Christmas. Ah Christmas. By my way of reckoning, creatives either fear or love the challenge of reinventing their tiny festive corner with something that surprises. Or, another way of looking at it is time to breathe a sigh of relief, another year over, having been spent being impossibly cool and serious. Christmas provides an opportunity to go wild. Exeter studio Believe in wanted to send a suitably festive thank you to valued clients, friends and […]
Marx Design have been up to their old tricks again, this time with friends Running with Scissors on board for the ride. In their own words I’ll let them tell you the story of a man named Fred… When Whitlock’s first started, over 100 years ago, Fred was the brand, and sometime in the last century he disappeared from the label. He was a real man, beard down to his chest (before it was fashionably […]
Awards season reached fever pitch down in the Southern Hemisphere last week with the winners of New Zealand’s national design awards, Best, being revealed. A night of revelry ensued where a handful of shiny gold awards were sprinkled over the graphics category along with one top purple pin prize, awarded to Special Group for their work on Karma Cola, the all round good egg in the beverage category. The judges said, “The entry brought together […]
The task for Wellington-based London Studio was to develop a new brand for a range of New Zealand wines that could be sold internationally. The branding needed to be identifiable and unique enough to stand out in a cluttered international market but still be expandable for future additions to the product range. The concept the guys created originated from the clients’ two great loves; namely painting and the French language. The Aquarelle Estate (french for […]
It’s that time of year again down in the Southern Hemisphere, the best of the best are on parade courtesy in New Zealand’s national design awards, Best. With the usual suspects notching up a handful of nominations each it’s also great to see some new smaller agencies coming through, along with, for the first time, a number of recognised names from over the ditch. With the awards beginning to develop a following overseas it would […]
Creative branding and design agency and packaging favourites of DJ, Edinburgh-based threebrand, have designed shelf candy for a new cheese product launched by Scotland’s largest independent dairy company Graham’s The Family Dairy’s new Scottish cheddar cheese range ‘Graham’s’, which officially launched at the Royal Highland Show last month. The brief was to create impactful packaging for the new cheese range of mild, mature and extra mature cheddar that communicates the brand’s core values of family and farming. […]
One of the best things about living in New Zealand has to be the abundance of delicious treats available, from farmers markets to Michelin stared restaurants, you are never far away from the next tasty morsel. Luckily for us designers this goes hand in hand with fine packaging design, a bounty of which we recently stumbled upon, courtesy of Wellington based London Studio… yes it got me for a moment too but they are New […]
Edinburgh brand and packaging behemoth, threebrand, (who are, awesomely, based on board an actual boat) has unveiled packaging design for Ola Dubh 1991 an artisan craft beer with a twist. An extension of the core Ola Dubh range, the product is the first of a new range of craft beers by Harviestoun Brewery where the ale is matured in Highland Park Single Malt whisky casks. Released on 1 May in limited numbers it flew off the shelves – […]