Green Captain Sipan Island Treasures by Anja Zambelli Colak is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2024 Bronze A' Design Award in Graphics, Illustration and Visual Communication Design Competition Category.
BronzeGraphic· 2024
Green Captain Sipan Island Treasures
Client: Zambelli Brand Design
Bronze A' Design Award Winner in Graphic Category
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About Green Captain Sipan Island Treasures
Green Captain is a branding and packaging design for traditional products from Sipan Island in Croatia. The brand icon merges the shape of a leaf with a hidden ship. The icon refers to the founder, a former tanker captain who now cultivates traditional products on the island. Captain motifs appear across the range, with suit symbols on olive oil bottles and ship icons on wine bottles. Carob packaging reflects the natural and architectural heritage of Sipan. Fedrigoni paper and foils are used, with modern printing for clear detail and strong color.
The Recognition
About the Bronze A' Design Award
Green Captain Sipan Island Treasures is a Bronze A' Design Award winner, a highly prestigious recognition granted to outstanding designs distinguished by creativity, ingenuity, and astuteness. Bronze winners are amply skillful and strikingly creative artifacts that authenticate the vast experience, imagination, and resourcefulness of their designers. Green Captain Sipan Island Treasures is expected to be a highly regarded, admired, and cherished object that is notably professional and innovative. This Bronze A' Design Award-winning design incorporates best practices in art, science, design, and technology, and is excellent for its attention to detail. Green Captain Sipan Island Treasures splendidly satisfies needs, touches desires, charms feelings, and appeals to curiosity.
Behind the Design
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Credits, team members and technical details provided by the designer.
- Unique Properties
- The Green Captain brand's special icon merges a leaf's shape with a hidden ship, symbolizing the founder's journey from seafaring to cultivating treasures on Sipan Island. Each package embodies captain iconography, from suit symbols on olive oil bottles to ship icons on wine bottles. Carob packaging reflects Sipan's natural and architectural heritage, setting this design apart with its seamless integration of narrative and aesthetics.
- Tags
- brand, packaging design, olive oil packaging, wine packaging, traditional good packaging
- Production Technology
- The Green Captain packaging utilizes premium materials such as Fedrigoni paper and foils for a luxurious feel. Cutting-edge printing technologies were leveraged to achieve vibrant colors and crisp detailing, enhancing shelf appeal and brand recognition.
- Research
- Our methodology began with a thorough brand strategy, exploring brand stories, customers, and competitors. Research on the island's history and founder's legacy ensued. Next came brand naming, followed by design exploration, prototyping, and finally, printing.
- Inspiration
- Green Captain Sipan Island Treasures branding and packaging draw inspiration from its founder's remarkable journey. As the world's youngest tanker captain turned cultivator of traditional products on the serene island of Sipan, Croatia, his story symbolizes a return to roots and heritage preservation. Our design reflects this narrative, honoring tradition with modern elegance.
- Project Duration
- The project started in Croatia in April 2023 and finished in February 2024
- Team Members
- Anja Zambelli Colak
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