Collage of 'Luke's Diner' images, including the diner logo, interior, staff, and exterior street view. Warm color palette with vintage photo effect.

Luke’s Diner

Year: 2024

Service: Custom Identity Design

Luke’s Diner is a fictional Diner in Stars Hollow from the show Gilmore Girls. It is owned by Luke Danes, who inherited his father's Hardware Store and turned it into a diner. They often have burgers, fries, and baked goods. Luke is also their main supplier of coffee. The diner is popular and a mainstay for the townspeople. Luke's coffee particularly receives high praise.

In the show Richard Gilmore suggests that Luke should franchise his diner all over the country. (Spoilers) He ends up turning Richard down, but I thought it would be cool to imagine what Luke’s Diner would look like if he took Richard’s offer and hired a designer to re-design his brand and get it ready for franchising. So I decided to be that designer in this fictional scenario and re-designed Luke’s logo and fleshed out his whole brand with a full logo suite and packaging, stationary and merch design.

Various "Luke's Diner" logos and illustrations, including a pickup truck and phrases "Stars Hollow," "Good Food & Strong Coffee," established in 2003, in green and yellow tones.
"Luke's Diner Stars Hollow" logo featuring stylized text and design elements.
Luke's Diner logos and slogans on an orange background, featuring text "Est. 2003," "Good Food & Strong Coffee."
Logo design concepts for "Luke's" with monogram variations, featuring elegant cursive lettering in dark green on cream and vice versa, in a four-panel grid.
Collage featuring a vintage green pickup truck by a lake, logo sketches saying 'Luke's Diner', and a minimalist green truck illustration on a yellow background.
Color swatches with labels: Mustard (#F1A735), Weak Coffee (#FFE8C4), Chevy Green (#1C3600) with RGB and CMYK values.
Font samples of 'Arpona' in Black, Bold, and Medium weights, showing uppercase, lowercase letters, numbers, and symbols on a beige background.
Menu for Luke's Diner featuring appetizers like Antipasto, Red Hot Buffalo Wings, Mussels Monet, Bruschetta, Shrimp & Crab Quesadilla, Chicken Quesadilla, Nachos, and Chips & Salsa, with prices ranging from $3.00 to $9.00.
Collage featuring inside and outside views of Luke's Diner, with snapshots of a man holding a coffee mug and a woman behind the counter.
Logo design for "Luke's Diner" with "EST. 2003" on a fabric background.
Collage of Luke's Diner merchandise, including a white crumpled paper with the logo, a green cap, a white paper bag with the logo, and two white T-shirts with the diner emblem and name on the back.
Series of logos for "Luke's Diner" from Stars Hollow, featuring vintage truck and text emphasizing food and coffee.