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Father’s Day had me work on a special wine label to be pasted to some real expensive wine bottles which was given to top male executives from corporate clients of the hotel. I had to prepare something personalized and quick yet remain classy.
The idea was to come up with an elegant gift for that defines fatherhood and dads in general by comparing them to vintage wine. The label would also contain a personalized “Chateu du ” It was a sweet idea for a gift and my job was to execute the design.
Desktop publishing is not an option even if the quantity required was quite few, so off I go to the press for this job. The finished product was a 2-color duotone combination of spot black and PMS 871C with the words “No. 1 Dad” imprinted on gold foil. Printing was run over in KPJ Press by Paul Ng, one of my favorite printing presses.
Personalization of the labels was made possible by running the label through a laser printer and imprinting each name using Adobe InDesign’s powerful data merge feature.
The labels turned out to be classy and fit the bottles they were placed on perfectly.
It also turned out to be the perfect gift for my Dad and myself. Happy Father’s Day!
9 comments
Cynthia
Nice label, I will copy it and next year will do the same in my office, I will give a bottle of wine per man. But for mothers day what ideas have you got? .-= Cynthia´s last blog ..All About Home Insurance Leads =-.
James
I agree with Cynthia, that is a nice present, and I wonder what did you prepared for mothers day? .-= James´s last blog ..Economic Growth In Japan Rose To 1.2% In The First Quarter As Exports Growth Accelerating, May 20th =-.
Dorothy
You can do the same for brandy? it would be great if you do the same for grandparents.
Isa
Nice label! I think you could customize it for various occasions, not just Dad’s or Mom’s day. A birthday label for old wine with bottling date (=birth date) could be a good idea, unless one is too sensitive about his or her age and understands kind humor;) Isa´s last [type] ..FDA Encourages Parents To Use Generic Meds For Children
Robin from Leaflet Printers
It’s a great label, nice work that Follow MinutemanPress on Twitter
Luca from Crossing Italy
Nice idea, It’s a great label Follow CrossingItaly on Twitter
Heritage Link Brands
Very nice idea. A person would really be happy if you make a customized label for him/her and paste it on a great quality wine. Good job on using InDesign. I still have to learn using it. Maybe I can apply your idea then.
Sam from Steam Cleaner Reviews
What a great idea I might use the ‘customized logo’ on a different product this year round, thanks for the awesome idea.
Sweet Tooth
Yes, cusmotised labels are great for any occasions…Once we used such a label on one of my moist chocolate cakes packagings and the hero of the occasion accepted it without noticing anything…and when he noticed after the party that was an exlposion and the celebration continued))