• architecture
    • CONTOUR
    • HRSC
    • SOLAR TURBINES CEC
    • SEALS
    • 227 Broadway
    • Urban Edge
    • Littoral Ship Combat Facility
    • LAVC
    • Tremont Street
    • Citylights
    • 14th & K
    • 31 East Thomas
    • SONY
    • PoD Studio
  • planning
    • AYA Healthcare
    • south baltimore
    • UTC Masterplan
    • ballpark village masterplan
    • Plaza Camino Real
    • Immigration Museum
    • Carlsbad Masterplan
  • interiors
    • BIGA
    • 610 lobby
    • sababa
    • blush
    • wawanesa
    • leaf & kettle
    • coronado shores
    • eclipse
    • et voila!
    • just run
    • zodiac
    • mosaic wine bar
    • new york giant pizza
    • press box
    • la playa bistro
    • cafe 21
    • cafe 21@5th
    • dallmann
    • dallmann - seaport
    • greenspot salad company
    • oggi's express
    • oggi's
    • table 926
    • sahara
    • swoon
    • zymology
  • renderings
  • sketches
  • misc
    • experiments
    • furniture
  • dfs

daniel frederick smith

creative life

  • architecture
    • CONTOUR
    • HRSC
    • SOLAR TURBINES CEC
    • SEALS
    • 227 Broadway
    • Urban Edge
    • Littoral Ship Combat Facility
    • LAVC
    • Tremont Street
    • Citylights
    • 14th & K
    • 31 East Thomas
    • SONY
    • PoD Studio
  • planning
    • AYA Healthcare
    • south baltimore
    • UTC Masterplan
    • ballpark village masterplan
    • Plaza Camino Real
    • Immigration Museum
    • Carlsbad Masterplan
  • interiors
    • BIGA
    • 610 lobby
    • sababa
    • blush
    • wawanesa
    • leaf & kettle
    • coronado shores
    • eclipse
    • et voila!
    • just run
    • zodiac
    • mosaic wine bar
    • new york giant pizza
    • press box
    • la playa bistro
    • cafe 21
    • cafe 21@5th
    • dallmann
    • dallmann - seaport
    • greenspot salad company
    • oggi's express
    • oggi's
    • table 926
    • sahara
    • swoon
    • zymology
  • renderings
  • sketches
  • misc
    • experiments
    • furniture
  • dfs
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La Playa Bistro

Point Loma, CA

The restaurant was built in an area of San Diego referred to by the locals as 'La Playa', or 'the beach.'  We worked with this influence to create a fun text logo and wave imagery to mimic the casual lifestyle of this quiet neighborhood in San Diego.


  • Design: PoD
  • Branding: PoD
  • Furniture & Fabrication: PoD
  • Photography: PoD
  • Sign Contractor: Mr.  Neon 

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