Facing East, work by MarketinCrew

Facing East: work by MarketinCrew

The client

Facing East

Facing East serves Asian food in a room of cane chairs, patterned tile, brass lamps and dark wood. We shoot the food and the interiors, run the social media and design the printed menus.

  1. 01How they came inFor social media and photography, on a restaurant whose room is as much of a draw as the menu.
  2. 02What we took onFood and interior photography, the social feed, the campaign artwork and the printed menus.
  3. 03How it runsThe interiors carry the mood and the food carries the appetite. Both are shot in the restaurant's own warm light rather than on a set, so what is posted matches what is walked into.
  4. 04Where it standsSixteen assets published across campaign, social, print and photography.
The work

Campaigns and posters

One campaign piece built on the room rather than a dish. A long marble table laid for a group, cane chairs down one side, and a single short line set at the top.

The work

Social media design

Six posts. Interiors lit warm and low with short lines set over them, aimed at the person deciding where to go after work rather than the person browsing a menu.

Half of what this restaurant sells is the room. Photograph it properly and it does the selling.

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The work

Print and packaging

Three printed menus, including the group booking set menu. Course by course, with the minimum party size, the days it applies, the service charge and the reservation numbers all stated on the sheet.

The work

Photography

Six frames of food and interiors, shot in the restaurant's own light so the tile, the cane and the brass carry the atmosphere instead of being flattened out.

Assets16 across 4 sections
DisciplinesSocial and photography
Printed menus3
Questions

Asked about this work

What do you do for Facing East?

Social media and photography, plus the campaign artwork and printed menus.

Why photograph the interiors so heavily?

Because the room is a large part of the reason people book. A dish alone does not explain the place.

What is the group booking menu?

A printed set menu for larger tables, with the courses, the minimum party size and the conditions all laid out so nothing has to be negotiated at the door.

Facing East

Want work like this for your brand?

One team across the brand, the feed, the ads and the shoots.

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