Photography: Stian Broch (food), Annette Larsen (Interior).
Photo: Annette Larsen
Photo: Annette Larsen
Description
Vaaghals is a new restaurant in the Barcode area in Oslo, Norway. Evoking the traditional Sunday dinner, the finest Norwegian ingredients are combined into delightful platters and shared around the table like a Nordic take on ‘tapas’.
The minimalist logo is inspired by Norwegian tradition and nature – log houses, gables from the Viking era and reindeer antlers. The twin A’s combine into a subtle hint towards the gathering for the feast, and are also used on their own as a monogram.
The sharing as well as the modern but heritage-inspired interior were central in the graphic profile. A visual link between the centerpiece of the restaurant – an asymmetric wooden staircase – and the way the platters are arranged around the table became the foundation for both a typographical grid and a pattern resembling the light coming through the holes in the staircase.
In contrast to the rough nature of the interior with wood, concrete and steel, the colour palette was influenced by the ingredients from the cuisine. In addition each colour was given a particular texture that would create more taste and feel from the food.
Team at Creuna
Graphic design: Stein Øvre and Sebastian Reed
Project management: Anne Kindem
Mac design: Janecke Løyning
Interior design
Radius design
Photo: Annette Larsen
