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Dark Horse Wine Branding and Redesign

Dark Horse Wine

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.

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The Kala Foundation Art Appreciation

The Kala Foundation

There has long been a global market for Indian paintings, but interest in Indian art has lagged in the US. To bring awareness about different styles of Indian Folk Paintings, The Kala Foundation is established as a new platform to showcase the paintings and make them more accessible to an international market. The foundation consists of a website, mobile app, exhibit with editorial books, and products that help bridge the gap and connect these paintings to a larger audience.

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Fondazione Alinari Brand Identity

Fondazione Alinari

Fondazione Alinari is a brand identity created for Fondazione Alinari per la Fotografia, a public body founded in Florence for the conservation, management and promotion of the Alinari photographic collections. The identity is built around the lowercase letter A, an abstraction of a camera lens, which also works as a frame for images from the historical archive. Sculptural lettering and a black and white palette recall light and shadow. The system is applied to print materials, tickets, catalogues, merchandising and a website.

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FHG Brand Corporate Identity

FHG Brand

FHG Brand is a corporate identity designed for a manufacturer of solid-state electrochromic glass. The logo is formed by four layers of glass shapes that combine to create the letters FH, taken from the original company name. The transparency, shapes and layers of the glass pieces reflect the properties of the products. The flat and modern mark gives viewers a three dimensional impression. The identity was also built as an interior installation of about three meters in each direction, presenting the logo and the glass products together.

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Diablo Black Wine Packaging

Diablo Black

Diablo Black is a wine label created for a Chilean wine from the Maule region. The label presents the Devil as the central figure, expressing a dark, mysterious and sophisticated character. The conical label is offset printed in seven special colors on self-adhesive stock, and it is finished with matt gold foil, stamping and satin UV varnish. Repeated tests were needed to print the colors over the shiny gold foil, so that the face appears between blacks, reds and gold with a burnt look. The design joins wine tradition with a modern brand spirit.

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Quix Branding

Quix

Quix is a brand identity for self-service vending machines that offer hot and cold drinks and snacks. The identity uses colors, textures and forms drawn from Italian culture, paying homage to the golden age of Italian design. A slightly vintage appeal recalls the Dolce Vita years and evokes Italian coffee culture. Coffee cups and posters are printed in CMYK colors with offset technology, while the vending machines are branded with printed foils. The design turns a quick coffee break into a calm visual experience.

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