The first lockdown in March 2020 was certainly a surprise – and a hurdle – for Niche Cocktails, which had just launched a canned cocktail business. The original goal had been to sell in the trade space, marketing to pubs and hotels so its drinks could be sold in bars. Stay at home orders obviously put this on hold. Not to be deterred, the founders decided to pivot the business, shifting their attention to the D2C consumer space – especially as drinking at home was on the rise

Community Playthings create quality wooden toys and furniture for nurseries and primary schools. They required quality presentation boxes to house their beautiful wooden toys and spoke with Denmore Press about what could be achieved. Denmore used a wood inspired material to reflect their brand and built a hinged lid over a paperboard box with a magnetic closure using Winter & Co's Napura Khepara Walnut, a thermoreactive board that looks like wood. They even gave the logo an e

Durham Box has produced distinctive new gift and shipping packaging for Knaresborough based craft beer micro brewery, Turning Point Brew Co. The vibrant selection gift pack, comprising either 4 x 440 ml cans, or 4 x 330 ml cans, was created to showcase innovative beers from the brewer’s core range, including the iconic Disco King, an American pale ale and three popular Custard sweet ales in various unique flavours. Formed in 2017, Turning Point Brew Co’s founders have seen a

Eden Mill has recently re-packaged its Love Gin miniatures range in new 5cl bottles. The distinctive and bespoke glass packaging, created by Croxsons, complements Eden Mill’s existing 70cl and 50cl Love Gin bottles, launched last year. Available in various flavours, the miniatures are currently being used for two types of four pack recyclable gift boxes, the distiller’s virtual tastings and seasonal promotions. Eden Mill is Scotland’s first single site distillery and brewery,

Creation Reprographics has shared insight on the refreshed role of touch in packaging design, indicating where the biggest growth opportunities may lie for brand owners. The business, which partners with packaging printers and converters to deliver high quality reprographic services and outstanding shelf appeal, highlights the resurging power of ‘haptic marketing’ as the FMCG (Fast-Moving Consumer Goods) sector begins to settle back to normality. Matt Francklow, managing dire

Following a sharp increase in demand, Saica Pack Newport has supported long term customer Cacklebean’s recent growth with a new creative and visually captivating packaging solution for the brand’s premium range of eggs. With high end customers including Harrods, Marks & Spencer and many world renowned chefs, Cacklebean’s heritage flocks produce some of the country’s finest eggs. Over the past 12 months, demand for the product has boomed, emphasised by James Martin’s glowing r

Creative agency Sea has designed the packaging for start up cosmetics brand Please & Thank You, using luxury recyclable materials from Fedrigoni. Inspired by British nature and craftsmanship, the agency created a brand identity reflective of the nation’s quintessential politeness and quirky humour. Fedrigoni paper was selected for its full recyclability and premium quality, complementing the naturally eco friendly, vegan and cruelty free nature of the soaps. Bryan Edmondson,

Impactful labels by The Label Makers have helped created a premium look for rum brand, Lost Years – a debut collection of four unique rum blends from independent rum house, Cane & Able. Sourced from leading Caribbean and Latin American distilleries, inspiration for the Lost Years brand has its roots in marine conservation, with an inspirational story centred on supporting one of the region’s most celebrated and endangered creatures, sea turtles. Backed by its partnership with

Saica Pack has joined forces with babywear brand BibaDo to design and create a visually captivating packaging solution for an innovative range of bibs. The bib, designed to be worn like a top, is the only product on the market which straps to a child’s highchair, covering the gap between them and their tray. In turn, it significantly reduces mess and parents can save up to 30 minutes a day when weaning young children. After being challenged by BibaDo to create something that

Croxsons has once again been called on by award winning gin distillery, Silent Pool Distillers, to provide the primary packaging for its latest expression – Silent Pool Rare Citrus Gin. The release is the first major launch from the distiller, under the Silent Pool Gin brand, since its stunning iconic teal and copper bottle arrived on the craft gin market in 2014. Silent Pool Rare Citrus Gin, which contains some of the world's rarest citrus fruits, is crafted from unusual fru

