Redesign for Dinner Box

An evening among friends.
A themed bar inspired by the game Dinner Box.

Dinner Box — a game about an insect eatery-sanctuary set inside an old cardboard box. The player serves guests, mediates conflicts, and repairs the establishment to keep the one safe haven in a vast world.The visual environment is assembled from objects that insects have repurposed: leaves become furniture, lids become tableware, and strings hold up makeshift structures. These items and the atmosphere of the warm refuge became the foundation of the new brand.

Based on the game, a concept was developed for a small, themed bar targeting adults: an original menu, an intimate music stage, takeout food, and a line of merchandise. The goal is to preserve the recognizable details of Dinner Box and demonstrate how they could appear in a real-life establishment.

For this, the in-game forms were translated into real-world materials: wood, fabric upholstery, glazed ceramics, leather, paper, and brass. The concept and prompts were prepared using Codex, and the images were generated by the integrated ImageGen. The in-game screenshots and the author-provided images of the logo, menu, and signage were used as references.

The identity was based on the mark provided by the author: a yellow beetle on a green leaf with the inscription «DINNER BOX.» The leaf connects it to furniture and objects within the game world, while the warm colors support the diner atmosphere.

To generate the carriers, the mark was passed on as a standalone visual reference. This helped maintain the overall brand image across signage, merchandise, and packaging. The color palette is built around honey yellow, green, dark brown, and cream; purple is used as a reference to the game’s crockery.

The Inter typeface was chosen for typography: Semibold for headings and Regular for descriptions. The inscription from the original logo is retained as finished graphics. The images feature a neutral grotesque typeface of a similar style; this is raster generation, not an exact reproduction of a font file.

The first product concept is based on a larva from a game. In this new menu, it is a croissant: the curved silhouette and the rhythm of repeating sections are retained.The prompt describes the shape as an authentic croissant with a crispy laminated crust and honey butter. The gaming association is conveyed through the silhouette and the dark purple plate. The image is included in an advertising layout with the logo and shown on print media.

Precise text edit only. Preserve the attached image’s complete photograph, food, product, carrier frame, paper, illustration, background, color, and the approved yellow beetle-on-leaf DINNER BOX logo exactly. Remove every advertising slogan, fanciful product name, and caption EXCEPT the unchanged DINNER BOX logo. Replace them with ONLY these exact simple Russian lines, in this order: «Слоистая выпечка»; «С медовым маслом». No other words. Set the replacement text in a CLEAN NEUTRAL SWISS GROTESK matching INTER: normal conventional Cyrillic, straight clean terminals, no bubbly rounded strokes, no handwriting, no serif, no peculiar playful shapes. First line semibold, other lines regular. Restrained professional typography and balanced short lines, ample whitespace. For the menu, all five lines should be the same readable size with good line spacing. Keep the original layout geometry and adjust text size to fit the existing blank text region; do not overlay text on the product. The entire image must be LANDSCAPE 3:2 EXACTLY 1536×1024, no cropping, no missing letters, no watermarks. Crucial: change ONLY the text and typeface, keep the approved original DINNER BOX wordmark as a graphic unchanged.

In the game frame on the stand, a dish with reddish, serpentine elements is visible. For a real menu, this image has been reinterpreted as pasta in a beetroot sauce. The request retained the rich color, the interwoven lines, and the dark tableware. It was also specified that the food must look like cooked pasta. The resulting image was used in a product advertisement mockup.

Precise text edit only. Preserve attached image’s complete photograph, food, product, carrier frame, paper, illustration, background, color and the approved yellow beetle-on-leaf DINNER BOX logo exactly. Remove every advertising slogan, fanciful product name and caption EXCEPT the unchanged DINNER BOX logo. Replace them with ONLY these exact simple Russian lines, in this order: «Свекольная паста»; «Свежая паста в свекольном соусе». No other words. Set replacement text in a CLEAN NEUTRAL SWISS GROTESK matching INTER: normal conventional Cyrillic, straight clean terminals, no bubbly rounded strokes, no handwriting, no serif, no peculiar playful shapes. First line semibold, other lines regular. Restrained professional typography and balanced short lines, ample whitespace. For menu all five lines same readable size with good line spacing. Keep original layout geometry and adjust text size to fit existing blank text region; do not overlay text on product. Entire image LANDSCAPE 3:2 EXACTLY 1536×1024, no cropping, no missing letters, no watermarks. Crucial: change ONLY text and typeface, keep the approved original DINNER BOX wordmark as graphic unchanged.

The drink prototype is a tall, purple vessel with a straw and dark spider detailing, inspired by an arcade snack. These details are preserved in a ceramic glass for a berry cocktail.

The prompt specifies a glazed surface, an asymmetrical rim, decorative trim, and spider appliqué. Realism is maintained through the ceramic texture, ice, berries, and natural light reflections. The final image is shown in beverage advertising.

Precise text edit only. Preserve attached image’s complete photograph, food, product, carrier frame, paper, illustration, background, color, and the approved yellow beetle-on-leaf DINNER BOX logo exactly. Remove every advertising slogan, fanciful product name, and caption EXCEPT the unchanged DINNER BOX logo. Replace them with ONLY these exact simple Russian lines, in this order: «Ягодный коктейль»; «Ежевика и чёрная смородина». No other words. Set replacement text in a CLEAN NEUTRAL SWISS GROTESK matching INTER: normal conventional Cyrillic, straight clean terminals, no bubbly rounded strokes, no handwriting, no serif, no peculiar playful shapes. First line semibold, other lines regular. Restrained professional typography and balanced short lines, ample whitespace. For the menu, all five lines must be the same readable size with good line spacing. Keep the original layout geometry and adjust text size to fit the existing blank text region; do not overlay text on the product. The entire image must be LANDSCAPE 3:2 EXACTLY 1536×1024, with no cropping, no missing letters, and no watermarks. Crucial: change ONLY the text and typeface; keep the approved original DINNER BOX wordmark as an unchanged graphic.

The starting point was an evocative shot featuring a piece of honeycomb with honey drips on a dark plate. A honey cake featuring a honeycomb decoration was developed for the new menu. The generation retained the hexagonal structure, amber color, and thick honey. The layered cross-section and cream explain the dessert’s actual composition. This product photograph formed the basis of the fourth promotional layout.

Precise text edit only. Preserve attached image’s complete photograph, food, product, carrier frame, paper, illustration, background, color, and the approved yellow beetle-on-leaf DINNER BOX logo exactly. Remove every advertising slogan, fanciful product name, and caption EXCEPT the unchanged DINNER BOX logo. Replace them with ONLY these exact simple Russian lines, in this order: «Медовик с сотами»; «Мёд и нежный крем». No other words. Set replacement text in a CLEAN NEUTRAL SWISS GROTESK matching INTER: normal conventional Cyrillic, straight clean terminals, no bubbly rounded strokes, no handwriting, no serif, no peculiar playful shapes. First line semibold, other lines regular. Restrained professional typography and balanced short lines, ample whitespace. For the menu, all five lines must be the same readable size with good line spacing. Keep original layout geometry and adjust text size to fit the existing blank text region; do not overlay text on the product. The entire image must be LANDSCAPE 3:2 EXACTLY 1536×1024, with no cropping, no missing letters, and no watermarks. Crucial: change ONLY the text and typeface; keep the approved original DINNER BOX wordmark as a graphic unchanged.