Not every Christmas label needs a snowflake. Sometimes, the festive touch is a detail that catches the light, a texture you can feel or a surprise waiting to be discovered.
Christmas packaging labels are an opportunity to give customers something…
An emboss and a high-build screen are both excellent ways to add height and texture to a label. Because both create a raised effect, they can be confused or treated as interchangeable finishes. However, they are produced differently, suit different…
For this month’s Label of the Month, we’re looking at Highland Nectar from Elixir Distillers. With roots going back to the Victorian era, the brand has been reworked as a modern Scotch whisky liqueur while keeping a clear connection to its Highland…
When you are getting a new product ready to launch, ordering the labels can feel like a simple numbers decision. If you are making 500 bottles, do you order 500 labels? 600? 1,000 because the price per label comes down?
There is no single…
Our Label Designer Training Day has been featured in the June issue of International Bottler & Packer, an industry publication covering bottling, packaging and production across the drinks sector. The…
You’ve spent hours getting the colour just right on screen. The artwork looks perfect, the client loves it and everything is ready to go.
Then you see it printed and the colour looks slightly… off.
This does not necessarily mean anything…
Padstow Gin is a strong example of how gin bottle label design can use shape, material and print detail without feeling overworked. Designed by Ayr Studio, the label feels clean and balanced on…
The first thing Crǣft does is refuse to blend in.
This personalised whisky label series is shaped by a strong sense of Northumbrian identity, but it doesn’t lean on traditional heritage imagery. Instead, that connection to place is expressed in…
If your business sells products in the UK or EU, you’ve probably heard more about PPWR and EPR over the past year. While much of the discussion focuses on bottles, cartons and other primary packaging, one important…
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