Karuizawa 1960

Creative Agency: Contagious
Project Type: Produced, Commercial Work
Packaging Content: Whisky
Location: United Kingdom

Karuizawa 1960, Cask No. 5627 Packaging for Number One Drinks Co, Japan
Our packaging for the worlds oldest Japanese whisky, the very rare Karuizawa 1960, with an out turn of only 41 bottles. Each bottle is named after a different netsuke tied around the neck of the bottle, gold foiled onto the English label.

When Karuizawa - Japan’s smallest distillery – closed in 2000 its stock of 364 casks was sold to the Number One Drinks Co. In 2006, they began to release single cask bottlings which not only won awards but also a cult following for Karuizawa. So when a single cask laid down in 1960 was discovered, interest from the whisky world was electric. Cask No. 5627 yielded a precious 41 bottles of the oldest and rarest Japanese whisky in the world. And we were invited to package this spirit for market with the respect, authenticity and individuality that would befit a spirit of such remarkable character and quality.

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Salame Christmas Limited Edition 2016

Creative Agency: Weagroup
Project Type: Produced, Commercial Work
Client: Levoni S.p.A
Location: Castelfranco Veneto, Italy
Packaging Contents: Cold cuts
Packaging Substrate / Materials: Paper
Printing Process: Digital printing

“Best gifts” is the name project realized by Weagroup for Levoni Christmas Limited Edition 2016, who created an exclusive packaging for Salame Agerolino and Salame del Po, which keep the products as unique pieces into real "jewel" caskets.

The design pack is inspired by slice of salame characterized by precious and meticolous details giving an explosion of elegance, refinement and prestigious color to the project.

The introducing of new products has been structured in activities such the creation of butchers PoP material, media relations, PR, digital PR and social network management.

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I AM Christmas Limited Edition 2016

Creative Agency: Weagroup
Project Type: Produced, Commercial Work
Client: Vagheggi S.p.A
Location: Castelfranco veneto, Italy
Packaging Contents: Perfume
Packaging Substrate / Materials: Paper
Printing Process: Digital printing

Weagroup signed Christmas 2016 Vagheggi, with a new integrated strategy "I Am" Limited Edition.

The limited edition presents two elegant boxes with a choice of skin care creams. The packaging takes up the shape of a rose, one of the raw materials of the products, which are declined in holes and color combinations of metallic base giving brightness and preciousness of referrals.

A project developed with of a thorough study of the trends, new procurement processes and ended with the coordination of all communication materials.

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La Naya chocolate Limited Edition

Designer: Gabija Platukyte
Photography: Benas Navanglauskas
Project Type: Produced, Commercial Work
Client: Silavoto B&B
Location: Vilnius, Lithuania
Packaging Contents: Chocolate
Packaging Substrate / Materials: Paper
Printing Process: Foil stamping, offset printint

Problem
LA NAYA chocolate is a young company having one line of chocolates. Now they want to introduce a new, limited edition line of chocolate for small boutiques and shops for chocolate lovers. The flavours are only from the cocoa beans (Vietnam, Costa Rica) and one special Tanzanian with Kaffir Lime and Lemongrass.

Task
To create a packaging for the Limited Edition chocolate. It should be simple, yet exceptional, easy to package and transport it.

Unexpected Discovery
The packaging is based on the chocolate tasting - you get the impression only when you try it. Because of that, the outside packaging is minimal: bold colours and gold foil. When you open – you may find the graphics and beauty inside. What is more, each colour reflects the flavour and cocoa bean notes. It was carefully discussed with the chocolate maker till we reached the best compromise.

Comfortable Packaging
What is more, the dielines created for this line are comfortable to pack, easy to open. It has no gluing parts and a locking in the back side, moreover, when it is open, it comes in a shape of a flower blossom to match the whole concept.

Handmade Illustrations
To emphasise the amount of work needed to make this bean to bar chocolate, we selected handmade illustration. They were created based on flavours for each chocolate bar.

Specially Created Chocolate Shape
It was a long discussion about chocolate size and shape till we finally reached the dimensions we have now. It is unusual for the chocolate as it is a little bit prolonged square, not too big, not too small - comfortable to hold in the hands. As well, the shape inhance the concept of La Naya chocolate - it reflects the mountains in La Naya village.

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Break the Mold Limited Edition Chocolates

Creative Agency: Jess Glebe Design
Copywriter: Caitlin Riley, C.R. Copywriting
Project Type: Produced, Promotional Client Holiday Gift
Location: United States
Packaging Contents: Chocolates
Packaging Substrate / Materials: Paper box, Paper Wrap, Wax Seal
Printing Process: Foil stamping and Digital

2016 was a great year for Jess Glebe Design and C.R. Copywriting. It was our first full year working full-time for ourselves and doing what we love. We wanted to celebrate our successes and the successes of our clients with a year-end "Thank You" to them — as we could not have "broken the design mold" without them.

