The Maple 7
Canadian Rye Whisky for The Craft Irish Whiskey Co.
The Maple 7 brings together a design merger between the usual take on luxury and experiential elevation, joining and completing this unique experience with Canadian rye and maple, elements subtly translated into the bottle design, creating a bold, striking presence enhanced and completed by minimal details that elevate both bottle and packaging into a disruptive shaping that demarcates itself from the rest of the competition, and using the ribbed base as a disguised highly reflective section, capable of creating a deep optical illusion that elevates the whisky and all of its natural colours.
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Unique Properties
A collaboration between The Craft Irish Whiskey Co. and Highwood Distillers, The Maple 7 is the fruit of the expertise of creating world-class whiskey profiles and experiences at CIWC merged with the charismatic notes of Canadian maple and rye. A strong presence with a delicate attention to detail, this is the ultimate concept transversal to either the whisky and the design of both bottle and packaging, culminating in a powerful, luxurious experiential whisky tasting experience.
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Whisky, luxury, design, bottle, experience, packaging, product, exclusive, drinking, Canada
Production Technology
Shaped with strong visuals and presence, The Maple 7 vessel combines clean aesthetics with large bottle shoulders for augmented presence, with soft ribbed base and closure, exponentially increasing their grip, in a mixture of clean and textured glass, and gold metallic detailing. The box follows as a direct extension to this paradigm, with partial ribbed texture on the outside, and an interior cladding in soft cream suede colours and gold detailing, highlighting the vessel and the whisky inside.
Design Challenge
As a collaboration and merging of Irish and Canadian elements, each element within The Maple 7 design must pay homage to this unique cultural bridge. Embracing a strong yet naturally achieved presence, characteristic of the North American visual language, the packaging then brings together the Irish design language, with soft, delicate textures and a sensorial play of embossing and debossing, foil and blind pressing, elevating this whiskey to the luxurious tasting experience it deserves.
Project Duration
Designed across 3 months of R&D and shaping, The Maple 7 is a whisky that takes its time, slowly maturing over 7 years to perfect the subtleness of flavours and profiles. Visible as the passage of time through the glass ribs, this refined whisky sees its attention detail attributed to the casks and the aging reflect on every single element of the design. Enduring the passage of time, the vessel, the packaging, the materials and features ask for a calm, slowed down tasting experience altogether.
Operation Flow
With a central magnetized gold medallion that locks everything together, The Maple 7 box can be opened through the rigid double flap doors, revealing the bottle and the rich whisky tones contrasting with the light cream shade of the suede. Around, gold detailing enhances depth and reflection to the glass details. The bottle, held within a gold base socket, can be removed by sliding through the housing that holds the closure at the very top, whilst keeping the strong visual presence intact.
Research
As the first collaboration from The Craft Irish Whiskey Co. with Canadian casks, it is imperative that the solution created has the utmost knowledge of the cultural and visual cues that make this type of whisky so characteristic, whilst keeping a distinctive, disruptive and relatable presence that highlights and elevates CIWC and its Irish heritage. As a product that is aged for 7 years, it is also imperative to separate The Maple 7 from the competition, creating a distinctive presence on-shelf.
Inspiration
Bringing the luxurious, elevated experiential designs from The Craft Irish Whiskey Co. across the Atlantic, The Maple 7 is inspired by the strong visual presence of the maple tree trunks and mountains landscape, bringing together warm colours and strong, straight grain textures reminiscent of the trees and the rye that make the essence of this exclusive whisky. The Maple 7 is an ode to the bridging of the Irish culture and the Canadian whisky, bringing together an intemporal design.
Image Credits
The Craft Irish Whiskey Co.
Project Overview
The Maple 7 Canadian Rye Whisky has been a Silver winner in the Packaging Design award category in the year 2023 organized by the prestigious A' Design Award & Competition. The Silver A' Design Award celebrates top-tier designs that embody excellence and innovation. This award acknowledges creations that are not only aesthetically pleasing but also highly functional, reflecting the designer's deep understanding and skill. Silver A' Design Award recipients are recognized for their contribution to raising industry standards and advancing the practice of design. Their work often incorporates original innovations and elicits a strong emotional response, making a notable impact on the improvement of everyday life.
Silver Recognition
Tiago Russo was recognized with the coveted Silver A' Design Award in 2024, a testament to excellence of their work The Maple 7 Canadian Rye Whisky.
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