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CONCEPT
· EST. ·
1962
BROOKLYN
· EST. ·
1962
BROOKLYN
Concept website · Italian restaurant
Osso Buono
Sundays in Brooklyn since 1962.
The idea
A site that tastes like the menu card on the table.
An imagined family trattoria, cooking one thing well since 1962. Cream paper, red ink, and a photo that makes you hungry. A concept, designed the way we'd design yours.
The Carta · Autumn
A short menu, cooked the long way.
Rigatoni alla Vodka24
Cacio e Pepe26
Osso Buono alla Milanese48
Tiramisù della Nonna14
The screens
One long page on a laptop. A menu in your pocket.
Colour and type
Four colours from the kitchen. Three typefaces from the menu.
Tablecloth#F5EFE0
San Marzano#B8331C
Walnut#6B4A38
Espresso#1A1411
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FrauncesHeadlines and dish names. A soft serif with an old-menu feel.Aa
InterDescriptions and prices, easy to read small.Aa
JetBrains MonoSmall labels, like a stamp on the menu.Decisions
Why it looks the way it does.
01
Photo first
One big dish fills the first screen. People choose with their stomach.
02
The menu is the page
No PDF to download. The menu reads well on a phone.
03
Prices without signs
24, not $24.00. Calmer, like a printed menu.
04
One voice
"Red sauce, white tablecloth, no substitutions." Short lines with personality.
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