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Body care brand Baré was one of seven Australian companies recognised in a global competition celebrating on-pack creativity.

The 10th annual Pentawards saw Bare take home a silver for the packaging of its Bespoke Natural Extracts product, which was designed by Angela Spindler of Sydney agency Depot Creative.

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Spindler was assisted by industrial designers Andrew Simpson and Charlie Payne, cardboard engineer/ designer Sarish Shashidhar, photographer Steven N Meyers, label printer Impresstik, and box printer Hannapak.

“The project was to create a unique range of bespoke botanical facial serums focused on adding emotional equity and preciousness, communicating the source-of-origin and delivering a premium positioning,” Spindler said.

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“The packaging's visual language and form design represent nature and its inner workings in a transparent and vivid way.”

The Depot Creative team achieved this 'language' through a frosted glass bottle, a leaf-shaped dropper, and radiographic images.

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The Bare bones

  • The bottle is made of frosted glass with an injection-moulded plastic applicator.
  • The neck label is self-adhesive printed CMYK, plus two spot colours, hot foil-stamped with an all-over satin varnish.
  • The carton uses Heaven 42 for its high-white property, providing a pure background for the luminous images. Depth and detail have been achieved using stochastic screening. Hot foil stamping and a satin all-over varnish provide the final touches.
  • To enhance the unpacking experience, the carton employs clever internal mechanics which allow the bottle to rise when the box is opened.

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The company also won Gold in the A’Design Awards, and second place in the Dieline Awards this year.

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