Reserved table signs for El Porteño
Commissioned design and manufacture
Foodservice
Signs, plaques and wayfinding
Design, Cutting and fretwork, Engraving and marking, Staining and dyeing, Assembly
Wood
The project
El Porteño, an Argentinian steakhouse in central Valencia, pays close attention to its identity both in its physical space and online. We designed and made reserved signs for its tables that incorporate the hat from its logo, bringing the restaurant’s visual identity into an everyday object.
The design combines two elements: a triangular base with the word ‘RESERVADO’ on two faces and a hat silhouette slotted into the top. The base geometry was intended to make the message easy to see at the table, while the hat brings a recognisable element of the restaurant’s existing identity into the object.
We made the bases from fir, cutting them with a circular saw and an angled jig to achieve the triangular shape. The same jig was then used to position the pieces in the laser machine, keeping the face to be engraved in the correct plane.
The bases were stained and laser engraved. For the hat, we used laser-cut birch with a rosewood-toned stain to create a contrast between the lighter base and the dark silhouette above.
Assembly involved slotting the hat into the base. The finished piece brings together the two-sided reservation message and the logo element in a single table sign.
The same jig was used for the angled cuts on the bases and to position them for engraving.
Rosewood refers to the colour of the stain on the hat; the wood used for that component is birch.
Processes and materials: fabrication services · available materials · studio machinery.
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