arcAdia Italian Vodka (Concept Bottle) Lagoena Vodcae by Elia Pittavino

arcAdia Italian Vodka (Concept Bottle) Lagoena Vodcae by Elia Pittavino is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2015 Praemium A' Design Award Ferreum in Designatio Involucri Competition Category.

FerrumInvolucrum· 2015

arcAdia Italian Vodka (Concept Bottle) Lagoena Vodcae

by Elia Pittavino

Client: Elia Pittavino

Praemium A' Design Award Ferreum Winner in Involucrum Category

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The Design

About arcAdia Italian Vodka (Concept Bottle) Lagoena Vodcae

arcAdia est lagoena exemplaris pro vodca Italica. Lagoena ex vitro facta est et basim polygonalem habet decem centimetrorum in diametro et altitudinem triginta trium centimetrorum. Forma multifacialis facilis est ad tenendum et ad fundendum. Tres formae praebentur: vitrum cyaneum planum, nitor argenteus cum septuaginta centesimis opacitatis, et vitrum nigrum cum octoginta quinque centesimis opacitatis quod tamen vodcam intus visibilem relinquit. Involucrum donarium ex levi metallo aperitur parte superiore torquenda, quae clausa manet durante vectura. Forma simplex et significans videri destinata est.

The Recognition

About the Praemium A' Design Award Ferreum

arcAdia Italian Vodka (Concept Bottle) Lagoena Vodcae victor est Praemii A' Design Award Ferreum, honoris amplissimi formis bonis dati, quae postulatis professionalibus et industrialibus ab creationibus bene formatis exspectatis satisfaciunt. Victores Ferrei magnam peritiam, altam specializationem, intellectum periti et facultatem creandi auctorum suorum ostendunt. Exspectatur arcAdia Italian Vodka (Concept Bottle) Lagoena Vodcae creationem multum aestimatam, admiratam et carissimam, practicam et novam fore. Haec forma Ferreo victa optimas industriae consuetudines integrat et proprietates technicas idoneas, cum scientia et talento coniunctas, habet. arcAdia Italian Vodka (Concept Bottle) Lagoena Vodcae ob diligentiam suam honoratur et ad vitae qualitatem emendandam formatum est, ut mundum meliorem reddere iuvet.

Behind the Design

Press Kit

Credits, team members and technical details provided by the designer.

Unique Properties: acrcAdia is an Italian Vodka, made of glass as main material, the bottle is designed to appear simple & evocative.
Dimensions & Packaging: Vodka Bottle: Polygonal 10 cm diameter base, 33 cm height.
Gift Packaging: 13 cm diameter base, 36 cm height.
Tags: vodka, bottle, italian, italy, packaging, pack, premium, luxury, concept, design
Production Technology: The arcAdia bottle is mainly composed of glass, with 3 varieties of colours & treatments.
The "Cyan" bottle is made of flat coloured glass, the "Silver" one that has a 70% opacity silver reflecting finish.
The "Black" edition is made of black glass with a 85% opacity finish, that still allows to see the Vodka.
The gift Packaging is made of light metal, as the cap and it’s studied to let the shell be opened by twisting the main upper part, that remains closed when carried out for transportation.
Design Challenge: Deliver a shape that could be perceived as evocative, functional & easy to handle.
Research: The arcAdia bottle is inspired by the luxury world and its correlated designs, as the concept focuses on the fashion and luxury markets, aming a simple and evocative design appeal. The research was also influenced by the ancient undisclosed worlds, iconic and mythological constructions, futuristic buildings. The strong “A” central character, mark of arcAdia, is linked up with the "Awen" glyph symbol that also in the modernity refers to the poetic and spitirual illumination.
Inspiration: acrcAdia is an Italian Vodka inspired by the ancient undisclosed worlds, with a futuristic way of seeing.
Project Duration: The first idea of the project come up in Italy the last months of 2014 and was developed since the Competition submission.
Operation Flow: The arcAdia Vodka interaction approach starts with the visual links made by the evocative external shape & facing treatments. When handled the bottle is easy to be held and served, thanks to its polygonal multi-faced shape.
The gift Packaging keep the user interaction in a twisting opening movement, that reveals the bottle once the upper part is lifted up.
Team Members: Elia Pittavino
Image Credits: Elia Pittavino