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MOVA

How we created MOVA’s identity: one geometric monogram, a refined wordmark and a family of four lock-ups for Restaurant, Group, Events and Pavilion.

Industry
Hospitality
Customers
Restaurant and event guests
What we did
Branding · Logo design · Visual identity · Restaurant styling · Collateral
The MOVA monogram, wordmark and Restaurant descriptor in copper on deep green paper

The brief

One signature, four expressions: a premium identity that holds together across the whole MOVA family.

The challenge.

Four expressions,​ ​one unmistakable signature.

MOVA is a premium restaurant brand with four expressions: Restaurant, Group, Events and Pavilion. Each needed to stand on its own, and all four needed to be unmistakably MOVA.

The design objective was one brand signature, refined enough for a premium dining room and flexible enough to carry a group, an events offer and a pavilion without losing recognition.

It also had to work at every scale, from a copper-foiled business card and a menu cover to a sign above the door and a pull-up banner.

Where they were

Four​ ​letterforms.

M, O, V and A explored as single-line drawings, each built inside the same square.

Where they wanted to be

One​ ​monogram.

The four letters overlap into one geometric mark, refined enough to stand on its own.

What we did.

Draw it once,​ ​then let it work everywhere.

The monogram

M, O, V and A drawn as fine single lines, then overlapped into one mark: a circle, an M and two triangles sharing the same square, with the A drawn without its crossbar.

Master logo and lock-ups

The monogram sits above a widely spaced MOVA wordmark, with a descriptor for each part of the brand: Restaurant, Group, Events and Pavilion.

Colour

A signature colour for each expression: deep green, navy, rose and pavilion green.

Identity in use

Copper foil, a menu cover, signage, business cards, stationery, advertising and banners, showing how the system carries from the smallest detail to the front of the building.

The result.

A premium identity,​ ​ready for every room.

In short

MOVA is a premium restaurant brand with four expressions: Restaurant, Group, Events and Pavilion. Each needed to stand on its own, and all four needed to be unmistakably MOVA, at every scale from a copper-foiled business card and a menu cover to a sign above the door and a pull-up banner.

We drew M, O, V and A as fine single lines inside the same square, then overlapped them into one monogram: a circle, an M and two triangles, with the A drawn without its crossbar. The monogram sits above a widely spaced MOVA wordmark, with a lock-up and descriptor for each part of the brand. Each expression has its own signature colour, from deep green and navy to rose and pavilion green.

We then showed the identity in seven applications, from copper foil and a menu cover to signage, business cards, stationery, advertising and banners, so the system carries from the smallest detail to the front of the building.

The result is a restaurant branding system with one signature and four expressions: refined enough for a premium dining room, and flexible enough to carry a group, an events offer and a pavilion without losing recognition.

+35%

More direct table bookings in six months

2x

More private event and hire enquiries

+25%

More Pavilion bookings in the first season

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