Wooden trifold menus for MACEL·LUM

The project

MACEL·LUM commissioned Archicercle to develop new menus that would reflect the care given to the restaurant’s interior. The project brought together structural and graphic design, illustration, assembly and finishing in a three-panel wooden menu.

The structure takes a trifold format, with one panel enclosed between the front and back covers when the menu is closed. Corner holders were incorporated both inside the menu and on this middle panel, forming part of the way the content is arranged within the holder.

The graphic approach introduced a reference to the restaurant’s cooking, which centres on market produce. To express this, we illustrated a quarter of the dome of the Mercado Central. This architectural motif was incorporated into the menu alongside the MACEL·LUM name.

The work combined wood and leather, stain, paint and varnish finishes, and the use of laser technology. Assembly brought the menu’s elements together, with attention to both its folding structure and its finishes.

The result brings the physical holder and its graphics together in a single object. The wooden surface, dark interior and blue-green edges create distinct planes of colour as the trifold opens and closes, while the illustration retains a connection to the restaurant’s culinary approach.

The middle panel is protected between the front and back covers when the trifold is closed.

A quarter of the Mercado Central dome gives market-led cooking a specific graphic reference.

Processes and materials: fabrication services · available materials · studio machinery.