The network for creativity
Join 1.25M professional creatives like you
Connect with clients, get discovered, and run your business 100% commission-free
Creatives on Contra have earned over $150M and we are just getting started
Back to feedPost
Luxury fine dining menu for a VI, Lagos restaurant with 185 gold fairy lights ceiling. Client wanted menu to feel like dining under real stars — not cheap laminated menu.
I built black + gold foil concept with real starfield texture, constellation sparkle border, gold serif typography. Layout optimizes $12-$120 pricing (Small Chops to Mixed Suya Platter for 2) to increase average ticket.
Problem: Ceiling was 5-star, menu was 2-star — mismatch killing perceived value.
Solution: Menu now matches the experience — Instagram-ready, print-ready, feels like $50/plate.
Tools: Figma + Illustrator + Custom Gold Foil Texture
Deliverables: Print A3, Digital menu, Instagram Story version
Result: Client using it to pitch VI/Lekki premium clientele.
Dine Under The Stars is such a strong header for this. The constellation border and starfield actually make the menu feel like part of the room, not just paper on the table. Framing the problem as ceiling 5-star, menu 2-star is a great way to sell the redesign too. Did you do...
Thanks so much Timothy, really appreciate that breakdown! 🙏
Yes — low-light was the main constraint. That gold serif on black looked beautiful in Figma but I was worried about the 185 fairy lights washout.
I did a quick test: printed a section on soft-touch matte (not gloss, to...
The sparkle border makes this feel like an actual night sky. Great result for the client pitch.
Thanks so much Rafee! 🙏 Appreciate that! Yes — that sparkle border was the key — client ceiling was 5-star with 185 fairy lights, but menu was 2-star. I added real starfield texture + constellation corners so menu matches the night sky experience. Now it feels like $50/plate!...
The network for creativity
Join 1.25M professional creatives like you
Connect with clients, get discovered, and run your business 100% commission-free
Creatives on Contra have earned over $150M and we are just getting started
Related posts
A website hero and motion identity concept for Cycle.
The experience takes the viewer through seven historical eras in one continuous forward journey, while the logo, camera path and core composition remain consistent.
The concept explores how a static identity can become a living digital experience through motion, environment and interaction.
Workflow included Spline, Claude via MCP, Midjourney and SeaDance.
Available for brand identity, motion and digital design projects.
I fall in love, It is like Encarta, but 1000% better
I fixed a logo in 10 minutes.
A client sent me an MS logo that looked cheap.
Problem: letters were too far apart, no overlap, wrong gold.
Fix: Interlocked the M + S, tightened the spacing, used metallic gold #D4AF37.
Same letters. Luxury feel.
Interlocking the M and S also gives the embroidery one continuous shape to stitch, which tends to hold up better than two separate letters. Did you test how the overlap reads at chest-logo size, around 3 cm?
What happens when a hummingbird gets translated into thread, then into pixels, then dropped into the sky?
Design exploration of the day: Relic Signal.
Bayer dithering, difference blend, five brand colors, one tiny messenger.
Craft on one side, static on the other.