Bird is a new fried chicken restaurant that recently opened in London’s east end, and aims to elevate the food from its cheap, greasy and unhealthy image and give it a British twist; proposing yet another version of American-diner-pastiche wasn’t an option. The branding is cute, fun and original, and the rotating roster of illustrators for wall art is a really nice idea.
Not living in London any longer, I miss out regularly on good exhibitions like this; ‘Around us and between us’ is a solo show of new work by Geoff McFetridge (from September 14 to October 26 at Ivory & Black gallery in Soho). I’ve been a fan of McFetridge for a long time, but if you’re not familiar with his work, take a look at his website.
Do yourself a favour and go see it!