Challenge

In August 2026, Commons Bar introduced a new streamlined menu list focused on bar snacks and cocktails. The previous was a 4 page multi-layered menu, where each menu category had its own page. With a clip connecting all the pages, people found it cumbersome to flick through the pages.

Solution

For the new design, I wanted to ensure it had connective tissue with the previous design, and felt like a simple evolution. When viewed from the front, the ‘Cocktails’ category pokes out, to highlight it as the bar’s specialty. Use of layering was retained, but reserved just for the ‘Snacks’ menu, on a lighter paper stock with strategically placed white space, so it’s easier to at the wine list behind it.