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Travis Blake

Que Nguyen

Jocelyn Labrecque

Individual Credits

Lead Designer

Design Company

Profile Website

https://www.llmdesign.com/mothership-eat-sip-hang/

Project Website

Client

Travis Blake, Que Nguyen, Jocelyn Labrecque

Design Team

Revival Cafe + Kitchen co-founders Liza Shirazi and chef Steve “Nookie” Postal asked LLM Design to help develop a brand identity for Mothership, their new restaurant in Cambridgepark Drive (a life sciences office/lab complex in Cambridge, MA) that will focus on testing novel food concepts along with a variety of craft beers. They wanted their restaurant brand to be casual and playful, but still modern and clean. Not over designed. Classic, but open to pushing limits.

Inevitably, the word “mothership” leads people to thoughts of outer space. While this isn’t the main concept of our design, we give a nod to the celestial realm through a half-moon icon within the “o” of the graphic mark. This lunar shape also serves to represent Mothership as a cyclical space where people come to restart, regenerate – and complete their days. The Futura font, with is modern sharpness and metro vibe, relates to the Cambridge community, an audience with both urban and rural sides. We don’t, however, overtly explore the spatial theme; instead, we bring in an earthly, organic-turned-geometric pattern of plants from both of our brand textures. The color palette is inspired by the founders’ love of vibrant, playful colors – and the feelings of comfort and familiarity they induce while still being bold and out of the box.

Of course, the Mothership brand wasn’t complete without a good messaging narrative. Again, the key was to be relaxed, welcoming, and approachable. “Eat. Sip. Hang.” It doesn’t take guests long to understand what Mothership is all about.



Silver Winner in Branding for Restaurants / Cafe

Mothership