Packaging In Brief: Wild Winter Ale
Posted: December 14, 2012 Filed under: Food & Drink, Packaging | Tags: alcohol, ale, Bedow, Beer, Danish, Drink, heat sensitive, label, Mikkeller, packaging, packaging news, Winter Pilsner Leave a comment »
Mikkeller + Bedow is a limited edition ale range with a four seasons theme created by Danish brewery Mikkeller and packaged by Stockholm-based graphic and product design studio Bedow. This month sees the launch of the brewery’s fourth variety, Wild Winter Ale, which features a simple, grid-based typographic layout, a silver and white colour palette and a geometrically neat heat sensitive tree illustration that looses its leaves.
Packaging In Brief: Jamsheed For Bentley
Posted: December 11, 2012 Filed under: Food & Drink, Packaging | Tags: alcohol, bottle, design, Drink, graphic, graphic design, halftone, illustration, label, packaging, packaging news, Print, tactile, typography, wine Leave a comment »
Melbourne-based design studio Cloudy Co. have recently developed the labels for a limited edition wine collection by Jamsheed created exclusively for award winning Surrey Hills restaurant Bentley. Based around a halftone illustrative interpretation of traditional Persian patterns alongside a tactile thermographic ink process and utilitarian typography, Cloudy Co.’s design solution delivers a really love sense of detail within detail, texture and colour. It transforms the geometric into the organic through contemporary technique infusing the label with a rich depth and density that resonates well with the often complex flavour profiles of wine and the art and craft nature of its production, while also conveying the modern philosophies and interior design of the restaurant.
Packaging In Brief: Summer Pilsner
Posted: July 6, 2012 Filed under: Food & Drink, Packaging | Tags: alcohol, ale, Beer, Danish, Drink, heat sensitive, label, Mikkeller, Mikkeller + Bedow, packaging, packaging news, Summer Pilsner Leave a comment »
Mikkeller + Bedow is a limited edition ale range with a four seasons theme created by Danish brewery Mikkeller and packaged by Stockholm based graphic and product design studio Bedow. This month sees the launch of the Brewery’s second variety, Summer Pilsner, which features a simple, grid-based typographic layout, silver and white colour palette and a geometrically neat heat sensitive flower illustration that blooms when warmed.
Review on The Dieline: San Miguel 1516
Posted: May 10, 2012 Filed under: Food & Drink, Packaging | Tags: alcohol, Beer, design, design bridge, emboss, glass, graphic, news, packaging, packaging news, redesign, spain, Spanish, structural, The Dieline, traditional Leave a comment »
San Miguel 1516 is a Spanish brand of premium beer that is founded on the principles of the Germanic purity law of 1516 which identifies water, malt, hops and yeast as the only four ingredients to be used in beer production.
Click here to read my review and share your own opinion of Design Bridge’s work for San Miguel on The Dieline.
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Packaging: Sir Taste-A-Lot
Posted: May 8, 2012 Filed under: Food & Drink, Packaging | Tags: alcohol, Art, Beer, branding, brewery, can, copper, craft, design, Drink, graphic, label, Lager, neumeister, news, packaging news, Sir Taste A Lot, Swedish 1 Comment »
Sir Taste-A-Lot is a new low alcohol beer from Brutal Brewing, a small craft brewery operated part time by the employees of Spendrups, a leading Swedish brewer, and is responsible for beers such as Cheap Thrills, Pistonhead Cruisin Lager and Hale To Nothing. Based around the themes of science and craft, Stockholm based design agency Neumeister developed a packaging solution that confidently blends an etched illustrative style with a non-format, mixed typographic approach and copper treatment.
Review on The Dieline: B Honey Cachaça
Posted: April 23, 2012 Filed under: Food & Drink, Packaging | Tags: alcohol, Art, B Honey Cachaça, bottle, branding, Brazil, case, design, Drink, graphic, honey, news, packaging, packaging news, review, richard baird, The Dieline Leave a comment »
‘B’ is a new premium Cachaça, a popular Brazilian liquor made from fermented sugarcane juice, that has been infused with honey and lime. The brand, co-founded by Formula 1 driver Nelson Piquet Jr., commissioned Raimundo Favacho and Patricia Ebner of San Francisco based advertising agency Pereira & O’Dell to develop a packaging solution, based around a ‘sting shot’ theme, that would deliver a sophisticated and elegant brand experience right through to consumption.
Click here to read my review and share your own opinion of Pereira & O’Dell’s packaging design for B Honey Cachaça, on The Dieline.
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Packaging In Brief: Peter Arkle Limited Edition
Posted: April 20, 2012 Filed under: Food & Drink, Packaging | Tags: alcohol, anCnoc, Art, black and white, design, Drink, graphic, illustrated, illustration, label, labels, news, packaging, packaging new, Peter Arkle, Scotch whisky Leave a comment »
This week, anCnoc, a brand of single malt Scotch whisky, launched a limited edition range, created by Scottish, New York based artist Peter Arkle. The packaging mixes the familiar copper foil and spacious white design of its standard ranges but fused with a loose hand drawn black ink illustrative details that captures the product’s simple ingredients and distinctive process while neatly visualising the crafted sensibilities and ‘magic’ of the brand. This aesthetic extends across a microsite that, in tandem, highlights both anCnoc and Peter’s approach.
via The Drum
Packaging: DB Draught
Posted: April 13, 2012 Filed under: Food & Drink, Packaging | Tags: alcohol, Beer, bottle, Box, can, clydesdale, DB Draught, design, Designworks, graphic, horse, illustration, insight, label, lagar, New Zealand, news, orange, packaging, packaging news, review Leave a comment »
DB Draught is an award winning New Zealand draught ale produced by Singaporean and Dutch owned DB Breweries, an Auckland based company that also brews for popular beer brands such as Heineken, Amstel and Tiger. This year DB Draught underwent a rebranding exercise, conducted by international studio Designworks, to develop the brand’s 80 year heritage and remain relevant to today’s customer.
Branding & Packaging: Harbour Brewing Co.
Posted: April 11, 2012 Filed under: Food & Drink, Logos & Branding, Packaging | Tags: A-Side, alcohol, ale, Beer, bottle, branding, Branding News, design logo, design studio, flags, graphic, identity, label, lagar, logo news, logo-mark, maritime, nautical, news, packaging news, Photography, review, Stamp, The Harbour Brewing Company Leave a comment »
The Harbour Brewing Company is a ‘progressive and innovative’ North Cornwall based craft brewery run by Rhys Powell and Eddie Lofthouse that was launched earlier this year. Their identity, created by independent design studio A-Side, mixes a nautical theme with bold typography and craft beer cues to capture the brands traditional sense of quality and its creative approach to brewing.
Logo In Brief: The Shilling Group
Posted: March 27, 2012 Filed under: Food & Drink, Logos & Branding | Tags: alcohol, Art, Branding News, Circular, design, drinking, Edinburgh, graphic, identity, leisure, logo, logo news, logo-type, news, Photography, Pub, roundel, scotland, spirits, The Shilling Group, Touch, typography, visual Leave a comment »
The Shilling Group is an Scottish independent pub operator that owns and runs the Edinburgh venues: Carriers Quarters, The Pond and Bar Kohl. The group commissioned creative agency Touch to develop a name, visual identity and an on-line presence that would be simple, timeless and trustworthy.
