“Check Please” is a visual direction for Sunday Gravy that draws from the layered, lived-in atmosphere of classic Italian restaurants. The hand-drawn scribbles and doodles mimic the graffiti-like etchings often found carved into tile grout, tabletops, or bathroom walls; intimate marks left by generations of guests. These details ground the design in memory and place, celebrating the unpolished authenticity of spaces where family meals and local culture collide.
The use of gridded backgrounds references not only checkered tablecloths and wall tiles but also the structure of handwritten receipts or kitchen napkins; surfaces where ideas, orders, and jokes are jotted down. These blocks become modular zones for text, creating rhythm while evoking the tactile charm of analog dining culture. It’s a nod to the paper scraps and corner notes that shape the back-of-house personality of restaurants, brought into the front-of-house identity with intention and style.
For Common Space Studio