What good is a "Thank You" without the gift of chocolate to accompany it, right? What's even better? Homemade chocolate in a fancy package...that's what! That is why we put a little extra TLC into our holiday/"thank you" gifts this year.

After carefully preparing countless batches of sea-salted caramels bathed in dark chocolate and pairing them with equally delightful dark chocolate coffee truffles, we set out to package these goodies in a gift box that would do them justice. Thus, we placed our decadent treats in a quaint little box, wrapped it in ultra-smooth Neenah® SLIDE black paper (for a super-rich, smooth-to-the-touch feel), and printed the design in rose gold foil. We then placed the uncoated square centerpiece design onto the front panel, showcasing raised glossy black ink and rose gold foil.

To complete the package, we melted and stamped the Limited Edition wax seals onto the box, along with handwritten elements and our signatures. The inside of each box included a handwritten note to each recipient...and delicious homemade chocolates, of course!

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Apollo Coffee Works Limited Edition Christmas Can

Creative Agency: Siphon Graphica
Illustration: Akira Muracco & Yosio Miyashita
Project Type: Produced, Commercial Work
Client: APOLLO COFFEE WORKS
Location: Japan
Packaging Contents: Coffee

Apollo Coffee Works To Launch Limited Edition Cans For Holiday Season.

Apollo Coffee Works, a Japanese Coffee Roaster, has been to launch limited edition Christmas cans of specialty coffee.

That blend bursting with the fruity aroma like a Grape or Lemon.

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MV Limited Edition Christmas Gift

Designer: Jessica Marie
Manufacturer: MW Luxury Packaging
Project Type: Produced, Commercial Work
Client: n/a
Location: Global
Packaging Contents: Candle

Looking back at the past twelve months, it’s clear that 2016 has been an excellent year for everyone at MW Luxury Packaging.

MW have worked on a top secret Victoria Beckham/Estée Lauder campaign, manufacturing a black leather make-up case with fine gold detailing and a touch-activated mirror. They’ve created a limited edition carry case for the Sonos PLAY 1: Blue Note speakers, drawing on the years of experience to craft something truly evocative and timeless. They’ve won industry awards for their work, walking away from the Starpack Awards 2016 with bronze and silver trophies.

Now that the Christmas season has rolled around, MW have decided to celebrate the year’s successes by setting their sights on something a little different. “With the nights getting longer, the days getting crisper and the festive season on our doorstep, the team has come together to create a unique Christmas present for our clients and subscribers.”

MW’s gift of choice? A luxury scented candle housed in a characteristically elegant, hand assembled MW pack.

Made using a rigid grey board substructure, this multi-faceted triangular pack is cased in a protective sleeve, bearing pristine spot UV varnish to evoke the beautiful designs within. Take the pack out and you’ll find it wrapped in matt black soft touch paper, double foiled with a bespoke Christmas design. On the exterior, gold holly leaves and mistletoe nestle against black, behind a delicate silver robin.

Slip open the case using the black grosgrain ribbon and you’ll be met with the scent of mulled wine, winter spices and Christmas evenings by the fireside. Here sits MW elegant little candle, resting against a white interior patterned with gold foil images of handpicked ingredients.

This candle was made to be placed on a darkened windowsill or above a crackling fire. Once it’s been lit, you can sit back with a glass of mulled wine and a classic Christmas film; the gorgeous perfume infusion of seasonal fruits and spices will turn the coldest of nights into a warm and cosy festive escape.

“We created this candle and its matching pack because we love getting the opportunity to show off our expertise in the development and manufacturing of a complex, luxury pack. Ultimately, it’s the MW take on Christmas indulgence, and we can’t wait to share it with you. That’s why we’ve made a handful of our candles available to a few lucky followers.”

To be in with a chance of winning one of MW Luxury Packaging 300 limited edition Christmas candle gifts, follow them on LinkedIn and subscribe to the monthly MW newsletter.

“We’ll be picking our lucky winners on Monday 9th December, just in time to send out our candles and get them warming your home for December 25th.”

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Bisto, OXO & Paxo Limited Edition Tins

Creative Agency: Robot Food
Project Type: Produced, Commercial Work
Client: Premier Foods
Location: Leeds, UK
Packaging Contents: Gravy, Stock & Stuffing
Packaging Materials: Tin

When it comes to household brands, you don’t get much more iconic than Bisto, Oxo and Paxo. To bring some extra cheer to the autumn/winter season, Premier Foods asked Robot Food to create a series of special limited edition tins.

