Puebla 109

puebla 109

Puebla 109 is a restaurant bar in Mexico City’s Roma Norte neighborhood where art, design and gastronomy converge. This is reflected in the graphic applications, which carry a somewhat relegated character that still manages to represent the restaurant quite well.

The identity for Puebla 109 was developed around several symbols which draw inspiration from the classic age of Mexican philately. Each symbol works independently but at the same time shares an equal hierarchy when used together with the rest of the symbols that make up the graphic system. Unlike a more traditional approach to branding, there is no one symbol that bears the weight of the entire brand’s identity.

The applications are constructed upon basic or more industrial materials. They are contrasted with bold colors and classic typefaces that have a strong national character, together with a few other graphic elements which resemble those used by the postal service in the past, therefore alluding to the journey that an object undertakes before reaching its final destination.

Inside the three-floored 20th century townhouse is where art, design and gastronomy converge, in the forms of a restaurant, a bar and a member’s club.

The interior design was developed by Marcela Lugo and Arturo Dib and includes works of art by Marcos Castro, Lucía Oceguera, Juan Caloca and Luis Alberú.

In the mornings the space can be used as a work hub while the space evolves as the day unfolds, offering a nice lunch in the afternoon or a cocktail in the evening.