ABOUT
Mandalay is an evocative, and mysterious city - steeped in history, the former British colonial outpost has long kindled the imagination of explorers and adventurers alike. For Mandalay Rum, we created the Governor’s choice, an export brand that celebrated the colonial period, when Mandalay Rum was first distilled. We designed a bottle inspired by old rum receptacles from the colonial period, opting to purely engrave rather than apply any form of printing. The typography was drawn to be evocative of the era, whilst the pattern work was inspired from carvings found at ancient Mandalay temples. To accompany the bottle we created the Mandalay Gazette, a parody of a colonial outpost broadsheet. We populated it with humorous content and stories imbued with Mandalay Rum. The Gazette became the bottle wrap, and was repurposed to form a series of print ads as well as posters. We also crafted bespoke coasters for bar promotions that feature the illustrative elements from the bottle

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Svitlana Bielova
Graphic Designer / Branding / Packaging, Self employed
Switzerland
Yoko Yamamoto
Ballpointpen Illustrator, Ballpointpen Illustrator
Malta
Dheeraj Sharma
Game designer
India
Michael Tomes
Founder, Creativepool
United Kingdom
Appartement 103
France
Steve Wignall
Senior designer, Tapestry
United Kingdom
Heather Deacon
Creative Solutions Connector
United Kingdom
Edson Rosas
Art/Design Director, Freelance
United Kingdom
Hany Zackova
Digital Designer
Austria
Lee
Freelance creative director, Charactermark Limited
United Kingdom