The LinnDrum as Coca Cola Deborah Allen album cover People pictures for a people business Some work in neon When black & white is right Rising above the competition Hardworking half-pagers More hardworking half-pagers Portrait photography Going on the offensive inoffensively A solution twice as big as the problem A soft drink can like any other To some, this looks like nothing You asked for it, but where is it? Branding a French bakery/restaurant Banned by Time magazine People actually hated this one Designs and sketches When to get out of the way Just here to get your attention The DigiCart is here. Not. Gags and doodles In studio with Gino Vannelli Hand-lettering and type design Cashing in on Elton John Products that zzzzzing Making excellence out of making do Three more people ads Get this tape! Do as I tell you!... Fake stationery for the fun of it Design with a blank check Contrasting craft and machine Small ads that “command” the page More small page commanders What to do about your competition More hand-lettering and type design It’s not my fault Cartoon art Why are forms so lousy? No time for photography Particles or waves? And this and that Akai ads–one size does not fit all Always give more if you’ve got it Linn LM-1 Drum Computer–first ads Small ads that come alive New digital keyboard, new logo too Found art High tech, low budget Album cover art and photography Layout matters...and idiot-proofing! More album cover art Hardworking ads in black & white Dream radio designs just for fun


'Back in the day' graphic artists sketched designs on paper, worked out the details, and prepared 'comprehensives' for clients to see and evaluate. These logo designs by artist Eric Wrobbel for French bakery/restaurant Chez Thuries are shown still in rough sketch form. They are from the exploratory phase of design and so are all over the place, style-wise. 1980. More design, roughs, and comps: https://www.ericwrobbel.com/art/chezthuries.htm

Branding a new French bakery/restaurant

Here are hand-rendered preliminary logo designs for French bakery/restaurant Chez Thuries location in West Los Angeles/Beverly Hills, California. These early designs covered a lot of ground, from traditional to modern, and were intended to ellicit some sense of direction from the client as to style.

But there were a lot of cooks in the Chez Thuries kitchen, so to speak–several decision-makers spread between three cities on two continents. That I knew of! I was paid for the roughs all right, long ago, but I never learned my client’s thoughts on these designs and, sadly, it seems the restaurant never opened. I would like to have seen this project through to completion.


What: Sketches

For: Preliminary logo designs

Client: Chez Thuries, Patisserie, Boulangerie, Cafe

When: 1980



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