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Some eye-popping work this week, with projects from Beirut, Toronto, and Lublin. Bar Du Port by Paperview design Bar Du Port is a restaurant specializing in French fusion cuisine in the trendy Saifi port district in Beirut, Lebanon. The restaurant’s space, described by this post as being “a New York hip, post-industrial Meatpacking District style setting”, is supported by the identity designed by local firm Paperview design in — to borrow the description — a hip, post-industrial aesthetic. Maybe not exactly, but that was fun to write. What the identity does manage is to turn the grittiness and vintage-ness of an old-timey port into a high-end dining experience. The wordmark looks great with the flared serifs in a bold weight and the rust debris graphic looks e