Carlsberg Visual Identity / Packaging Design / Brand World / Brand Guidelines

Capturing community

 

The Brief

We’re already a big hit with the dads. Now we want to broaden our audience and attract a new generation of beer drinkers too. Can you help?

The Opportunity

To the Danes, Tuborg is so much more than a beer brand – it’s a cultural icon. But over the last 30 years, as they’ve introduced new beer personalities, their impact has got diluted. They needed clarity to keep existing customers on side, and a compelling world to welcome new ones to the fold.

We saw the opportunity to create a Tuborg for everyone. Building on the Danish idea of ‘fællesskab’ (or community in English) to create a community of beers and put consumers at the heart of the Tuborg experience.

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We simplified then amplified the personality of each beer in Tuborg’s portfolio to create a stronger and more consistent brand family. One that would be easier to navigate and appeal to a much broader audience whilst staying true to the heritage of the brand.

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“It was never a case of throwing the baby out with the bathwater. Instead we took all the design elements, from shapes to colours, fonts and label architecture to create a suite of ownable brand assets that help set Tuborg up for a progressive future”.

Ben, Creative Director
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We combined Tuborg's iconic 'clockman' with the wordmark for the first time to create a more distinctive brand imprint.

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Off pack, we put people at the centre of the action. Using the clockman to frame unfiltered, spontaneous moments of fællesskab.

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“Drinking the beer your dad drinks is the opposite of cool. So a big part of the work was about changing the perceptions of the brand with an off pack world that a younger audience would relate to.”

Dave, Managing Director
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“Robot Food understood our needs, vulnerabilities, dedication, craft, and, most importantly, our sense of humour which made the whole process such a joy. It's very easy for us to be happy clients – every meeting is like spending time with family.”

Louise Dandanell, Marketing Manager, Tuborg Denmark
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