Durham Box’s new Nozomi single pass LED inkjet digital press is currently being put through its paces in the run down to Christmas, in producing short run campaigns and regional promotions. One such seasonal project passing through the corrugated manufacturer’s digital print facility has been consumer packaging and an unusual advent calendar for Edinburgh Beer. Established in the Scottish capital at the start of the pandemic, Edinburgh Beer is a collaboration project that sup

Congratulations to Pavla Chuykina, a senior agency design director from Melbourne, Australia, on winning the first ever Platinum Award for Professional Conceptual work given by the Pentawards. The idea behind this conceptual piece for Happy Ghost old rum is of a ghost that first made an appearance in 1916, who has been spotted in recent years on the shelves of liquor stores. To create this character, the design uses a deep indentation at the bottom of the bottle and adds a pa

Every autumn in Mexico they celebrate 'El Día de los Muertos' or 'The Day of the Dead' bringing families together to remember their deceased relatives and Constellation Brands wanted to make use of this in the marketing for Victoria, Mexico's oldest beer, bringing the worlds of print and digital together through the imaginative use of AR, or augmented reality, on the beer bottle labels. Created by Chicago-based packaging design agency Upshot working with their AR partner Groo

Senso is the latest perfume designed by CAIA Cosmetics, a female fronted and industry disruptive Swedish cosmetics company, set up by models Bianca Ingrosso & Vanessa Lindblad. Their new peach coloured Senso perfume box is wrapped with Munken Kristall 120gsm from Arctic Paper on the outside lid and tray, making it both beautiful and sustainable. The packaging is printed by Göteborgstryckeriet AB with white embossed foil stamping and debossing on the lid for a tactile and styl

Grower Cosmetics, a eco-brand based out of St Petersburg in Russia, produces small batches of skin care products based on hemp oil and natural ingredients. They needed packaging that could convey the brands natural identity and be produced in short print runs. Their eco-friendly seven-sided cylinder box allows the customer to unbox and see all the products at once. This simple but stylish packaging design sticks to understated earth tones and suggest you 'start chilling'. The

If you had to market tomatoes and package various different tomato based products, how would you make them stand out on the shelf? Well, when it comes to packaging design, innovation and storytelling, Backbone Branding agency didn’t hold back. In their latest packaging concept for 'Tomacho' tomato sauces, they've created an entire world of characters based around the brand name and the personalities tied to the product. The Armenian product and packaging design agency have ev

Parkside has collaborated with premium producer of chilled savoury products, Addo Food Group, to produce a sustainable and reclosable pack for its range of Tesco mini sausage rolls and pasties. The specialist packaging solutions provider has created a complete 100% recyclable PET tray and lid solution for Addo, comprising a clear tray and heat seal lidding film laminate with built-in reclose technology suitable for sealing to APET trays. The packaging design also delivers imp

The new series of labels on PepsiCo's premium bottled water brand LIFEWTR again supports culture, art and the artists who created it. Designed by PepsiCo Design & Innovation in the USA, from Series 1, above, promoting contemporary artists from the UK, through Series 2, all female artists, below, each series is changed several times throughout the year with about 20 million bottles hitting the shelves of each design. Each limited edition series raises awareness around a cultur

Based in Guernsey, maiiro’s skincare products are inspired by the island’s sea and shoreline and the company is passionate about preserving the marine environment. The skincare range has been specifically designed to help nourish and look after the skin, using a signature blend of five food-grade seaweeds, sourced from Guernsey’s pristine sea waters. To complement maiiro’s branding and ethos, it seemed natural that they should seek to use packaging materials that also contai

Bradford based label designers and printers, The Label Makers, teamed up with Rainbow Cosmetics to give its multi award winning self-tan brand, Sunkissed, an eco friendly makeover. Family run Rainbow Cosmetics was established in 1990 to wholesale top brand fragrances and cosmetics. More recently, the firm established a separate division that allowed it to focus on building its own brands, one of which is Sunkissed, a tanning brand made in the UK and sold in more than 40 count