The designs needed to be eye-catching and contemporary while building on each brand’s values. They also needed to be the sort of tin consumers would proudly display in their kitchens, and either keep for refills, or reuse for other purposes.

Playing on existing equities, the Robot Food team came up with three designs that gave each brand a refreshingly contemporary twist. The Bisto tin grabs your eye first with the striking red shades, then with sheer size of the iconic logo. Second is the ‘Aah!’ which sits like a crown above it. ‘Since 1908’ underneath the logo brings in the heritage element, and the Bisto boy himself takes pride of place in the tin’s top-left area to classically modern effect.

Decked out in two shades of vibrant red, the Oxo tin design takes inspiration from London’s famous skyline with the striking OXO logo in pride of place across the top. The Paxo tins are equally eye-catching. The blue hearts, in two contrasting shades, form an attractive repeated pattern around the tin on a bright yellow background. The ‘Perfect for all roasts’ slogan sits on the lid. The overall effect is classic meets cool.

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Nongfu Spring - Year of the Monkey

Agency: Horse
Project Type: Produced, Commercial Work
Packaging Content: Mineral Water
Location: United Kingdom

Horse designs limited edition mineral water

Design studio Horse has created the packaging for a limited edition and collectible mineral water for Nongfu Spring, which celebrates the Chinese Year of the Monkey.

The studio designed the core range of glass bottles for Nongfu in 2015, which feature various plant and animal species from the Changbai Mountain water source, and were tasked to create a collectible version for 2016.

Ian Firth co-founder and creative director at Horse comments, “It was a natural progression from the core design to highlight the animal which represents 2016 in the Chinese Calendar, whilst also being sure to inject some fun to differentiate the limited edition run. A family of monkeys playfully swings from the branding and text on the bottle to reflect their cheeky spirit, and details are pulled out in gold foil to make it feel that little bit more special."

Nongfu intends to create a limited edition design each year, for the next 12 years. Reflecting the family theme of the design, and in the spirit of celebration and giving - bottles will be given to families with newborns from this lunar calendar.

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James Martini's Fine and Rare

Designed by MusaWorkLab, Portugal.

Manufactured by Camarc in a limited quantity and hand-assembled this wood gift box for JAMES MARTIN'S Fine and Rare 20 year old is made with a frame of solid pine and rigid cardboard.

The wood frame also serves as display case for Point Of Sale. A magnetic system in the wood frame holds the bottle in place.

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Wrigley 5X Mutant Flavour Gum

Designed by The Saltmine, Australia.

The Wrigley Company's 5 Gum has joined forces with 20th Century Fox's new movie release X-Men: First Class and The Saltmine to create Limited Edition 5X Mutant Flavour Gum.

The campaign includes new branding, packaging design and POS for the new 5 Gum 'Mutant' flavour all of which were designed by The Saltmine.

The POS includes a promotional campaign aimed to encourage trial of the gum and promote the partnership with X-Men: First Class. Characters from the movie have been used to create the immediate link and drive interest and awareness in the promotion and new 'Mutant' flavoured gum.

The promotion is still in its early days but has already drawn plenty of media attention in Australia.

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MVSICA

Designed by Sawdust, United Kingdom.

Limited edition CD packaging, with removable gold latex covering the art and track list. Each one comes with a random coloured plastic counter with which to remove the gold latex (or not).

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Santa Margherita - Pinot Grigio 50th Anniversary

Designed by Minale Tattersfield, United Kingdom.

Santa Margherita launched Pinot Grigio fifty years ago and was the first company to sell the variety commercially. Today the brand is the largest selling Pinot Grigio in the world. The variety is particularly popular in the USA and Santa Margherita is the by far the biggest selling brand there. The magnum bottle introduced to mark the anniversary is the first sparkling Pinot Grigio and is produced according to the metodo classico (champagne method).

Marketing objectives serving as a base for the solution
Santa Margherita wanted to use the 50th anniversary of its Pinot Grigio to promote the brand. Minale Tattersfield created a design formed from one label superimposed on another to construct an L, the Latin numeral for fifty. The objective was to inform consumers of its pioneer and high quality status in what is now a crowded market. The design follows the classical elegance of the brand denoting quality and timelessness, communicating its relevance to today. A magnum of sparkling wine is traditional for celebrating but this product has the added task of announcing the introduction of a new variety, sparkling Pinot Grigio.

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Heineken Join The Green Line

Designed by Raison Pure, France.

