{"id":508,"date":"2017-06-13T13:22:18","date_gmt":"2017-06-13T20:22:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/amyredmond.com\/portfolio\/?p=508"},"modified":"2024-08-20T19:50:22","modified_gmt":"2024-08-21T02:50:22","slug":"ubc-packaging","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/amyredmond.com\/portfolio\/ubc-packaging\/","title":{"rendered":"Urban Bee Company<br>\u2014<br>Package Design"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-508 gallery-columns-1 gallery-size-full'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/amyredmond.com\/portfolio\/cropped-urbanbee-packaging\/'><img width=\"2000\" height=\"1200\" src=\"https:\/\/amyredmond.com\/portfolio\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/cropped-UrbanBee-packaging.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/amyredmond.com\/portfolio\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/cropped-UrbanBee-packaging.jpg 2000w, https:\/\/amyredmond.com\/portfolio\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/cropped-UrbanBee-packaging-300x180.jpg 300w, https:\/\/amyredmond.com\/portfolio\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/cropped-UrbanBee-packaging-768x461.jpg 768w, https:\/\/amyredmond.com\/portfolio\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/cropped-UrbanBee-packaging-1024x614.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/amyredmond.com\/portfolio\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/cropped-UrbanBee-packaging-1200x720.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/amyredmond.com\/portfolio\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/cropped-UrbanBee-packaging-1860x1116.jpg 1860w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p><strong>Project<\/strong>: Honey Jar Package Design<\/p>\n<p><strong>Client:\u00a0<\/strong>Urban Bee Company<\/p>\n<p><strong>Role<\/strong>: Design \/ Art Direction<\/p>\n<p>In late 2014 I teamed up with Urban Bee Company, producer local and sustainable honey bee goods in Seattle, to create new packaging for their 5 ounce honey jars.<\/p>\n<p>Single-origin and sustainably harvested in small batches, this raw and unfiltered honey is exactly as the bees made it in the backyards, small farms and urban wild spaces of Seattle. Because of this, the primary focus was to create one design that could accommodate an unlimited variety of honey. In addition the design needed to allow light\u00a0to pass through the jars, allowing the color and clarity of honey to be visible.<\/p>\n<div id='gallery-2' class='gallery galleryid-508 gallery-columns-2 gallery-size-full'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<img width=\"450\" height=\"654\" src=\"https:\/\/amyredmond.com\/portfolio\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/UBC_5ozJar-DSC0064_sm.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/amyredmond.com\/portfolio\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/UBC_5ozJar-DSC0064_sm.jpg 450w, https:\/\/amyredmond.com\/portfolio\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/UBC_5ozJar-DSC0064_sm-206x300.jpg 206w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<img width=\"450\" height=\"654\" src=\"https:\/\/amyredmond.com\/portfolio\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/UBC_5ozJar-DSC0079-0074_sm.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/amyredmond.com\/portfolio\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/UBC_5ozJar-DSC0079-0074_sm.jpg 450w, https:\/\/amyredmond.com\/portfolio\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/UBC_5ozJar-DSC0079-0074_sm-206x300.jpg 206w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p>UBC\u2019s honey is extracted by hand, bottled in micro-batches, labeled with the hive location, and delivered by bicycle to subscribers and retail locations. The hives are free of high fructose corn syrup, plastics, and antibiotics.<\/p>\n<p>With jar-return jar-return service, 100% plastic-free and post-consumer-waste labels, and hand-crank machinery, UBC\u2019s bottling operation is nearing zero-waste.<\/p>\n<p>The honey is often available for purchase in select Seattle retail locations, including\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.theochocolate.com\/factory-retail-store\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Theo Chocolate\u2019s retail store<\/a>\u00a0in Fremont and Capitol Hill\u2019s\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/rainbownatural.com\/store-info\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Rainbow Natural Remedies<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div id='gallery-3' class='gallery galleryid-508 gallery-columns-1 gallery-size-large'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/amyredmond.com\/portfolio\/ubc-packaging\/ubc_5ozjar-dsc006_med\/'><img width=\"560\" height=\"361\" src=\"https:\/\/amyredmond.com\/portfolio\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/UBC_5ozJar-DSC006_med-1024x660.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/amyredmond.com\/portfolio\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/UBC_5ozJar-DSC006_med-1024x660.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/amyredmond.com\/portfolio\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/UBC_5ozJar-DSC006_med-300x193.jpg 300w, https:\/\/amyredmond.com\/portfolio\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/UBC_5ozJar-DSC006_med-768x495.jpg 768w, https:\/\/amyredmond.com\/portfolio\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/UBC_5ozJar-DSC006_med-1200x773.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/amyredmond.com\/portfolio\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/UBC_5ozJar-DSC006_med.jpg 1860w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 560px) 100vw, 560px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p><strong>Printer:<\/strong>\u00a0Emerald City Graphics, Seattle<\/p>\n<p><strong>Paper\/Ink:<\/strong>\u00a0Printed with vegetable-based inks on 100% recycled (50% post-consumer waste) paperboard<\/p>\n<p><strong>Photography<\/strong>: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.urbanbee.com\/\">Urban Bee Company<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<hr \/>\n<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><em>Experienced with working in agency and studio settings,\u00a0<a title=\"Amy Redmond (Art Direction\/Design\/Letterpress)\" href=\"http:\/\/www.amyredmond.com\/\">Amy Redmond<\/a>\u00a0is an art director and visual designer who thrives on variety, creating print and interactive work for corporate and non-profit clients. To keep her creativity refreshed, Amy balances digital design with time in her letterpress studio (<a title=\"Amada Press\" href=\"http:\/\/amadapress.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Amada Press)<\/a>\u00a0in Seattle. She teaches typography at the\u00a0<a title=\"School of Visual Concepts\" href=\"http:\/\/www.svcseattle.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">School of Visual Concepts<\/a> and letterpress printing at <a href=\"https:\/\/partnersinprint.org\">Partners in Print<\/a>, where she also serves as a founding member of PiP&#8217;s Leadership Team.<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Project: Honey Jar Package Design Client:\u00a0Urban Bee Company Role: Design \/ Art Direction In late 2014 I teamed up with Urban Bee Company, producer local and sustainable honey bee goods in Seattle, to create new packaging for their 5 ounce honey jars. Single-origin and sustainably harvested in small batches, this raw and unfiltered honey is [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":523,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[2],"tags":[116,117,32,31,30,33,18,12],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/amyredmond.com\/portfolio\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/508"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/amyredmond.com\/portfolio\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/amyredmond.com\/portfolio\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/amyredmond.com\/portfolio\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/amyredmond.com\/portfolio\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=508"}],"version-history":[{"count":14,"href":"https:\/\/amyredmond.com\/portfolio\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/508\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1434,"href":"https:\/\/amyredmond.com\/portfolio\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/508\/revisions\/1434"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/amyredmond.com\/portfolio\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/523"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/amyredmond.com\/portfolio\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=508"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/amyredmond.com\/portfolio\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=508"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/amyredmond.com\/portfolio\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=508"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}