Design Practice 2 // Beer Label research

Designed by - Trimapee

These beer bottle label designs are really good looking, they prove that simplicity, shape and pattern can create good aesthetics, I would like to design a similar style label for my range, which includes transparent labels and unusually shaped label design.

Design by - Simon Alander

Features a really nice typographic label, seems to have been printed onto transparent label stickers, I really like the pattern of the type and the fact that it's transparent .

Designed by -  Ostecx Créative

the design of these labels below doesn't really impress me too much, but it still captures a historical 'Western'  style.

Design by - Thorleifur Gunnar Gíslason

These labels have really given me some ideas, I would like to base my label designs around Viking patterns and designs, asnd these designs below give a good idea how you can use space and patteren to create a set of successful beer bottle designs
 

Designed by -  Kota Kobayashi

Again another simplistic design with a lot of space, simple colours and a solitary symbol is used, it creates a really unique design, as well as consistent design throughout the label, packaging and glass.

Designed by - Fanakalo

This design is a little more generic than some of the others I have found, but the vintage style of the design reminds me of a beer design you may have found in the 1920's or 30's, the colours used are also consistent and the brown and gold of the label gives a upper class feel while fitting with the colour of the bottle.

Designed by - Dossier Creative

The fact that this design uses doesnt even use a label for it's design, I am not sure yet of the process that would be needed to be taken to produce a design straight onto the bottle, so some further research would have to be taken, but if it is not possible to produce this by hand it may bee a good option that I could propose if i choose this process.

Using this technique but using Viking designs and patterns would create some really interesting visuals.

Designed by - Art in the Age

A really nicely produced concept for a beer bottle, both the shape and size of the bottle itself it really nice, with a rustic finish using the cork instead of bottle cap, the little booklet that comes with it only adds to the visuals. 

I could link this booklet element to the viking concept by making this into a piece of armor or clothing like a scarf or animal skin.

Designed by - Dreamerworx

A strong, powerful design which features a similar style type than the vikings used in their alphabet, I prefer the way the pint glass has been printed than the actual labels them self, it creates a similar strength and power that I would like to incorporate into my design.

Designed by - Toni Garcia

simple again, as well as using a different stock with a different texture for the label, to create a matt finish on the black glossy glass bottle.

Designed by - Dow Design

nicely shaped beer bottle, agai nI like the fact that the bottle comes with a free bottle opener, which again could be linked to my project by some armor or viking clothing, The actual bottle opener itself could be formed itself from a viking weapon like and axe or a shield.

Example of vintage beer can designs.

I generally really like vintage WWII tine and can design, these may not apply greatly to the vikings but i found these really nice visually. The rusty finish of them only adds to the visuals.

Designed by - Entire

This is a more illustrative design, it fits a similar style to maps that would would find from the red coats days. this is a good example of capturing a historical element in the design. However there was no illustration when the Vikings were around apart from the paintings and carvings they did.