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YAMI YAM!
Conceptual Cafe Branding
MISSION:
- Create a hip new cafe in the theme of Superflat (visually & conceptually)
- Artfully represent the political and societal struggles that run rampage in San Francisco
AUDIENCE:
ART DIRECTION:
- Tourists in San Francisco
- Socially aware youth/Artists
- Gen-Z instram foodies
ART DIRECTION:
- Visual: in theme of Superflat Movement
- Voice: Rebellious, Pop, Viral, Playful and Chaotic
Behind the Name: YAMI YAM!
![](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/f1034bce22298040da419d61226bd8274c5a8b9a14997f53cadfefaf3c6e8780/yamiyam.png)
Very first logo visual
A graphic eyeball with a command symbol reflection in the iris and control symbols as eyelashes
YAMIYAM! has a playful ring to its name with a humorous, dark meaning. The name is a combination of two Japanese words:
Yami: 闇 (darkness) and Yam: 病む (to be sick/mentally unwell).
The combination of two dark words makes up a fun and yummy name, YAMI YAM😋️
The words Yami (闇) and Yam (病む) refer to the current state of San Francisco. The city has unaffordable housing, a growing homeless crisis, thriving tech companies, and drug-addicted people in the same block. The conceptual cafe playfully represents the city that has become dark and depressed over the years, with inspiration to the Superflat art movement.
Yami: 闇 (darkness) and Yam: 病む (to be sick/mentally unwell).
The combination of two dark words makes up a fun and yummy name, YAMI YAM😋️
The words Yami (闇) and Yam (病む) refer to the current state of San Francisco. The city has unaffordable housing, a growing homeless crisis, thriving tech companies, and drug-addicted people in the same block. The conceptual cafe playfully represents the city that has become dark and depressed over the years, with inspiration to the Superflat art movement.
Logo/Icon Development
I wanted to envoke the feeling of being surveilled and controlled by tech in the modern world, so designed various eye icons, with a command symbol in the center of the eye.
![](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/ee8576f4962f2268d9fa5ad51ab13887e5ea164758125453c0122efc9a025b15/yamiyamm.png)
Experimenting with style and aesthetics
![](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/2bf53c4b27819ce3e3a3671161df0a646a165f2fe44aa019ed91fb8b70a023a0/yamiya.-m-37.png)
![](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/98d5285414cba0eddd0c77489a911e6300b35f072751b43aaed2ca41ad6dee08/yami.-yam.png)
![](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/027909d338f790f1c8d45e87f533a2fc07a09ad2e2cadc695750966a8d0e47fe/yamiy-am.png)
Final Logo/Assets
For the final designs I decided to go with a American style comic eye with American classic candy, tents and toy like buildings and syringes as elements. The tone of the designs are fun playful and almost seemingly child appropriate
![](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/e2eedaf8e7f863e7fc3a7ef2e07876212ca9261a1ce16f5985094f6f25770751/plottah-01.png)
![](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/2e294e1ed396f81c88350e9bc525f4c5cf5b07bafb0cb401686c2a2c76ccdcbc/plottah-04.png)
![](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/d29836979628ec31afe6b6e45767c48947973f740a36f18a87706d340c40c652/Screenshot-2023-11-24-at-6.08.55-PM.png)
![](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/80f6358a156e67635daa2931e73436154cbbfa2e56f8930b702fdd1570bf5484/yamiywwam.png)
![](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/602803da8ee5693d474fb6740860e0a90a16220b3364dc6089fe3223d13bf7e1/yamiya.-m-38.png)
Mockups
![](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/baae1a1694088ef79b5afa89f8502a3bdc5aacbbc43f9ab4adaba517e885e61c/10-13-10.png)
![](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/96ff4a20ce17613729b41d0dc4d59fdd13f345006fbdd3131a1683fa2c0440c1/Free-Paper-Coffee-Cup-Mockup1.png)
![](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/d7ec8a796453a667ede5d74eab0f378f5fb2e0ee097f3488366bb98e55440ccf/Free-Paper-Coffee-Cup-Mockup.png)
![](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/30ca8565430a84fa4474a434f6eeeada98b567b1794be57aad82f2bd1a66ff9a/yamiaym.png)
![](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/464b46af011ffc2008a8cf4246c4c5b5de608f6163f9dd3494fe8edd29730ef6/Screenshot-2023-11-12-at-12.54.11-AM.png)
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