Wispy,smokey birdy to symbolise
saintly offering to the spirits
and aroma to sooth our gastronomic spirit....not!

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The logo can be customized with colors of your choice!

The shape represents the wings of the bird. All comments are welcome!

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I'm offering this one in both portrait and landscape with minor changes to suit each format so it can be used on upright or hanging signs without appearing too different.
I love all the colour schemes. can't pick a favourite from them.

vector version available

This logotype brings together three elements into a complete solution for the new restaurant nestled between the Jura mountains to the northwest and the Alps to the east. A stylized bird symbolic of René Magritte's painting, a trendy and modernized typeface and finally a slogan setting the new restaurant apart from the local competition using a historic and meaningful secondary font.

The bird is a stylized and modernized version of the famous painting incorporating more of a trendy and exhuberant feeling. The symbol itself, can represent peace, which Switzerland is most known for it's neutrality and peace loving people. The bird symbol can also be used as a graphic behind other designs as indicated on this logo slick. Some versions of the bird also incorporate a shield representing the Swiss flag, giving the restaurant international recognition as a Swiss Restaurant.

The inspirational painting, l`oiseau de Ciel translates to "the bird of sky or Sky Bird" Being the inspiration of the logo, the phrase le resturant dans le ciel or "the restuarant in the sky" was used as their slogan indicating a relationship to the famous painting as well as it's relationship to the mountain community of Lausanne, Switzerland overlooking Lake Geneva. More info on Switzerland can be found here and here.

The main font, Zapfino Regular is a fluid yet trendy typeface incorporating elements of traditional typography with unexpected and lively flare of it's descenders giving it a recognizable look yet easily readable to consumers.

The additional font, Adobe Garamond is a traditional and very readable font designed by Claude Garamond in 1530. This font became the European prototype of many additional typefaces and it's use with the logo recalls the French influence of the font as well as the Lausanne area of the restaurant. Info can be found here.

There are several variations of the logo supplied showing different placement and orientation of the bird symbol with different sizes and colors. Any modifications can be made to finalize a logo to exact details desired. The colored versions with the white birds would

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FONTS: Zapfino Regular +Adobe Garamond Semibold Italic COLORS: Black, Pantone 484 Red + Pantone 4665 Tan

Adobe Illustrator EPS File available if chosen.

i've always liked the negative space style of logo. Tagline at the bottom can be removed / changed if necessary and colour combinations are adaptable.

Compression is no friend with this one.

They are not very similar but I wanted to keep them together. No fonts used. All hand calligraphy.