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Rochester Hotel – A dive vibe for Victoria’s most beloved pub.

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    TYPOGRAPHIC DESIGN
  • Photos — Benny Capp, Kelly Gardner

The Rochester Castle Hotel is a casual Fitzroy bar with a focus on Southern American food, drinks and music.

We drew design inspiration from the vernacular of American dive bars for an intentionally undesigned result which features such faux-pas as laminated menus and dodgy typography. Our brand credo “Eat like no-one is watching” is the sentiment that drove the creative.

The Rochey was voted Best Pub in Victoria at the 2015 Australian Bartender Awards.

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Since 2003, Swear Words has helped founder-led businesses turn good products and services into brands people want, remember and choose.

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