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Why It Works                       According to Correa, the design
                                   just flowed. The design solution
BBC needed a distinctive design    required a different approach
that celebrated Colombia. Each     with a more contemporary, yet
beer is named after a local        classic look.
Colombian neighborhood, and
the names are boldly positioned    It’s not just the beer labels—         Madrid selected the labels for
on each label. The old Ford        everything from the delivery           their show of the best design in
delivery truck appears in differ-  boxes, to the glasses, to the sig-     Spain and Latin America.
ent angles so that each bottle     nage support this reinvigorated     • A special set of two bottles and
has its own view of the truck.     brand. And many of the local           a glass were created for the big
“We don’t believe in design-       shipments still arrive in an old       French supermarket Carrefour,
based solutions. We believe in     Ford delivery truck.                   and it sold out in a few days.
the thinking-based solutions,”
says creative director Lucho         Success Metrics                   Takeaway Tip
Correa of Lip, Ltda. At first
Correa and designer Viviana        • Sales have more than doubled      You may be able to find the key to your market-
Flórez created some pretty label      since the new packaging design   ing success with an image that is right under
designs, but Correa admits that       was introduced. The regular      your nose. Celebrate your connection with your
they were just designs without        4-pack had to be replaced with   local market by using images locals will recog-
much soul. They began work-           a 6-pack to accommodate the      nize, including images from your own business
ing with the old truck images         increased beer sales.            (such as an image of a distinctive delivery truck
and thought about the posters                                          that you use in the local community).
announcing the wrestling and       • BBC packaging won the
bullfighting events that resonate      Communication Arts excellence
with the Bogotá urban scene.          in design award, and the Ibero
                                      American Design Biannual in

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