Burnout - No phone bars + restaurants

As part of the application for this project I thought of places that people often go for downtime and could really do with not using their phones so that they can fully enjoy where they are. I thought about bars and restaurants so decided to use a beer mat as a tool to execute this subtle hint of turning the phone off. 

Research - Restaurants + bars with no phone policy

St John by Fergus Henderson
“Your phone is not your tool for eating, it should not be on the table with your knife, fork, glass and bread.” 



The Nag's Head 
If you are caught to be on your phone then the landlord will ask you to leave. 

Samuel Smith's pubs
If a customer receives a call then he or she should go outside to take it in the same way as is required with smoking. The brewery's policy is that our pubs are for social conversation person to person.