Graphic design firm Design Diseño’s new boutique Chow Ciao is dedicated to the art of food, drink and their sustenance of both body and soul.

Chow Ciao knows you don’t just sell nourishment. Yours is more than a business – it is your vision of something sensory and social, an experience of aromas, revelry, community, taste. We map our lives by such experiences, in coffee shops down the street, in markets, pubs and cafés the world over, experiences that linger, and lure us back.

And Chow Ciao is there – an international team of award-winning designers, brand architects and exuberant epicureans. We start with your vision and add our own unique aesthetic overtones to make the experience of your brand as sumptuous to the eyes as to the palate.

Chow Ciao offers intimate, personal attention, even as DDNY’s on-call consortium of affiliate creatives let us tap resources that transcend our size. We translate your vision seamlessly soup-to-nuts, from your overall look to promotional materials and advertising, your online presence to creative merchandising. See what we do at ddnystudio.com, then talk to us about what we can do together.

Pig Island Logo
Client: Pig Island/Food Karma Projects
Project: culinary event logo


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Hungry Filmmakers Poster 1

Hungry Filmmakers Poster 2
Client: Hungry Filmmakers
Projects: Design and illustration of promotional posters



Jimmy's

Jimmy's
Client: Jimmy's No. 43 restaurant
Project: Design and illustration for new logo and branding



Jimmy's No.43 Ad

Client: Jimmy's No. 43 restaurant
Project: Design and illustration for ad in trade magazine



Client: Amore e Cuore Ristorante (Italy)
Project: brochure


Client: South Street Seaport
Project: logo, branding, advertising, etc.


Client: South Street Seaport
Project: advertising



Client: Westville Restaurant
Project: logo and branding




Client: Yes, Chef restaurant supply company
Project: logo design

The Team

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I LikeBeer T-Shirt

This handsome man was seen at Meatopia on Governor's Island
July 11 wearing the shirt we designed for Beer Sessions Radio. Hemight also be to Pig Island on September 10th. Stay tuned for details.

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Ginalola Lowry's You Are What You Eat is one of the films at the third installment of Hungry Filmmakers May 24. Born and raised in Alphabet City, Lowry learned early how important cooking fresh, local food for family and friends is. She recently earned a degree in Television-Radio at Ithaca College and is currently freelancing in Manhattan.

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Cathy Erway, of locavore blog Not Eating Out In New York, has a new book titled The Art of Eating In (How I learned to Stop Spending and Love the Stove.) We know Cathy through her work with the amazing Hungry Filmmakers. Check them out.


Giancarlo Salvador

Keep up with our friend Joshua Stokes at http://www.grillachef.com