We conducted market research and explored all aspects of Mim's Table before creating a fun, memorable brand identity, copy, and a product strategy that works.

Client

Mim's Table

Year

2021

Industry

Fine Dining
Ready-To-Eat Food
Snack Food

Country

Thailand

Mim's Table is a highly coveted chef's table serving New American dishes. We had a lot of fun experimenting with playful color schemes, bold design elements, and quirky copy, and finally, developing a product strategy for their new line of ready-to-eat foods.

This exciting project was a collaboration between 4 designers, Mim’s Table, and its devoted customers. Despite not having any brand visuals, Mim’s Table was full of character, and had an existing niche fanbase made of high-spending Bangkok foodies. The challenge was finding the sweet spot between creativity, witty personality, authenticity, and an identity that resonates with the target audience. Mim’s Table products are meant to be an extension of the chef’s table experience, where food is enjoyed privately with loved ones. Both gravlax and cookies are to be promoted via selected KOLs to reach the niche audience, and cross-promoted with similar upper middle market brands. For social media, customer feedback would be turned into fun charts and graphs, for example, a colorful scatter plot that shows

the relationship between various feelings and number of cookies ordered “Big Ass Cookies make me feel…” The brand would never use discounts as purchase catalysts, but instead, would sometimes push “stock running out” messages to create urgency. Referral cards would be given to high-spending customers, to pass onto their friends who want to be moved up the waitlist for Mim’s Table. Voice and style of social media captions would be tongue-in-cheek, straight to the point, and entertaining/informative. “Each MTB product is the result of research, care and countless experiments. Mim cooks food for people to enjoy, not for the purpose of selling.” This would be the message of every copy, story, image, and post. Mim’s Table loved the ideas. During the launch, all products sold out within 24 hours.

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Logo Set

Main Typeface

Balboa Medium

Body Typeface

Neue Haas Unica Regular

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Packaging Copy

New American pulls inspiration from international recipes, making unfamiliar food more approachable. The dining experience becomes a journey, showcasing ingredients that are deconstructed and reconstructed to give new interpretation of taste and flavor.

Mood Board

Deconstructed & Reconstructed
New American Dining Concept

Brand Elements

Surreal Photography, Saturated Colors,
Bold Typography, Handwritten Text, Stamped Elements

About Page Copy

I cook food that I love to eat. A lot of it happens to be New American. What exactly is New American? It's that super enthusiastic friend who brings french fries to Indian parties and brings pasta to Korean BBQ. From 2015 to 2021, I've hosted around 100 tables. My recipes take inspiration from personal experiences, the people I meet. Sometimes I TAKE recipes FROM the people I meet. Let me tell you about that at the next Table.

Recipe Styling

Playful Collage, Cut-Out Ingredients,
Handwriting & Sketches

Recipes Page Copy

Mim's interpretation of New American: Creative spins on international recipes that make unfamiliar food more approachable. Indulgent, mouthwatering comfort food that revives and deepens human connections.

Packaging Design

Stickers, Labels, Greeting Cards,
Cookie Wrapping Paper

Salmon Gravlax Copy

My mom loves cured salmon. She's tried cured salmon from every corner of the world. One day, she decided that I should make it for her and I did, since she, you know, birthed me and all.

100g of salmon, fresh from Norway every Tuesday, then immediately pat dried and rubbed with a special cure with mustard seeds and dill.

Invitation Copy

You're invited for an evening at Mim’s Table. I will be serving New American food with optional alcohol pairings. You are also welcome to BYOB, no corkage fee if you share the booze. Please confirm the date, time, and number of guests by (Date). Wagyu and I look forward to seeing you!

Big Ass Cookie Copy

My Big Ass Cookies have been compared to Levain’s but I never actually had a Levain cookie. I started making these chunky cookies to get the attention of someone I liked, a bit like how penguins offer rocks to other penguins they like. Then the girl penguins started trading sex for stones.

In Thailand, I find that Baan Phu's butter has the best texture, smell, and body for cookies. So, I (patiently) wait 6 months for each batch of their butter which is why Big Ass Cookies are sometimes unavailable for purchase.

If you’re frustrated overly sweet cookies that lack proper filling, try a Big Ass Cookie. If you don’t like it, you also have the option of weaponizing these heavy chunks (ปาหัวหมาแตก) or gifting it to someone to get their attention.