Tag Archives: Paso Robles

Spirits branding, au naturel.

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Forager is a craft distillery located on California’s Central Coast. They hand-make single batch spirits using the “pure heart of the spirit”and select locally harvested fruits and grains and hand-gathered wild herbs as ingredients.

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The design team researched the marketplace, strategized product positioning, and proposed an abrupt departure from typical spirit label design to illuminate the brand’s unique qualities and capture attention.

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Beginning by creating the name—a reference to how ingredients are sourced, MOI commissioned colorful illustrations of plants used during distillation to tell the story of each spirit.

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A “badge” on the clear front label of each designates the source of the ingredients and calls out the salient spirit details.

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Allegretto Vineyard Resort

1. Allegretto Logo

Assignment. The Allegretto Vineyard Resort is a modern Tuscan Renaissance palazzo built around a stone-laid courtyard and surrounded by olive trees and vineyards in the hills of Paso Robles. Our assignment was to translate the vision of Ayres Hotel Group to communicate the graceful beauty and exclusive old-world charm and luxury of the high-end resort to their guests and the public.

3. Allegretto Hero Sign

Approach. We focused on creating a comprehensive ‘period’ branding program that would position the resort as uniquely European with California overtones. In keeping with the historical theme, we used bespoke lettering and hand-drawn images of the resort.

2. Allegretto Illust

The primary type fonts used were Centaur and Arrighi, which are based on fonts originally created in Venice during the Renaissance. The color scheme is subdued, with rich tones. Simple is better.

4. Allegretto Wine group

The branding program covered everything from the primary logotype identity to way-finding signage, bath robes, and spa items.

5. Allegretto Robe

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Results. The branding program seamlessly fit the personality of the resort and fulfilled the vision of the founders. The Allegretto has a 89% ‘excellent’ or ‘very good’ rating on Trip Advisor.

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