Bronze Limitierte Auflage · 2022
The Aodh Die Verpackung Von Irish Whiskey
by Tiago Russo
- A' Design Award in Bronze 2022 in Limitierte Auflage
- CLIENT: The Craft Irish Whiskey Co.
- Estimated Number of Design Views: 35,990
- Verification code 927DA61AE9 · Verify this award
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About The Aodh Die Verpackung Von Irish Whiskey
Die Aodh bewohnen eine Welt der Dunkelheit und des Glamours, in der das Licht schwach ist und die Leidenschaften aufsteigen. Basierend auf dieser Mystik erzählt es von einer Zeit nach Einbruch der Dunkelheit, seine Form ist eine hypnotisierende Spirale, die betört und verzaubert. Der Ständer des Aodh beleuchtet die Flasche von hinten, wobei die opale LED-Verzierung goldene Strahlen durch den Whisky wirbeln lässt, bevor sie auf der verspiegelten Oberfläche des Rahmens tanzen. Die polierten, goldenen, geschwungenen Oberflächen nutzen das Wechselspiel von Tag und Nacht und reflektieren das Licht, während die strukturierten und gerändelten Details es absorbieren und so einen Glanz erzeugen, der The Aodh fest ins Rampenlicht rückt.
About the A' Design Award in Bronze
The Aodh Die Verpackung Von Irish Whiskey ist Gewinner des A' Design Award in Bronze, einer hochprestigeträchtigen Anerkennung für herausragende Designs, die sich durch Kreativität, Einfallsreichtum und Scharfsinn auszeichnen. Bronze-Gewinner sind reichlich geschickte und auffallend kreative Artefakte, die die große Erfahrung, Fantasie und Findigkeit ihrer Designer belegen. Von The Aodh Die Verpackung Von Irish Whiskey wird erwartet, dass es ein hochgeschätztes, bewundertes und geliebtes Objekt ist, das bemerkenswert professionell und innovativ ist. Dieses mit dem A' Design Award in Bronze prämierte Design verkörpert bewährte Verfahren in Kunst, Wissenschaft, Design und Technologie und ist hervorragend in seiner Liebe zum Detail. The Aodh Die Verpackung Von Irish Whiskey befriedigt Bedürfnisse auf großartige Weise, berührt Wünsche, bezaubert Gefühle und spricht die Neugier an.
Press Kit
- Unique Properties
- A whiskey of near-mythical rarity, The Aodh is an ultra-rare, limited release of just 88 bottles that bring together taste, immersion, technology, and a bottle of futuristic brilliance. A dance of cask, time and skill to craft a whiskey of daring character, presented in a bottle that draws on technological innovation to elevate and astound.
Personal and meaningful, The Aodh's bottle is held in an innovative electronic exo-display unit - the ultimate vessel of desirability and mythology. - Dimensions & Packaging
- Exo-Display: 230W x 200D x 300H
Bottle and Exo-Display share a similar concept: organic shaping with gold/amethyst detailing. Whilst the bottle received a delicate golden band with incrusted amethyst stones, culminating in a pocketed brass and obsidian closure, the display unit has the main structure with grooved and knurled golden details, where the arms receive the amethyst finished detailing. Mirror and LED in the main frame add further depth and sensorial richness to the entire experience. - Tags
- Whiskey, Whisky, Luxury, Packaging, Display, Bottle, Design, Collection, Product
- Production Technology
- Presented in a dizzying spiral of gold, precious stones and glass, but with an innovative technological design that elevates it beyond the everyday, The Aodh is desired by all who look at it. The Exo-skeleton display is based on a winged chassis that locks the bottle in place, opened by a subtle touch sensor on the brass base and self-illuminated by several halo LED profiles and mirrored surfaces, coming together in a fluid graceful series of movements.
- Design Challenge
- The grand conceptual challenge within the creation of The Aodh was truly the augmented immersion through an automated display unit, something that has never been done for this range of products or spirits, and in such a delicate jewellery-like scale. All the mechanisms had to be able to operate heavy solid metal clasps with a delicate flow and minimalist sizing, giving The Aodh its luxurious, delicate appeal and feel, elevating the product as an object of desire.
- Research
- The R&D stages for The Aodh consisted in a combination of efforts in developing, at the same time, an iconic and appealing vessel that would generate the connection with the mythological premise, and at the same time an ultra-futuristic and innovative display, challenging the boundaries of mere packaging and into creating a display unit capable of a fully immersive interaction and storytelling with minimal contact, making the user a viewer into this unique theatre of taste, colour and luxury.
- Inspiration
- Derived from the Old Irish for fire, Aodh is the legendary god of the underworld and eldest son of Lir, also holding a place in Irish mythology as a captivating seducer. With the whiskey's rarity adding its own mythological character, The Aodh draws on these legends to tell its story.
Just like its namesake, The Aodh demands attention and adulation. Yet this ultra-rare whiskey is destined only ever to be owned by a rare few, with just 88 bottles released of this ultra-rare Irish single malt. - Project Duration
- Designed around July 2021, the Aodh was under technical development for around 6 months in order to perfect the entire touch sensor system and electronic arms movement. Only after it was fully perfected, the 88 units have been under finishing touches and handmade detailing in order to bring the ultimate design to life this Spring 2022, with each unit being handcrafted and finished throughout 2022.
- Operation Flow
- The usage of The Aodh as a statement product is based on a fully immersive and performative experience. A touch sensor is the only direct interaction from the user, as it will then turn the LED rings on, and gradually open the clasps electronically, unleashing the exquisite luxurious vessel held inside.
The obsidian closure also contains a hidden compartment inside, where the user can store a small gift/piece of jewellery, giving a more personal and intimate touch to the entire experience.
