Posted: | Author: Richard Baird | Filed under: Fonts in Use, Food and Drink, Logo Reviews, Packaging Reviews | Tags: Best Packaging Designs, Black and White, Box Packaging, British Design, Business Card Design, Colour in Use: Black, Colour in Use: Gold, Creative Packaging, Designed by Mind Design, Envelope Design, Extended Logotypes, Foil Blocking, Fonts in Use: Sophia, Gold Foil, Graphic Design Blog, Handcraft, Letterhead Design, Logo Design Inspiration, Logo Design Resource, Logo News, Logotypes, Luxury Logos and Packaging Design, Marble Patterns, Metallic Spot Colours, New Logo, Packaging Company, Packaging Design, Packaging Design Blog, Packaging Design Resource, Packaging News, Paper and Card Packaging, Pâtisserie Logos & Packaging Design, Sans-serif Logotypes, Sign Design, Stationery Design, Still Life in Brand Identity Design, The Best Brand Identities of 2015, The Best Logo Designs of 2015, The Best Packaging of 2015, The Very Best of 2015, Uncoated Papers & Cards | Opinion by Richard Baird.
Belle Epoque is a French patisserie, located on Islington’s Upper Street, crafting cakes, chocolates, breads, viennoseries, tarts and quiches from high-quality ingredients in a kitchen designed to complement the unrivalled expertise of their chef.
Originally commissioned to develop Belle Epoque’s website, Mind Design managed to expand the scope of the project into a full brand identity exercise that went on to include still life photography, stationery, business cards, packaging, menu design and website. Inspired by the drawings of English Art Nouveau artist Aubrey Beardsley, Belle Epoque’s new brand identity is built around a bold swirling black and white motif, the flourishes of a gold ink and block foil print finish, and images that draw out the colour, artistry and detail of the pastry work through colour and form contrast.
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Posted: | Author: Richard Baird | Filed under: Food and Drink, Packaging Reviews | Tags: Best Packaging Designs, Box Packaging, Creative Packaging, Design For Print, Drinks Packaging, Fluorescent Ink, Food Logos and Packaging Design, German Design, Hand Drawn Typography, Handcraft, Illustration, Metallic Spot Colours, Packaging Company, Packaging Design, Packaging Design Blog, Packaging Design Resource, Packaging News, Packaging Opinion, Paper and Card Packaging, Script Logotypes, Script Typography, Tea Packaging, The Best Packaging of 2015 | Opinion by Richard Baird.
Teahouse Exclusives is a German company with a portfolio of high-quality black, green, fruit, and herbal teas, a philosophy that revolves around sophistication, quality and modern lifestyle values, and describes itself online as being trend-conscious. Based around the concept of individuality and strong character, integrated brand consulting business Peter Schmidt Group worked with Teahouse Exclusives to develop a new packaging treatment for its everyday range. These feature original illustrative and custom typographic detail and a contrast of bronze metallic and fluorescent spot colours.
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Posted: | Author: Richard Baird | Filed under: Food and Drink, Packaging Reviews | Tags: Best Packaging Designs, Box Packaging, Brand Identity, Brand Identity Reviews, Branding, Branding Blog, Branding News, Colour in Use: Brown, Confectionery Packaging, Creative Packaging, Design News, Design Opinion, Design Reviews, Designed by UMA, Die Cut Design Detail, Food Logos and Packaging Design, Food Packaging, From Asia, Gold Foil, Graphic Design Blog, Handcraft, Japanese Design, Logo Design & Branding Blog, Logo Design Inspiration, Logo Design Resource, Logo News, Logo Opinion, Luxury Logos and Packaging Design, New Logo, Packaging Company, Packaging Design, Packaging Design Blog, Packaging Design Resource, Packaging News, Serif Logotypes, The Best Brand Identities of 2015, The Best Logo Designs of 2015, The Best Packaging of 2015, The Very Best of 2015, Visual Identity Design Blog | Opinion by Richard Baird.
Antéoise is a creme dacquoise range from Anténor, a Japanese patisserie established in 1966 that creates French style cakes, cookies, tarts and variety of other confectionery. Antéoise’s brand identity and packaging treatment, developed by Osaka based graphic design studio UMA, draws on the range’s flagship positioning, high quality ingredients and the craft employed in its creation, the heritage and experience of Anténor, the streets of Kobe, and the theme of past and present. These are visualised through a considered balance of type and structural choice, visual and physical texture, illustration, process, colour and print finish.
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