Piccadilly Hotel, London, 1950s Penguin was created for a dinner

was created for a dinner to mark “the last creations” of a famous family-owned company of furriers and perfumers called Fourrures Weil

This would have been the sight that greeted visitors from the SS Spokane in 1908

of long-time club The Monster

an intaglio process in which the design is cut into a hard steel plate that yields sharp impressions even in large editions

dated 1955

Piccadilly Hotel, London, 1950s Penguin was created for a dinnerThis one of our favorite cocktail menus because of the clarity of the design. The graphics are wonderful and we love the clever minimalist illustration of the glass with the cherry at the bottom. The Piccadilly Hotel was built in London in 1908 and was one of the capital city's most luxurious places to stay. There were 300 bedrooms, several top class restaurants and Masonic Temples in the basement. Staff drew water from the property's own well so