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Brains Brewery


Core Brands Packaging.

Established in Cardiff in 1882 by Samual Arthur Brain, Brains SA, Brains Bitter & Brains Dark remain the brewery’s flagship brands with a following that is part of the city’s heritage.

Developing the packaging presentation and in particular their bar presence, our strategy focussed on how we could maximise visibility by breaking with the conventions of the traditional pump clip. 

Following the new designs for the cans and the bottle labels with their 180 degree presentation  we considered the available space between traditional bar beer engines.

The result was to create a larger, semi-circular clip that provides a greater display area.
Moulded in metal alloy the designs are sprayed gold before all other colours are individually applied.

SA Red
#AC2827
C0 M52 Y52 K33

Bitter Beige
#DBD0AB
C0 M5 Y22 K14

Dark Black
#000000
C0 M0 Y0 K100

Brains Brewery – 3D & Motion


Transforming our 2D designs into 3D allowed us to understand and create the final curved artwork that provided the 3D printed dies ready for casting and finishing.

3D prototyping also allows us to imagine the completed can, bottles and glassware pre-production.
The final images replacing the need for any additional pack photographs.

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