Each year, we look for a few pro-bono design projects that pay it forward and promote the greater good. Watermark was approached to design a campaign to raise awareness for The Code Red Project. Code Red brings to the light what we take for granted, but is greatly missed by those who can not afford pricey, but necessary products.

Their mission:

“Code Red is an organization that serves to provide personal care and menstrual products to homeless and refugee women and girls,

As we reach the halfway point in the year, we’ve noticed several trends in upcoming breweries and packaging that have been launched in the beer market. Ranging from clean and geometric to a humanist touch with individually drawn lines, all these packages are gaining award-winning traction in design and beer forums.

SIMPLE SWISS :

The Jane, Duvel (Toykyo, Jimmy Lee, SH19), Fort Point Beer Company (Manual),

The April issue of Package Design Magazine will feature the South Street Brewery Barstools & Dreamers series, as well as the Rosemont of Virginia brand refresh & label design, for their ‘luxury packaging refresh’ series.

Watermark Design was awarded 2 new cannonballs in the 2015 Richmond Design Show, presented by the Richmond Ad Club. We were thrilled to be recognized again, and in such great company as the Martin Agency. The silver was awarded to the Barstools & Dreamers premium beer label series and the bronze for Upper Shirley Vineyard’s brand identity and wine label design.

We are grateful to have clients who want to partner with us to design the best work possible,

Cans have become a staple of the craft beer industry as brands garner their aesthetics around the sleek, clean and eye-popping look that aluminum renders. Breweries have lauded the superiority of can production versus amber glass as they cut UV exposure (i.e. there is none) and have environmentally friendly production because they are more compact for shipping. Simultaneously, the onset of mobile canning has become a cheaper, streamlined option for smaller scale facilities that can ill-afford the tens of thousands of dollars needed to purchase a canning line for themselves.