Silver Packaging · 2021
Tanaka 1789 X Chartier Sake Blend 001 Branding and Design
- Silver A' Design Award 2021 in Packaging
- CLIENT: Tanaka 1789 X Chartier
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About Tanaka 1789 X Chartier Sake Blend 001 Branding and Design
Tanaka 1789 X Chartier Sake Blend 001 is the packaging for a series of sake blends. The label carries a black on black grid pattern inspired by the walls of the Tanaka Brewery, an example of Kura architecture from the Edo period. The grid is printed as varnishes around the bottle and is sequenced into a series of hexagons, a symbol of aromatic science. Black and white are used because both brands feature these colors, and black bottles are reserved for premium sake. The two names are joined in a cross pattern through a shared letter A.
About the Silver A' Design Award
Tanaka 1789 X Chartier Sake Blend 001 Branding and Design is a Silver A' Design Award winner, an extraordinarily prestigious recognition granted to top-of-the-line, gorgeous, and impressive designs. Silver winners are tremendously brilliant and exceedingly creative works that illustrate the outstanding expertise, talent, and acuity of their designers. Tanaka 1789 X Chartier Sake Blend 001 Branding and Design is expected to be a wonderful, showpiece work that is remarkably professional and profoundly innovative. This Silver A' Design Award-winning design is a highly notable, admired invention that benefits and advances the boundaries of art, science, design, and technology. Tanaka 1789 X Chartier Sake Blend 001 Branding and Design is a vastly envied creation that evokes desires, introduces positive feelings, and sparks amazement and wonderment.
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- Unique Properties
- forceMAJEURE worked closely with Chartier to craft a unique design for this innovative series of blends. Inspired by the distinctive architecture of the Tanaka Brewery, the black on black grid pattern in the background of the label invokes the beautiful brewery walls, an embodiment of the unique characteristics of the Edo period’s Kura architecture. Printed as varnishes around the bottle, the grid pattern is sequenced to create a series of hexagons, a key symbol of Chartier’s aromatic science. From the tile grid pattern and hexagon, we saw that both Tanaka 1789 and Chartier featured black and white prominently in their own branding. The minimalism, elegance and luxury of black and white match the quality of the product: in traditional sake packaging, black bottles are reserved for the most premium Sakes. To illustrate the “best of” in the brand’s identity, we combined Tanaka and Chartier together in a cross pattern to create a strong logo lockup—using a common A to bring the two words together.
- Production Technology
- forceMAJEURE knew from the brief that the design needed to be modern, simple and sophisticated. The detail needed to be expressed to show two rich cultures merging into one. The designers were all inspired by the pattern of the traditional brewery’s wall, and the hexagon that is a part of Francois Chartier’s brand. The design selected for the label was a beautiful blending of the two, and we extensively researched the paper stock to use for the label that would be the perfect grain and texture to seamlessly match the color and texture of the bottle. In order to work with a more limited production run, we needed to find the right suppliers to coordinate with the bottlers and other suppliers to bring all of the elements needed for the production together on time.
- Inspiration
- Inspired by the distinctive architecture of the Tanaka Brewery, the black on black grid pattern in the background of the label invokes the beautiful brewery walls, an embodiment of the unique characteristics of the Edo period’s Kura architecture. Printed as varnishes around the bottle, the grid pattern is sequenced to create a series of hexagons, a key symbol of Chartier’s aromatic science and expertise.
