Buchanan's Red Seal Branding and Redesign by Pierre Delebois - forceMAJEURE Design is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2020 Golden A' Design Award in Packaging Design Competition Category.
GoldPackaging· 2020
Buchanan's Red Seal Branding and Redesign
by Pierre Delebois - forceMAJEURE Design
Client: Diageo
Golden A' Design Award Winner in Packaging Category
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About Buchanan's Red Seal Branding and Redesign
Buchanan's Red Seal is a packaging design for a blended whisky. The design covers a new bottle structure, labels and a gift box. The bottle has soft curves that frame the red seal placed at the heart of the front face. The Buchanan's crest is embossed on the back of the glass, so the crest is visible through the front. An embossed signature sits alongside the seal. The amber glass gives way to a green tint at the base, a feature shared across the range. The gift box opens like a book to reveal the bottle.
The Recognition
About the Golden A' Design Award
Buchanan's Red Seal Branding and Redesign is a Golden A' Design Award winner, an immensely prestigious recognition granted to first-rate, marvelous, and outstanding designs. Golden winners are exceedingly innovative, visionary, and glamorously dazzling creations that reflect the prodigy, wisdom, and prowess of their designers. Buchanan's Red Seal Branding and Redesign is expected to be a highly praised, trendsetting, and monumental invention that delivers unprecedented value. This Golden A' Design Award-winning design is a spectacular, respected project that highly benefits and advances the boundaries of art, science, design, and technology. Buchanan's Red Seal Branding and Redesign creates intense feelings of desire, evokes passion, encourages creativity, and fascinates us.
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- Unique Properties
- forceMAJEURE was asked to create a brand redesign for Buchanan’s Red Seal, and bring to life the exclusive blend through the redesign of a new bottle structure, package design and gift box, highlighting its luxury and quality. Based on the ideals of sharing and generosity that Buchanan’s is known for, we crafted an elegant bottle shape with soft curves that allow the iconic Red Seal to shine. The bottle sits in a beautifully crafted gift box, which opens like a book to reveal the unique bottle.
- Dimensions & Packaging
- Bottle: 0.75L/75cl/750ml.
Box: 235mlx235mlx101.6ml - Tags
- #rebrand, #productdesign, #packagedesign, #luxury, #whisky, #brownspirits,
- Production Technology
- For the bottle, forceMAJEURE closely collaborated with the glassmaker to create the perfect interaction between the front and back embossed rosette, and on the green tint at the base of the bottle that is a hallmark of all bottles in the Buchanan’s line. The stopper mirrors the shape and colors of the bottle. The mixed materials used connote luxury: Buchanan's engraved gold metal and red textured wood. Authenticity is created by the red simulated wax seal, finely molded to achieve the lions and word details highlighted with gold. The neck label is printed on metallic substrate with micro emboss. The bottom label is printed on transparent PSL with raised gloss varnish. This bottle comes in a luxe coffret mixing metallic substrate and shimmery textured substrate.
- Design Challenge
- Every single expression of Buchanan’s whisky is made with the same degree of care, symbolizing the utmost quality and craftsmanship, and forceMAJEURE's goal was to honor that in all elements of this redesign of Buchanan's Red Seal. We crafted a new elegant bottle shape with soft curves that allow the iconic Red Seal to shine, nestled at the heart of the bottle. The rich amber liquid gives way to a green tint at the base of the glass, a hallmark of all bottles in the Buchanan’s range.
- Inspiration
- forceMAJEURE's design team drew inspiration from the rich history of James Buchanan and his dedication to the utmost in quality and craftsmanship. The beauty is in the details: the Buchanan's crest is proudly embossed on the back of the glass and beautifully frames the Red Seal. Alongside of the bottle, James Buchanan's signature is embossed. The luxurious closure is an ornament to the bottle, and the majestic reds and golds of the seal, signature and label evoke the royal family, for which the whisky was created.
- Team Members
- Harry Chong, Product Design Director
Pierre Delebois, Strategy and Creative Director
Tim Devereaux, Art Director
Steve Assandri, Production Manager - Image Credits
- Image #1: Taka Igarashi for forceMAJEURE Photo Studio
Image #2: Taka Igarashi for forceMAJEURE Photo Studio
Image #3: Taka Igarashi for forceMAJEURE Photo Studio
Image #4: Taka Igarashi for forceMAJEURE Photo Studio
Image #5: Taka Igarashi for forceMAJEURE Photo Studio
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