Mrs T Corporate Design by Julia Hell is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2018 A' Design Award in Brons in Grafisch, Illustratie en Visuele Communicatie Ontwerp Competition Category.

BronsGrafisch· 2018

Mrs T Corporate Design

by Julia Hell

Client: Mrs T

A' Design Award in Brons Winner in Grafisch Category

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The Design

About Mrs T Corporate Design

Mrs T is een corporate design voor een fijnproevers-manufactuur die thee als ingrediënt verwerkt in gebak en delicatessen. De visuele identiteit heeft een strakke en elegante uitstraling, met overwegend witte verpakkingen ondersteund door drie huisstijlkleuren. Het logo fungeert als een kader dat elk product uit de manufactuur markeert en wordt in gouden hotfoil op de visitekaartjes toegepast. De gekozen lettertypen doen denken aan handgeschreven etiketten en onderstrepen het ambachtelijke karakter van de producten. Zakken en glazen potten worden aan de buitenkant verzegeld en van een etiket voorzien om de inhoud te beschermen.

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award in Brons

Mrs T Corporate Design is winnaar van de A' Design Award in Brons, een hoogst prestigieuze erkenning die wordt toegekend aan uitstekende ontwerpen die zich onderscheiden door creativiteit, vindingrijkheid en scherpzinnigheid. Winnaars in Brons zijn ruimschoots vaardige en opvallend creatieve artefacten die de grote ervaring, verbeelding en het vernuft van hun ontwerpers bevestigen. Mrs T Corporate Design wordt verwacht een hooggewaardeerd, bewonderd en gekoesterd object te zijn dat opmerkelijk professioneel en innovatief is. Dit ontwerp dat de A' Design Award in Brons heeft gewonnen, verwerkt de beste praktijken in kunst, wetenschap, ontwerp en technologie en is uitstekend door zijn aandacht voor detail. Mrs T Corporate Design bevredigt schitterend behoeften, raakt verlangens, charmeert gevoelens en spreekt de nieuwsgierigheid aan.

Behind the Design

Press Kit

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

Unique Properties: The corporate design for Mrs T states out through a clean and classy, yet distinct look and feel that mirrors the product behind the design. Sleek, mostly white packaging underlined by three corporate colors. The Logo is supposed to work as a frame, that literally brands all the goods produced in the Mrs T manufactory, like a golden quality label. the choice of fonts underlines the fact that all labels are made by hand. The Logo font has a similar look and feel to it.
Dimensions & Packaging: Business card 55 x 85 mm; Big bag: 180 x 260 x 40 mm; Small bag: 140 x 200 x 40 mm; Big glass:70 x 70 x 110 mm ; Medium glass: 70 x 70 x 75 mm; Small glass: 70 x 70 x5 0mm ; Flyer: 105 x 210 mm
Tags: Corporate Design, Packaging, Logo, Tea, Delicacies, Graphic Design
Production Technology: For the business cards and perspectively also for the packaging, we used a golden hot foil for the logo. Since the product was launched last year and the current packaging labels are printed in 4/4C so far.
Design Challenge: while starting to designed I created three different ways to see the product. Each of them was not entirely wrong and I felt attached to them because in a way they all seemed to be right. Two of the drafts were focusing of the origin of the tea ceremonies and practices of the eastern and western cultures. In the end it was to much of an excursus and we chose to realize the third draft, that creates a brand for the products which does not necessarily need to tell a complicated story.
Research: At first I went online to get an overview on existing products related to the tea theme. I find pinterest to be a very helpful tool when it comes visual research. I created a pinbaord. according to that I did a tasting of my clients products. She provided me with a variety of her delicacies. That helped me a lot to get a hint of the world I wanted to create for the products.
Inspiration: I got to try the products of my client, Maren Thobaben at a friends wedding and she asked if I could imagine to create a corporate design for her products. The characteristic of her baked goods is, that she uses tea as an ingredient. The world of tea - packaging, accessoires, heritage and the ceremony of preparing tea in different cultures were the source of my inspiration. I read a lot about it an in the and came back to the source of all of it, the tea plant.
Project Duration: The project started in July 2016 and is ongoing. I am working from Berlin, my client is working from Hamburg.
Operation Flow: The bags can be sealed shut with a laminating machine, so the food inside is vacuum sealed, the glassed have a standard screw cap that also can be sealed shut via vacuum. All items are labeled from the outside to to guarantee food safety.
Team Members: Frontend Developer: Jannis Hell
Image Credits: All Images: Photographer / Jannis Hell, 2017