From The Strangely Good, Samuel Byrnes, and Negra Nigoevic and Filip Pomykalo

A heavily blue-hued set of work in this centennial edition of Friday Likes with work from Singapore, Sydney, and Zagreb.

I'm planning on a massive, online round-up of all 100 Friday Likes — hopefully ready next Friday.

Provisions by The Strangely Good

P.V.S, short for "Provisions" is a women's shoe and accessory store in Singapore, carrying an eclectic range of brands. With an almost pharmaceutical Victorian era identity designed by local firm The Strangely Good, P.V.S delivers a full-on retail experience with props that include sea salt, aftershave, vinegar, biscuits, cherries, and their own branded milk bottles. There is a couple aesthetics going on… it's like bank notes meets hipsterism. And it works, with the limited color palette and strong use of white space (and also full space). Plus, polka dots. See full project

Whimsy & Co. by Samuel Byrnes

Roaming the streets of Helensburgh, a small town in New South Wales, about 30 miles out of Sydney, Whimsy & Co. is a coffee truck accompanied by a range of characters that, as Sydney-based designer Samuel Byrnes puts it, "aren't quite whole without their caffeine hit". With a name like that, there is really no way to go but whimsy. While the hand-scribbled script typography could come across as cloying and obvious, small details like adding "fee" in wobbly small caps to "Co.", or the "Est. just now", and the peppered coffee cups around it, make it more acerbic. With those giant eyes, the characters could be the stuff of nightmares but with the playful, scribbly line work and humorous approach they become better coffee companions. See full project.

Barba by Negra Nigoevic and Filip Pomykalo

Meaning "uncle, old gentleman, old man, man of the sea, fisherman" as a Dalmatian colloquialism, Barba is a counter-service restaurant in Dubrovnik, Croatia, serving seafood dishes. Designed by Zagreb-based Negra Nigoevic and Filip Pomykalo in collaboration with Marita Bonacic for interior design, the identity centers around an abstract uncle, old gentleman, old man, man of the sea, or fisherman with a bushy beard. (I particularly like that in Spanish, "barba" means beard). The drawing is charming and extremely expressive even though it lacks an actual face. I love how the waves integrate with the hair/beard and the pipe drawing is so great. The application is nice, nothing out of this world and there is an attractive set of icons that work really well on the adorning jars of sand. See full project here.