Graphic design – Karsten Rowe • Director of Product Design

Beer label design

Maybe one day… Still keen to design a beer label … But for now here is some more inspiration … karstenrowe.com/design-blog/tag/beer/

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Design iteration … So many options … Only one final design.

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A few more beer labels to add to the collection: karstenrowe.com/tag/beer/.

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Always been a big fan of the Kindle. Their new Christmas print ad is delightful – a lovely use of type and color.

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Still keen to design a beer label, maybe one day … karstenrowe.com/tag/beer/.

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Solid new package design from Walkers Crisps – Market Deli.

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One day I will design a beer label: karstenrowe.com/tag/beer/.

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One day I will design a beer label: karstenrowe.com/tag/beer/.

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One day I will design a beer label: karstenrowe.com/tag/beer/.

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A few more beer label designs: karstenrowe.com/tag/beer/.

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Another nice package and another element of my self improvement programme – Panda liquorice.

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Something new. Cadbury Highlights have a new package design. Looks rather feminine, maybe I need to find a new hot chocolate, maybe not.

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Two cute brands, two cute packages. Here’s to my new self improvement programme.

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A few more beer label designs: https://karstenrowe.com/tag/beer/.

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Sunday sorting – found a self-portrait I did whilst at university. Wishing I was still young.

A bootstrapped WordPress project framework. The aim was to create a simple, re-useable WordPress theme. Bootstrapped LESS integrated stylesheets – commented, variables, mixins, retina ready, minified. Typekit fonts. Mobile friendly design. View on GitHub Please feel free to download and use in your own projects.

Project 15: Amanda’s 50th Invite

A quick sketch I wanted to share.

Project 14: Rochen Hosting

Archiving another super old project that never really saw the light of day.

Project 13: Flagship Housing

Archiving another very old project. View Dribbble project

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A simple, tiled wallboard framework. A basic one-page tiled wallboard framework, ideal for showcasing thumbnail images with underbar menu. View live website View on GitHub

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Sunday sorting – found a few old design snaps.

Project 12: CPD Store

Archiving another very old project.

Project 10: ChapterOne

An old branding and web project that I wanted to share before archiving forever.

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A great logo isn’t going to make a shitty product any less shitty, any more than a hard worker is going to make a bad boss a compelling leader.

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Continuing my New year tidy up. Archive all old projects before the end of January – job done.

Project 09: karstenrowe.com logo wallboard

The brief was to create a scaleable, responsive platform to showcase recent branding projects. A bootstrapped solution can be found here: https://karstenrowe.com/projects/logo-wallboard/. Visit the website

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Working hard archiving old projects.

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A few more beer label designs: https://karstenrowe.com/tag/beer/.

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Trying to get organised – found some very old work.

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Continuously striving for improvement – check out @Nutshell progress: www.dribbble.com/karstenrowe/projects/nutshell.

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Three blogs that I regularly visit: Creative Review Advertising, design and visual culture. Little Big Details Your daily dose of design inspiration. Signal vs. Noise A publication about the web by 37signals.

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For design inspiration, I regularly turn to Dribbble – the slightly exclusive “show and tell” site for designers. A short list of notable designers to follow on Dribbble: Ryan Putnam Kerem Suer Henning Gjerde Jonas Söder Geri Coady

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Always a sucker for a brand mascot – especially Freddie. Checkout the MailChimp Team on dribbble.

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A few more beer label designs: https://karstenrowe.com/tag/beer/.

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Paul Smith – ideas for my first logo. Start with a scribble.

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A subtle update to a brilliant mark.

Project 08: Scar Top Poultry

A little branding project for Scar Top Poultry. View Dribbble project

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Brand guidelines also play an important role in a designer’s efficiency. In the current climate, where everyone has their eye on time and money, a well-managed visual identity can equal greater creative output. All the hard work has already been done, so it’s just a case of implementation. Therefore, you spend less time worrying aboutContinue reading “Words 125”

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From a designer’s point of view, we like following rules. We can’t get enough of them. Grids, colour palettes, point sizes, ‘x’ heights, margins – we love them. What we hate is being restricted. It is important to give designers enough room for interpretation, that’s why brand guidelines should be just that – a guide,Continue reading “Words 124”