Vibrant Pantone Café Incorporates Iconic Color Swatches into Its Food and Decor

The impressive range of Pantone colors lend themselves to all sorts of applications that go beyond just graphic design—they’re especially engaging when it comes to food. From smoothies to cookies, the iconic design system makes meals more fun, and it’s the driving force behind one pop-up restaurant. Returning for its second year, the Pantone Café has set up shop for the summer in Monaco. The eatery overlooks an idyllic seaside setting on the outdoor patio of the Grimaldi Forum cultural center.

Minimalist in decor but bold in its color accents, the café offers coffee, sandwiches, desserts, and refreshing drinks. Every menu item is assigned a corresponding hue and is named after its color or specific ingredient. A bright red drink is called Strawberry Ice and has a similarly-hued koozie that highlights its visual intensity. To produce some of its other treats, the Pantone Café collaborated with the French juicery Yumi who used ingredients like rosemary, carrots, and fennel in their creations.

The restaurant is currently open and will be running until September 9, 2016.

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Sara Barnes

Sara Barnes is a Staff Editor at My Modern Met and Manager of My Modern Met Store. She is a graduate of the Maryland Institute College of Art where she earned her BFA in Illustration and MFA in Illustration Practice. Sara is also an embroidery illustrator and writer living in Seattle, Washington. She runs Bear&Bean, a studio where she stitches pet portraits and other beloved creatures. She chronicles the creativity of others through her website Brown Paper Bag and newsletter, Orts. Her latest book is Threads of Treasure: How to Make, Mend, and Find Meaning Through Thread, published in 2014. Sara’s work has been recognized in Be Creative With Workbox, Embroidery Magazine, American Illustration, on Iron and Wine’s album Beast Epic, among others. When she’s not stitching or writing, Sara enjoys planning things that bring together the craft community. She is the co-founder of Camp Craftaway, a day camp for crafty adults with hands-on workshops in the Seattle area.
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