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Pierre Delebois - forceMAJEURE Design Receives the Golden A' Design Award for Buchanan's Red Seal Branding and Redesign in Packaging Design
Pierre Delebois - forceMAJEURE Design recognized for packaging design by the international grand jury of the 2019 - 2020 A' Design Award & Competition
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COMO, Italy, April 23, 2020 /DesignNewswire/ A' Design Award & Competition has announced that Buchanan's Red Seal Branding and Redesign by Pierre Delebois - forceMAJEURE Design, designed for Diageo, has been granted the Golden A' Design Award in the Packaging Design category. The award was conferred within the 2019 - 2020 A' Design Award & Competition and was determined through blind peer review by an international grand jury panel of established academics, design professionals and press members, who evaluated anonymized entries against predetermined criteria.
About the Golden A' Design Award
The Gold A' Design Award is granted to designs that demonstrate a high level of innovation and a significant impact on their intended audience. Recognized as a major achievement by the A' Design Awards, these designs are characterized by their visionary approach and the exceptional skill of their creators. Winners of the Gold A' Design Award are noted for their ability to push the envelope in art, science, design, and technology, delivering solutions that not only meet but exceed expectations. These designs serve as benchmarks for excellence, encouraging further innovation and inspiring future generations of designers.
Regarding 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.
Award Record
With this recognition, Pierre Delebois - forceMAJEURE Design is a winner of 2 A' Design Awards. All of the awards belong to the 2019 - 2020 edition of the A' Design Award & Competition.
About the A' Packaging Design Award
The A' Packaging Design Award is an international packaging competition that recognizes outstanding packaging designs by talented packaging designers worldwide. The competition is organized within the A' Design Award & Competition and is open to packaging designers, graphic designers, branding agencies and product manufacturers from all countries. Entries typically include bottles, boxes, cans, pouches, tubes and cartons. Awarded packaging designs are published at https://designers.org/design-category/packaging
About A' Design Award & Competition
A' Design Award & Competition is an international, juried design accolade organized annually since 2008. The competition is open to entries from all countries. The A' Design Award has a philanthropic mission 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. Entries are peer reviewed and anonymously evaluated 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. The A' Design Prize granted to eligible laureates 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, the upload of a work and the 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. Further information is available at https://competition.adesignaward.com
Press Resources
- Winner Page: https://designers.org/99305
- A' Design Award Page: https://competition.adesignaward.com/99305
- Media Showcase: https://www.designnewsroom.com/!99305
- Laureate Profile: https://designers.org/d/269263
- Further Information from the Laureate: https://www.forcemajeure.design/spiritsandwines
Media Contact
Giulia Ferrari, Press Office
Designers.Org
Via Leone Leoni 32, 22100 Como, Italy
press@designers.org
+39 031 4491953
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Fact Sheet
The Work
- Project
- Buchanan's Red Seal Branding and Redesign
- Function
- Branding and Redesign
- Category
- Packaging Design
- Discipline
- Communication Design
- Industry
- Packaging & Retail, Branding & Advertising and Manufacturing
- Colors
- Maroon, Firebrick, Saddle Brown, Dark Red and Chocolate
- Images
- 5
- Client
- Diageo
The Recognition
- Laureate
- Pierre Delebois - forceMAJEURE Design
- Country
- United States of America
- Recognition
- Golden A' Design Award
- Edition
- 2019 - 2020
- Design ID
- #99305
Credits
- Team
- Harry Chong, Product Design Director, Pierre Delebois, Strategy and Creative Director, Tim Devereaux, Art Director and Steve Assandri, Production Manager
- Image Credits
- Taka Igarashi for forceMAJEURE Photo Studio
Design Details
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- Realization and 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.
- Specifications
- Bottle: 0.75L/75cl/750ml. Box: 235mlx235mlx101.6ml
- Keywords
- #rebrand, #productdesign, #packagedesign, #luxury, #whisky, #brownspirits,
