here’s a fresh photo of The Circle, a client that grabbed at the chance use design to add value and creativity to their existing offering in Sheffield.  Here is a great close up of the main glass partition in reception, which was one of the major interior elements we specified and project managed during installation.  The vinyl can be easily replaced at any time with even bolder and braver marketing campaigns, urban art or simple yet meaningful messages to reinforce a brand ethos.  Our favourite feature aside from the bold colours is the giant cut out, a perfect balance between functionality, aesthetics and brand implementation.

Photography courtesy of Jim Ellam

See The Circle project overview for more information.

Out on a Sunday stroll with a camera around Sheffield in late February.  There’s still a fascinating number of factories still within a short walking distance of the main retail centre of Sheffield City Centre.  Forgotten works with rusting signs we’re our main focus this time around, as we tried to capture the last of a declining industry before the developers move in for good.  These rich and early pioneering environments are perfectly matched with The Chimney House branding, capturing a future sense of times past.  We’ll keep adding to this photo collection, in the mean time more are available to view now at www.flickr.com/photos/thechimneyhouse, and on The Chimney House project overview.

Photography courtesy of Zack Wragg

See The Chimney House project overview for more information.

Photography courtesy of James Brown, Interior Photography courtesy of Jim Ellam

See The Circle project overview for more information.

Cycling is the new golf.  So what better way to promote your brand than by affiliate branding?  Here we matched Nonnas with some of Italy’s finest food and drink brands in the run up to their cycling team launch later this year.  With our links to clothing manufacturers these jerseys are available to buy.  If you can’t wait till the launch, contact us with your size and we’ll ship it out to you.

See the Nonnas project overview for more information.