Monachus – A Dash of Istria
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Shortlist / Packaging Design / Luxury / 2021
The tiny Monachus gin distillery sits at the tip of Croatia’s Istria peninsula, and borrows its name from Monachus Monachus, the endangered Mediterranean monk seal that used to live on these shores. Every aspect of Monachus gin is defined by its sense of place. Inspired by the natural history of Istria and the Adriatic sea, Bedow drew on the elements that make this place unique. The labels take one of five shapes: the Bora wind, the waves, the salt in sea and air, a pebble from the shore, and a pine cone from the hills. And the packaging is plastic-free, to match the distillery’s ethos.
