Coffee for the win! Design Womb was chosen as one of the 200 elite design firms, design departments, and production companies by Graphic Design USA as a winner of the 2018 annual American Packaging Design Awards show for our work on Mt. Comfort Coffee.
Our work on Mt. Comfort Coffee started with the careful branding, logo design and patterns, that were all created by hand. We executed a full line of packaging design which was followed by very detailed product and lifestyle photography art direction and excution which was used to lauch their new website that offers Mt. Comfort on a subscription basis.
April 12, 2018 | BY Nicole LaFave
Design Womb's work for Vrai Vodka Cocktails was chosen as a Merit winner out of 294 award-winning designs in the most recent HOW International Design Awards. This prestigious competition sponsored by HOW magazine recognizes excellence on a global scale—and every year honors entries from all over the world. HOW’s editorial and design team—along with judges Pum Lefebure, Leland Maschmeyer, Su Mathews Hale, Vanessa Foley and Brian Collins—evaluated more than 1,400 entries and selected winning projects that will gain international exposure in the Spring 2018 issue of the award-winning HOW magazine and online at HOWDesign.com.
About HOW
Founded in 1985, the HOW brand began its life as a print magazine. Today, the brand has grown to encompass a host of products and events including several design competitions, HOW U’s online design courses and more. Whether you work for a design firm, for an in-house creative department or for yourself, it’s our mission to serve the business, creativity and technology needs of graphic designers.
Our work for Vrai is a great example of the full range of services offered here at the studio including: Naming, Brand Voice, Copywriting, Logo Design, Branding, Packaging Design, Photography Art Direction (Product & Social Media Strategy), and Website Design and Development.
April 12, 2018 | BY Nicole LaFave
Thrilled to share our double win in the 2017 Graphic Design USA American Graphic Design Awards competition for the design work we did for Vrai Vodka Cocktails and Little Belgians speculoos cookies. Check out the entries on GDUSA. Congratulations to our clients, team, and print vendors that helped these branding and packaging design visions come to life and a big thank you to Graphic Design USA Magazine.
December 15, 2017 | BY Nicole LaFave
We're thrilled to share some industry news for our Chicago based beverage and spirits client, Vrai vodka cocktails. In addition to being featured with Ardagh in Times Square taking on the Big Apple, check out this article about the product's offical launch on Cocktail Enthusiast. Expect to hear a lot more about this brand soon and in the meantime head over to drinkvrai.com/where-to-buy to keep an eye on where to buy and drink Vrai near you. Vrai is the first ready to drink organic vodka drink in a can. It's pronounced VRAY (long A) and means true in French. The brand's mission is to always remain transparent, honest, and truthful about what goes into their organic vodka drinks and future products.
July 05, 2017 | BY Nicole LaFave
Our packaging design efforts for California Olive Ranch won a 2017 Nielsen Design Impact Award presented by The Dieline! The awards honor some of the most impactful fast-moving consumer goods redesigns over the last two years, and celebrate the real with measurable business impact of outstanding package design. Design Womb placed aside some pretty big fish out there in the packaging design world, and we are thrilled and grateful for this opportunity.
Download a copy of the press release and interview here or visit Nielsen to check out the winners and grab their official release which includes a great interivew with each of the winners. You can visit our portfolio to see the whole brand identity and packaging design project.
May 02, 2017 | BY Nicole LaFave