Press Release
Cafe Soul Visual Identity and Brand Design by Mateus Matos Montenegro Wins the Bronze A' Design Award in Graphics, Illustration and Visual Communication Design
Mateus Matos Montenegro acknowledged for graphics, illustration and visual communication design by the international grand jury of the 2021 - 2022 A' Design Award & Competition
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COMO, Italy, April 22, 2022 /DesignNewswire/ Cafe Soul Visual Identity and Brand Design by Mateus Matos Montenegro, designed for Cafe Tunico, has been granted the Bronze A' Design Award in the Graphics, Illustration and Visual Communication Design category, A' Design Award & Competition has announced. The award was conferred within the 2021 - 2022 A' Design Award & Competition and was decided through blind peer review by an international grand jury panel of established academics, design professionals and press members, who assessed anonymized entries against predetermined criteria.
About the Bronze A' Design Award
The Bronze A' Design Award is given to outstanding designs that showcase a high degree of creativity and practicality. It recognizes the dedication and skill of designers who produce work that stands out for its thoughtful development and innovative use of materials and technology. These designs are acknowledged for their professional execution and potential to influence industry standards positively. Winning this award highlights the designer's ability to blend form and function effectively, offering solutions that enhance people's lives and wellbeing.
About Cafe Soul Visual Identity and Brand Design
Cafe Soul is a visual identity and packaging design for a coffee brand. The coffee is made from 100 percent Arabica beans and is offered at an affordable price. The identity uses a modular logo whose elements can be combined to form many different faces and textures. The visual language is light and young, and aims to reach new and younger consumers. The packaging is printed in a four color process with four Pantone colors on an aluminum structure. The number seven refers to the seven family members who run the farm.
About Mateus Matos Montenegro
I am Mateus Montenegro, the founder of Montenegro Design in Brazil. A Award Winning design studio based in Fortaleza, with awards from around the globe. From the A'Design Award, Prêmios Lusófonsos, WOLDA - World Logo Design Award and the LAD - Latin American Design Award. Graduated in Architecture with a MA in Graphic and Editorial Design in Barcelona. After a decade working for some of the largest Ad Agencies in Brazil, he dedicated fulltime to design and his studio. The studio primary focus is Branding and Packaging Design. Design is creativity to resolve problems using an artistic equilibrium. Art is an expression of a feeling represent in many different ways.
Award Record
Mateus Matos Montenegro is a winner of 6 A' Design Awards, including this recognition. The awards were granted between the 2018 - 2019 and the 2021 - 2022 editions of the A' Design Award & Competition.
About the A' Graphics, Illustration and Visual Communication Design Award
The A' Graphic Design Award is an international graphic design competition recognizing good graphic designs by best creative agencies and designers worldwide. It is organized within the A' Design Award & Competition and is open to graphic designers, communication designers, graphic artists and illustrators from all countries. Typical entries include logos, posters, infographics, brochures, packaging designs and business cards. The awarded graphic designs are published at https://designers.org/design-category/graphics
About A' Design Award & Competition
Organized annually since 2008, A' Design Award & Competition is an international, juried design accolade. The competition is open to entries from all countries. The philanthropic mission of the A' Design Award is to advance society through good design, by recognizing and promoting superior products, projects and services that benefit society, and by creating a global awareness and appreciation for good design practices and principles. Nominations are peer reviewed and evaluated anonymously by an international grand jury panel of established academics, design professionals and press members against predetermined criteria such as functionality, ergonomics, engineering, presentation, innovation, usability, sustainability and technology, with score normalization applied to remove biases. Awards are conferred at Platinum, Gold, Silver, Bronze and Iron levels. Eligible laureates receive the A' Design Prize, which includes the award trophy, the certificate of design excellence, the hardcover yearbook, a lifetime license to use the A' Design Award winner logo, exhibition of awarded works, an invitation to the gala night and award ceremony in Italy, inclusion in the World Design Rankings and Designer Rankings, and public relations and publicity services. Registration, uploading a work and receiving a preliminary score are free of charge, and Professional and Digital Edition laureates are not contractually obliged to pay further fees to claim the A' Design Prize. More information is available at https://competition.adesignaward.com
