BRAND DESIGN

Café Vie

A flexible identity pairing expressive typography, food-inspired illustration, and a vibrant palette to create an energetic, approachable brand rooted in the social experience of Asian food.

Scope

Brand Design

Client

Café Vie

Industry

Food & Beverage

Duration

6 Weeks

Challenge

Create a distinctive café identity that stands apart from the minimal visual language common across contemporary Asian food brands.

Insight

The experience is shaped by more than the food itself. Color, movement, variety, and visual density create the energy that makes Café Vie feel vibrant and social.

Solution

A playful identity system built around custom food illustrations, bold color, expressive typography, and modular graphics designed to flex across physical and digital touchpoints.

01 / Brand Identity

01 / Brand Identity

The identity began with a hand-drawn logo system inspired by the movement, personality, and visual energy of Asian food culture.

02/Illustration System

02/Illustration System

Custom food illustrations create a playful graphic language that extends across patterns, packaging, environmental graphics, and digital applications.

03 / Brand Applications

03 / Brand Applications

The identity scales across physical touchpoints, creating a consistent experience from storefront signage and packaging to menus and takeaway materials.

05 / Strategic Impact

05 / Strategic Impact

Café Vie demonstrates how a distinctive visual system can turn individual brand elements into a cohesive experience across physical and digital touchpoints. The flexible identity creates consistency while leaving room for playful, evolving brand expression.

LET’S MAKE SOMETHING

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© 2026 JOHLEA GEWHAS

GRAPHIC DESIGNER • BRAND & CAMPAIGN DESIGN

LET’S MAKE SOMETHING

Good ideas, weird ideas, ambitious ideas. I’m into all of them.

EMAIL ME

The fastest way to reach me is by email.

© 2026 JOHLEA GEWHAS

GRAPHIC DESIGNER • BRAND & CAMPAIGN DESIGN

LET’S MAKE SOMETHING

Good ideas, weird ideas, ambitious ideas. I’m into all of them.

EMAIL ME

The fastest way to reach me is by email.

© 2026 JOHLEA GEWHAS

GRAPHIC DESIGNER • BRAND & CAMPAIGN DESIGN