O/O Long Boil Barley Wine by Lundgren+Lindqvist, Sweden
Posted: May 26, 2017 Filed under: Fonts in Use, Food and Drink, Graphic Design Reviews, Packaging Reviews | Tags: Alcohol Packaging, Best Packaging Designs, Bottle Label Design, Brand Identity Reviews, Branding & Packaging of 2017, Branding Blog, Branding Reviews, Craft Beer Logos, Craft Beer Packaging, Craft Brewery Logos, Craft Brewery Packaging, Creative Packaging, Design Blog, Design For Print, Design Opinion, Design Reviews, Designed by Lundgren+Lindqvist, Designed in Gothenburg, Fonts in Use: Druk, From Europe, From Scandinavia, Graphic Design, Graphic Design Blog, Logo Design & Branding Blog, Microbrewery, Minimal Design, Packaging Company, Packaging Design, Packaging Design Blog, Packaging Design Resource, Packaging News, Sans-serif Typography, Swedish Design, The Very Best of 2017, The Very Best of BP&O, Type Foundry: Commercial Type, Typography, Uncoated Papers & Cards 3 Comments »Opinion by Richard Baird.
O/O Brewing is a craft brewery set up in 2011 by Olle Andersson & Olof Andersson. They presently operate out of the facilities of Stigbergets Bryggeri in the Swedish city of Gothenburg, but are due to open their own brewery in the Autumn of 2017, with the intention of increasing volume and gaining further control over quality.
O/O worked with Scandinavian studio Lundgren+Lindqvist, who have created packaging design for a variety of other O/O beers, to develop labelling for a new series of limited editions that will be sold once a year. The first of these will be Long Boil Barley Wine. Despite the name, Long Boil Barley Wine is a beer and, unlike O/O Brewing’s other products, will be aged, allowing it to develop a new complexity in a similar way to wine.
Rather than collaborating with artists and designers, an approach that characterised much of the labelling of O/O’s previous ranges, and with a desire to express something of the higher price point and ageing of the beer by making a connection with Champagne and wine, Lundgren+Lindqvist developed a typographical system of condensed characters for impact, provides room for date, sets these within a grid, and compliments this with playful but communicative art direction of product photography.
Hurly Burly by Midday, United Kingdom
Posted: April 19, 2017 Filed under: Food and Drink, Packaging Reviews | Tags: Bottle Label Design, Bottle Packaging, Brand Identity, Brand Identity Reviews, Branding, Branding & Packaging of 2017, Branding Blog, Branding Reviews, British Design, Business Card Design, Creative Packaging, Design Blog, Design For Print, Design News, Design Opinion, Design Reviews, Designed by Midday, Fonts in Use: GT Walsheim, From Europe, From Toronto, Graphic Design, Graphic Design Blog, Logo Design & Branding Blog, Logo Design Resource, Logo Opinion, Logotypes, Organic Packaging, Packaging Company, Packaging Design, Packaging Design Blog, Packaging Design Resource, Packaging News, Raw Food Packaging, Spot Colours, Type Foundry: Grilli Type, Typography Comments Off on Hurly Burly by Midday, United KingdomOpinion by Richard Baird.
Hurly Burly brings the bold flavour and natural health benefits of naturally fermented foods to the United Kingdom. Its first range of products will be a variety of raw organic coleslaws. Flavours include Jalapeño & Oregano, Lemon & Ginger and Turmeric & Cumin. Name, brand identity and packaging design, developed by London-based design studio Midday, intends to bring to the forefront the turbulent and continual process of fermentation, emphasis the strong flavour profile of fermented foods and secure shelf impact through a combination of bold typographical play and colour.
Summerhill Market by Blok, Canada
Posted: April 13, 2017 Filed under: Logo Reviews, Packaging Reviews, Retail | Tags: Bottle Label Design, Bottle Packaging, Brand Identity, Brand Identity Reviews, Branding, Branding & Packaging of 2017, Branding Blog, Branding Reviews, Business Card Design, Canadian Design, Colour in Use: Pastels, Creative Packaging, Design Blog, Design For Print, Design News, Design Opinion, Design Reviews, Designed by Blok, From Toronto, Graphic Design, Graphic Design Blog, Logo Design & Branding Blog, Logo Design Inspiration, Logo Design Resource, Logo Designs, Logo Opinion, Logos, Logotypes, Packaging Company, Packaging Design, Packaging Design Blog, Packaging Design Resource, Packaging News, Packaging Shortlist 2017, Pastel Coloured Papers, Pastel Colours, Retail Logos, Stationery Design, The Best Business Cards of 2017, The Best Graphic Design Work of 2017, The Best New Logo Designs of 2017, The Very Best Brand Identities of 2017, The Very Best of 2017, The Very Best Packaging of 2017, Typography, Uncoated Papers & Cards 3 Comments »Opinion by Richard Baird.
Summerhill Market is a family-run business, managed by the third generation, with premises on Toronto’s Summerhill Avenue and a smaller location—a floral boutique—on Mt. Pleasant Rd. The store has 200 employees, a butchers, bakery and deli, a BBQ in the summer and offers a variety of catering services.
Summerhill Market is admired for its high quality products, and its ability—since 1954—to consistently redefine what it means to be a boutique grocery store. Its commitment to quality is reflected in its extensive range of own-brand products, developed by an in-house executive chef and a team of 80.
With the intention of giving the store a more contemporary voice whilst maintaining its warmth, Canadian studio Blok developed a new brand identity of pastel colour, sans-serif type, moments of illustrative texture and a labelling system that links an extensive line of own brand products. As well as this, Blok also delivered assets that included business cards and stickers, packaging design, branded tote bag and notecards.