Press Resources
- Winner Page: https://designers.org/117271
- A' Design Award Page: https://competition.adesignaward.com/117271
- Media Showcase: https://www.designnewsroom.com/!117271
- Laureate Profile: https://designers.org/d/244539
- Further Information from the Laureate: http://encr.pw/oAhJG
Media Contact
Giulia Ferrari, Press Office
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Fact Sheet
The Work
- Project
- Cafe Soul Visual Identity and Brand Design
- Function
- Visual Identity and Brand Design
- Category
- Graphics, Illustration and Visual Communication Design
- Discipline
- Communication Design
- Industry
- Branding & Advertising and Arts
- Colors
- Ghost White, Gainsboro, Light Gray, Dark Slate Blue and Rebecca Purple
- Images
- 5
- Client
- Cafe Tunico
The Recognition
- Laureate
- Mateus Matos Montenegro
- Country
- Brazil
- Recognition
- Bronze A' Design Award
- Edition
- 2021 - 2022
- Design ID
- #117271
Credits
- Team
- Ricardo Montenegro Pessanha
Design Details
- Unique Properties
- Cafe Soul brand was born from the need of Cafe Tunico, a family brand, on a farm managed by the 7 children of Mr. Tunico, to have 100 percent Arabica coffee that is even more popular and accessible, yet in a very competitive market share. So there was a need for Cafe Soul to stand out, breaking the barriers of the popular, while maintaining the same quality of its tradition and work. This is how Cafe Soul came about, a coffee for all, for workers and lovers of good handcraft coffee, of the highest quality and at an affordable price to all social classes.
- Inspiration
- Soul coffee was created aiming a lighter, younger and more inclusive language. The concept is based on carpe diem, living well, living in harmony and, at the same time, not taking life too seriously. It makes us feel good in every way, from the smells to the tasting, feeling the flavor and being enveloped by its properties, a unique and FUN experience of well-being after having a cup. A democratic quality coffee. Soul is in the essence of each one. It is at the heart of pluralism and diversity. Soul is in the essence of coffee, IT IS COFFEE WITH SOUL.
- Research
- From a marketing survey among consumers of budget coffee brands, we saw an empty space for high quality coffees at an affordable price for everyone. In the survey, we also concluded a failure to communicate with younger consumers entering the job market. A community that values quality at a fair, inclusive and light price. Within those two premises, Cafe Soul was developed to reach everyone in this new and ever evolving society. A pre-marketing was carried out before launching on the market, which takes place in the second half of 2022. With that, it is already well accepted wherever it is presented.
- Challenge
- The big creative challenge was to develop a brand for a new market, one with 100% Arabica coffee at affordable prices, and trying to reach younger and new generations. All that and competing with cheap brands and their saturated market. Based on the inspiration, the design is a changing, young, modern visual pattern that adapts to different shapes and elements. A design that is not unique, but that plural with Joy, Plurarity, the Soul, and an element that referred to its umbrella brand, Cafe Tunico, the number 7 of the seven children of Mr. Tunico, who plant and produce as a family.
- Realization and Technology
- For the packaging, it was used a four-color print process with 4 specific pantones colors, PANTONE 7667 C, PANTONE 2577 C, PANTONE 2756 C and PANTONE 2597 C, in an aluminum structured package.
- Operation and Interaction
- The elements of the logo transform and interact, creating an unlimited number of faces and textures, bringing the whole concept of the brand of its youth and lightness, setting it apart from all its competitors. A design for everyone, a concept of diversity and representativeness. A coffee for everyone and every occasion. Fresh, Fun, Light and Young.
- Project Duration and Location
- The project started in January 2021 in Minas Gerais, Brazil, and finished in January 2022.
- Specifications
- The packaging materials are still under development, looking for the possibility of producing with recycled plastics and taking care to bring the same brand experience.
- Keywords
- Coffee, soul, cafe tunico, tunico, budget, handcraft, handmade, premium