HEINEKEN & RAISON PURE MAKE THE VIBE !

Raison Pure developed a special edition range for Heineken as the central pillar of "join the green line" concept: events, concerts etc.. The challenge was to create an appealing brand experience for Heineken via a 360° music activation programme.

Raison Pure Paris designed a series of 4 stylish & energetic cans ; each instrument is connected to an iconic capital city, and delivers a unique Heineken vibe.

The fresh graphic vocabulary combine with fine renderings, to compose a memorable Heineken hit!

TGTL Gift Box

Designed by NTGJ, Portugal.

Limited edition of 1000 pieces and 1 single edition: "This gift box from TGTL is limited to 1000 units and it is an exceptional gift for people who are interested in art, design, culture and obviously fine food.

The box contains three cans of extra virgin olive oil. One from Portugal, one from Spain and the other from Italy.

The main goal was to create an olive oil tasting experience. To put people tasting and commenting top quality olive oil from three countries with an old tradition on the art of making olive oil.

This gift box is also a mix of food, culture and art. TGTL invited 3 young art talents to illustrate the cans and asked them to represent something they really love about their countries.

The Portuguese Oil is designed by the Portuguese artist M·rio BelÈm, the Spanish one is illustrated by Mar Hernandez from Spain and the Italian one by Mauro de Donattis from Italy.

More than 3 amazing olive oils, this is a piece of art that people can keep and use for example for interior decoration.

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Nutella Esperienza Italia 150

Designed by ARC'S, Italy.

What is the nutshell of Italian excellence? And how the beloved Nutella can celebrate it, together with millions of Italian families? This has been the starting point for the design of the limited edition of Nutella “Esperienza Italia 150”.

ARC’S has interpreted the project in four themes: Arts (music, poetry, cinema), Design, Landscapes & Architecture, Historical topics. The result is a fresh and joyful dialogue between Federico Fellini and the matchless Moka for coffee, Rome and Venice, Garibaldi riding a Vespa!

Words and design mix together, words become design and they beat a syncopate rhythm. For example, the “Landscapes & Architecture” theme in English would sound something like “The train makes us run quickly: from the Alps to Sicily joints Rome the immortal with Pisa and its Tower and Venice laying on the water!”

The soul of Nutella, which is usually represented by its limited edition, becomes one unique thing with this Anniversary and ideally embraces all Italians, from the South to the North, as a sole big family.

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Alberta Premium 30 Year Old

Designed by Strano and Pettigrew Design Associates, Canada.

The carton packaging, printed on a silver foil substrate, features embossed branding, debossed wheat sheaf with black foil overlay and a dramatic, black ink, wheat field landscape image which allows the silver substrate to show through. The orange band at the top of the carton is carried through to the interior of the carton.

The iconic bottle shape was retained—the label features silver foil and black foil overlays, a neck wrap was added as was a strip stamp with some of the key attributes.

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Chopin 200

Designed by c/c, United States.

To commemorate the 200th anniversary of Frederic Chopin's birth, Chopin Vodka enlisted us to create a limited-edition bottle.

We designed a new identity integrating the existing Chopin logo with a 200 graphic that playfully revealed Chopin's portrait through the bottle.

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Blue Nectar’s No. 1

Designed by Mark Grey, Creative Director at Blue Nectar Design Consultants, United Kingdom.

Blue Nectar’s No. 1 is a limited edition ale designed by ourselves and brewed by one of our local brewery clients in the city of Derby, UK. The purpose of the ale was to produce a product that captures the essence of everything we do, creating compelling brands and putting them into beautiful packaging. The self initiated brief required us to create a design that stood out from the current offering that is seen within the UK ales market, whilst making what is often perceived as a rather old fashioned product more contemporary.

The core of Blue Nectar’s work is within the alcoholic drinks arena – making the production of a finely packaged limited edition ale an ideal platform to showcase our services. 300 bottles of Blue Nectar’s No. 1 were produced, each of them hand dipped in specially coloured wax, matching our brand colours. The medallion placed onto the neck compliments the surface texture of the wax cap very neatly. The digitally printed label onto GF Smith textured stock was blind embossed to create the contrast in surface finish.

Having recently exhibited at the Packaging Innovations Show in London we distributed the ale as a calling card to prospect clients. This worked to great effect and helped generate many quality leads.

The ale itself is a delectable, easy drinking 4.8%, malty traditional amber beer.

Helvetica 50 Years (Student Work)

Designed by Nuno D'Almeida, Portugal.

Limited edition DVD package of the Helvetica movie, commemorating the 50 years of the typeface.

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