15

On May 23, 2010 at 6:00 pm the doors of The White Room will open for 15: a 15-course dinner experience conceived and produced by The Purple Turtle and Santé Restaurant & Charcuterie. It will be an event for the senses, fusing the art of culinary technique with the science of molecular gastronomy. Chef Jeremy Hansen of Santé has created an extraordinary menu (and put in the 100 hours of time to develop it) that competes with culinary progressives across the globe.

The menu, available on the website, boasts avante-garde items such as Cumquat Pearls and Lavender & Honeysuckle Pillows as well as the irresistabley savory Chocolate Braised Berkshire Belly and Prosciutto & Melon Ravioli. Nothing short of amazing!

WHY 15?

Aside from a love of food and a propensity to watch full seasons of Top Chef in a single sitting, the dream for 15 was born out of the shared desire of its creators to make Spokane a world class city and further propel it toward that status. There are plenty of people who aren't convinced that Spokane is ready to embrace the culinary movement, or global progression for that matter, but as you can tell, we feel otherwise. Spokane has already proven that it is more than willing to accept changes via the revitilization of the downtown scene, the success of new and unique businesses and the strides toward sustainability.

Join us for an unforgettable evening and a truly landmark event for Spokane!

See you at The White Room.

Details on the website:experience15.com.

Tickets are available by calling Santé at 509.315.4613.

PREVIEW

Culinary genius translated on paper.

Chef Hansen's sketch Course #1. Cucumber and Kawaire Salad. Coriander Caviar. Lavash Square. Segments of Orange in Cucumber Gelee.

Course #4:  Halibut. Squash Blossom Salad. Chervil Potato Window. Creamed Cumquat Pearls.

Course #9:  Berkshire Tenderloin. Onion & Garlic Glass Dome. Raspberry Dust. Rosemary Smoke. White Onion & Raspberry Coulis.

Today marked the official launch of the Kendall Yards project and we couldn't be more thrilled to be a part of this exciting project!

Here at the turtle we developed the branding and identity for Kendall Yards that you may have seen on signs, at today's launch and on the nifty reusable bags they handed out.

So here's a peak at the Kendall Yards brand and a preview of what's to come.

THE LOGO:

Clean, bright and energetic, the new Kendall Yards logo was designed to create a strong and inviting identity for the mixed use community. The look is simple and modern with the custom typeface represented in a thin application for the "Urban By Nature" message and a bold application for "Kendall Yards." Sometime going simple is so much better!

THE COLOR PALETTE:

Here is the color palette for the Kendall Yards brand. You can expect to see these striking colors pop out around town in the coming months!

• Yellow: joy, happiness, intellect and energy.
• Red: energy, enhances human metabolism.
• Blue: depth and stability, trust, loyalty, wisdom, confidence, intelligence, faith, truth and heaven.
• Green: nature, growth, harmony and freshness.
• Orange: enthusiasm, fascination, happiness, creativity, determination, attraction, success, encouragement, healthy food, fall and harvest.
• Gray: neutral, balanced.
• White: associated with light, goodness, innocence, purity, safety and cleanliness.

The combination of these colors and their respective meanings defines the essence of Kendall Yards. In the initial discovery meetings we discussed the brand attributes: Kendall Yards will be walkable, dynamic, fresh, vibrant, authentic, eclectic and so on--these colors promote all of the emotions and charactertics that this project will radiate!

THE MESSAGE:

The message or tagline we developed for Kendall Yards is URBAN BY NATURE. This message has a few different meanings.

1. At the core of everything, Kendall Yards, because of its location and personality, is naturally urban.

2. Kendall Yards is a place where you can live and experience a constant connection with our beautiful and great earth. No other community in the region offers the authentic energy of an urban scene and the escape of nature so effortlessly.

Hopefully our post has you excited about Kendall Yards. We are! If Kendall Yards was a person, you know you'd want to hang out with him/her. Since Kendall Yards is a community, we all want to eat, sleep and play there. We'll keep you posted on the project!  

Expect big things, Spokane!

kendallyards.com

There was buzz around The Flying Goat before it was even called The Flying Goat. When word got out that Jonathan Sweatt from Downriver Grill wanted to start a pizzeria/tap room, everyone started talking.

Now, I don't have any big announcement for you at the moment...I'll leave that for Jonathan, (though the ETA for The Flying Goat is currently in June!) instead I'm going to show you how The Flying Goat logo came to be.

This is the evolution of the goat.

Once we settled on the name, (brainstormed over beer and flatbread, polled our friends, etc.) it was time for us to do what we do best...develop an identity for the goat.

Creativity flows without constrictions, so we let our design team develop the first round of concepts based upon their interpretation of The Flying Goat (with some basic direction). We were looking to create a strong, fresh brand that would define that place where you go to gather with friends, fill up the old growler and eat gourmet, wood-fired pizza. It also needed to be a logo that would translate well onto beer mugs and paraphernalia. The Flying Goat will be more than a great place to eat and grab a beer...it will become a culture!

Now that I am done with that spiel, here is the first round of concepts:

From those concepts, we narrowed it down to three favorites. #1 The aviator #2 The wild and winged and #3 The magestic "goat" of arms (...I couldn't resist!).

The aviator was, hands down, our #1! Wings are an expected interpretation of The Flying Goat, but the goggles are just clever (Kudos Alonso!).  After making our decision, we began working on the little guy's face, playing around with the shape of his eyes and nose.

We joked around that Version B of the goat has that "deer in the headlights" look. Do you see it?

With the infinite wisdom of our creative directors we found a home for our goat admist a striking, bright cobalt background.See #2.

 Moving forward, we changed the font type and polished option #2. And of course...played around with a few small details of the poor goat's face (needless to say, I'm sure our designer is happy to be finished with the goat.)

And finally, after a few dozen goats, we have our final, beautifully designed (and hand drawn!) logo for The Flying Goat!

Disclaimer: No animals were hurt in the making of this logo.

VERSION EN ESPAÑOL

La Cabra Voladora, cuando se supo que Jonathan Sweatt (Chef del Restaurante Downriver Grill) quería empezar una pizzería-pub, muchos empezaron ha hablar del nuevo proyecto.

Por ahora, no tenemos ningún "gran anuncio" para ustedes ... eso lo dejamos para Jonathan. En lugar de eso les vamos a mostrar cómo se desarrollo el logo.

Esta es la evolución de La Cabra Voladora.

Una vez que nos decidimos por el nombre, empezamos a desarrollar una identidad para La Cabra Voladora. 

La creatividad fluye sin constricciones. Estábamos buscando para crear una marca fuerte, fresca, que definiría el lugar donde usted va a reunirse con los amigos y comer gourmet pizzas a la leña. También era necesario un logotipo que se vería bien en jarras de cerveza y otros productos de merchandising. La Cabra Voladora será más que un gran lugar para comer y tomar una cerveza ... se convertirá en una cultura!

A continuación vea la evolución del concepto.