Press Release
Pierre Delebois Receives the Silver A' Design Award for Dark Horse Wine Branding and Redesign in Packaging Design
The international grand jury of the 2020 - 2021 A' Design Award & Competition recognizes Pierre Delebois for packaging design
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COMO, Italy, April 23, 2021 /DesignNewswire/ A' Design Award & Competition has announced that Dark Horse Wine Branding and Redesign by Pierre Delebois, designed for E&J Gallo, has been granted the Silver A' Design Award in the Packaging Design category. The award was conferred within the 2020 - 2021 A' Design Award & Competition and was reached through blind peer review by an international grand jury panel of established academics, design professionals and press members, who assessed anonymized entries against predetermined criteria.
About the Silver A' Design Award
The Silver A' Design Award celebrates top-tier designs that embody excellence and innovation. This award acknowledges creations that are not only aesthetically pleasing but also highly functional, reflecting the designer's deep understanding and skill. Silver A' Design Award recipients are recognized for their contribution to raising industry standards and advancing the practice of design. Their work often incorporates original innovations and elicits a strong emotional response, making a notable impact on the improvement of everyday life.
About Dark Horse Wine Branding and Redesign
Dark Horse is a wine packaging and branding design created for a California wine brand. The design is based on a flexible system that covers the entire packaging portfolio and allows for future additions. The labels are printed on premium paper stock in metallic and matte finishes, which amplifies color and flavor cues. The brand icon is placed front and center on each label. The label layout is simple, so the contents of the bottle can be understood at a glance. The aim is to express quality and taste clearly on the shelf.
Award Record
This recognition makes Pierre Delebois a winner of 8 A' Design Awards. The awards span the editions from 2019 - 2020 to 2020 - 2021 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://dezigners.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://dezigners.org/112024
- A' Design Award Page: https://competition.adesignaward.com/112024
- Media Showcase: https://www.designnewsroom.com/!112024
- Laureate Profile: https://dezigners.org/d/269263
- Further Information from the Laureate: http://www.forcemajeure.design
Media Contact
Giulia Ferrari, Press Office
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Fact Sheet
The Work
- Project
- Dark Horse Wine Branding and Redesign
- Function
- Branding and Redesign
- Category
- Packaging Design
- Discipline
- Communication Design
- Industry
- Packaging & Retail, Branding & Advertising and Manufacturing
- Colors
- Black, Saddle Brown, Gainsboro, Sienna and Dark Khaki
- Images
- 5
- Client
- E&J Gallo
The Recognition
- Laureate
- Pierre Delebois
- Country
- United States of America
- Recognition
- Silver A' Design Award
- Edition
- 2020 - 2021
- Design ID
- #112024
Credits
- Team
- Pierre Delebois, Executive Creative Director, Melanie Brown, Senior Designer and Steve Assandri, Production Manager.
Design Details
- Unique Properties
- forceMAJEURE's approach was to elevate the brand’s quality & premium perception and consider the entire packaging portfolio, developing a flexible design system that allows for future innovation to guide and inspire the entire brand look and feel, including the touch points of portfolio strategy, POS and collateral materials, retail inspiration, and brand content. FM also wanted to help increase competitiveness on shelf among the varietal set through an uplifting new branding and packaging. The key challenge as a design agency was to amplify the desire for the brand through a bolder look and feel.
- Inspiration
- forceMAJEURE was asked by E&J Gallo Winery to rebrand one of the growing brands of wine in their portfolio, Dark Horse, a modern expression of wine from California. Dark Horse is a brand known for delivering surprisingly exceptional wine at an affordable price. By focusing on perceptions of quality and taste, along with a bolder, more uplifting brand story in both packaging and communications, FM set out to create a visual world and a 360 branding portfolio for Dark Horse as it boldly moves forward to reach new consumers.
- Realization and Technology
- forceMAJEURE set out to redefine what is possible for the brand, starting with a new look and feel through the label design, elevating and refreshing the packaging to match the quality and taste that the brand is known for by its loyal consumers. The labels are printed on elegant, premium paper stock in both metallic and matte finish, amplifying color, flavors, taste, the icon, and the savoir-faire that Dark Horse is celebrated for. The Dark Horse icon has a front and center placement on the label, and the navigation system of the label is simple, allowing the consumer to see in a glance what waits inside the bottle.
