Chinese open to modern wine labels
Chinese wine consumers prefer traditional wine labels but are open to some contemporary designs, according to Wine Intelligence.
Heineken chooses its 140th birthday suit
Heineken has announced the winners of its Limited Edition Design Challenge, a competition to find the front and back label designs for a million of its bottles.
Ballantine's whisky goes for golf
Chivas Brothers is to launch a limited edition golf pack for its Ballantine’s 17 and 21 year old blended whiskies.
Absolut Gustafson unveiled at Cannes
Pernod Ricard has unveiled Absolut Gustafson at the TFWA in Cannes, a new limited edition for global travel retail.
Industry recognises design excellence
The Restaurant and Bar Design Awards recognised "excellence" in design and architecture in the global hospitality industry yesterday, at a ceremony in Canary Wharf, London.
Finlandia reveals new bottle design
Finlandia vodka, part of Bacardi Brown-Forman Brands, has unveiled a new global packaging design dubbed ‘melting ice’.
Design firm Claessens/Cartils now Cartils
Dutch branding and packaging design consultancy Claessens/Cartils has changed its name to Cartils.
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Dirty cocktail names: Is it the end?
There are lies, damn lies, statistics – and then there are statistics about cocktails. It emerged recently that a UK firm named Travel Republic surveyed punters, and apparently 29% of them disapprove of sexually suggestive cocktail names.
