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Typical order pad.
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Working as a server in a restaurant, this is a standard order pad that I use to write down food orders as they are given to me while at a table. I always thought it was silly to use so much paper for a few orders so I decided to write my orders small…
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…very small…
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…front and back…
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…for a very long time. its kind of hard to see but you can tell that there was a progression and eventual method to the order writing. i ended up dividing each sheet into three columns of roughly 80 orders a piece. (in the beginning it wasn’t near that many) it turns out one can write quite the amount of food orders onto one small pad of paper.
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Musical note door-opening.
I really liked how the musical note turned out so I tried a different, more familiar, design that required a little more attention to detail. it was neat to see how much detail i could get with my quickhand, abbreviated, chicken scratch.
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I got bored with these “serial killer-ish” (as most of my co-workers like to describe them as) scribblings and decided to try writing these orders around designs. I started off simple with a negative space design originally conceived by artist Noma Bar.
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Calligraphy pen spoon. This is another Noma Bar design that I really liked and found to be more appropriate for the restaurant, order-taking/writing theme.
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I decided to try something different and add color to make this iconic design. I thought it turned out nice, but i didn’t like having to fumble around searching for a specific color while at my table so I decided to go back to just a black pen with a bigger idea in mind.
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After seeing how much detail i could get with the small writing i decided to try a multiple sheet silhouette of Jimi Hendrix. I wasn’t sure how it was going to turn out, but the intricate detail of Jimi’s afro seemed like a fun challenge.
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It turned out to be really challenging to do while at a table so most of the stray hairs ended up being drink orders that i normally don’t bother to write down. To be more specific, waters with lemon.
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This is the end result of about 3.5 months of orders taken at my restaurant as well as a practically hidden signature. I have plans to do something even more elaborate sometime soon. Thanks for checking it out!
Via Reddit
