Brand identity, Packaging, Signage, Social. Concept project

Carbón Norte

A self-initiated identity for a Monterrey-style charcoal taquería, built to read from across a busy street.

Charcoal Carbón Norte taquería at blue hour with an illuminated sign, a red and cream striped awning and a taquero grilling behind the window

Grilled the way they do it up north

Carbón Norte imagines a taquería that grills arrachera, trompo and short rib over mesquite charcoal and serves them in flour tortillas made on site. The brief was a brand loud enough to stop people walking past at night, and simple enough to print on paper that gets thrown away.

The mark is an arrow pointing north that doubles as a flame, set above three bars of the grill. The name runs in tall condensed capitals like a highway sign. Charcoal, ember red and flour cream do the work, and a monospaced type carries the prices, tickets and order numbers.

Identity system

A north arrow that is also a flame, three grill bars, and a name set like a road sign.

Carbón Norte mark and stacked wordmark with charcoal, ember, mesquite and flour swatches and Anton and IBM Plex Mono type samples

Digital mockups