El Pintor by Anagrama
Posted: July 25, 2018 Filed under: Packaging Reviews | Tags: Alcohol Packaging, Brand Identity, Brand Identity Reviews, Branding, Branding Blog, Branding Reviews, Design Blog, Design For Print, Design News, Design Opinion, Design Reviews, Designed by Anagrama, Form Language, Graphic Design, Graphic Design Blog, Logo Design & Branding Blog, Logo Design Inspiration, Logo Design Resource, Logo Designs, Logo Opinion, Logotypes, Mexican Design, Serif Logotypes, Serif Typography, Structural Package Design, Typography, Uncoated Papers & Cards Comments Off on El Pintor by AnagramaOpinion by Richard Baird.
El Pintor is a high-quality tequila and mezcal brand said to have been handcrafted by the world’s second certified maestro tequilero. El Pinto’s approach intends to create perfectly equilibrated spirits through the intersection of science and artistry. This artistry forms the basis of El Pinto’s graphic identity and packaging design developed by Anagrama. This is characterised by colour blocking, tapered bottle, distinctive screw cap and irregular label arrangement.
St. ERHARD by Bedow, Sweden
Posted: January 24, 2018 Filed under: Food and Drink, Packaging Reviews | Tags: Alcohol Packaging, Amber Glass and Plastic Packaging, Best Packaging Designs, Blue Block Foil, Bottle Label Design, Branding & Packaging of 2018, Coaster Design & Beer Mats, Craft Beer Packaging, Craft Brewery Packaging, Designed by Bedow, Drinks Packaging, Foil Blocking, From Scandinavia, Green Block Foil, Lettering, Modernist Brand Identities, Packaging Design, Packaging Design Resource, Packaging Opinion, Red Block Foil, Silver Block Foil, Swedish Design, The Best Graphic Design Work of 2018, The Very Best Packaging of 2018, Type Play Comments Off on St. ERHARD by Bedow, SwedenOpinion by Richard Baird
With a desire to stand out, and in response to the extensive saturation of heritage-related visual cues throughout the German beer market, brewery St. ERHARD worked outside of the country with Swedish studio Bedow to develop a modern graphic identity for three of its brews. Farmer, Mayflower and Saison are premium beers, each of which are crafted, brewed and bottled by St. Erhard in the Bamberg area of Northern Bavaria.
Bedow’s work is characterised by a strong use of contrast, a graphic simplicity and immediacy. This can be seen in the meeting of curvy traditional structure and rectilinear labelling, in the mix of black ink, white substrate and colourful foiling, in the reductive typographical form of the range and the more conventional logotype of St. ERHARD, and finally, the systematic nature of the collection yet the irregularity and playful character of each label.
Agder Bryggeri by Frank, Norway
Posted: September 7, 2017 Filed under: Fonts in Use, Food and Drink, Graphic Design Reviews, Packaging Reviews | Tags: Alcohol Packaging, Beer Packaging, Best Packaging Designs, Branding & Packaging of 2017, Craft Brewery Packaging, Creative Packaging, Design Blog, Design For Print, Design Opinion, Design Reviews, Designed in Oslo, From Europe, From Scandinavia, Graphic Design, Graphic Design Blog, Hand Lettering, Lettering, Logos, Minimal Design, Minimal Package Design, Packaging Company, Packaging Design, Packaging Design Blog, Packaging Design Resource, Packaging News, Packaging Shortlist 2017, Sans-serif Typography, The Best Graphic Design Work of 2017, The Very Best of 2017, The Very Best of BP&O, The Very Best Packaging of 2017, Typography Comments Off on Agder Bryggeri by Frank, NorwayOpinion by Richard Baird
Agder Bryggeri is a well-regarded and historical name amongst breweries throughout Norway. It was first established in 1900 but was closed down in 1904 due to operational problems. Recently, the brewery has been resurrected as part of Norsk Bryggerier’s commitment to local beer brands, and is now sold throughout the Agder counties of southern Norway. As part of this resurrection Oslo-based design studio Frank delivered brand strategy, concept, visual identity and packaging design for Agder Bryggeri. Taking inspiration from the “de hvite byene” or “white towns”, and the sailing heritage of the region, the studio established a sea-breezy and minimal expression using the craft and windswept character and flourishes of a distinctive logotype, blue and green ink, white background and plenty of space.
