Luxco Spirits: Salvador’s, Calvert and Exotico

Three spirits brands for one producer: one shoot that ran outdoor and built a website, the packaging around it, and the brand direction for a third.

The Salvador's Margarita campaign on a bus shelter at night

CFX, a boutique agency · Interactive Designer, on Luxco brands

Campaign concepting · Art direction on set · Retouching · Outdoor and large-format · Packaging · Web design · Style tiles and brand direction


The challenge

Luxco produces, bottles, imports and markets beverage alcohol across a large portfolio. CFX was its agency, and the work spanned three of its brands, each wanting something different: Salvador’s needed a campaign, Calvert needed outdoor for two products, and Exotico needed a brand direction.

The work

Concepted the Salvador’s campaign and art directed the shoot. 
Two concepts went to the client and the water-splash version was chosen for feeling more refreshing. Retouched the frames and set the type and color.

The two original Salvador's campaign concepts presented to the client
The two concepts. The client chose the splash.
The Salvador's Margarita campaign artwork
Margarita.
The Salvador's Ruby Red Grapefruit Paloma campaign artwork
Paloma.

Ran it at every size. 
The same shot on bus shelters to building-sized billboards.

The Salvador's Paloma campaign on a large-format billboard
The same treatment at billboard scale.

Designed the bottle neckers and the shipping box. Point of sale that hangs on the bottle, and the box the case ships in.

Salvador's bottle neckers designs for the Margarita and Paloma lines
Necker designs.
Salvador's shipping box
Shipping box.

Designed the Salvador’s website. The campaign photography carried into the product pages, across seven flavors.

The Salvador's website home page and product page, showing the range of seven flavors
The site. The campaign photography carried into the product pages.

Built the Calvert outdoor. Four ads for whiskey and gin, a product-led and a lifestyle execution for each.

A product focused ad for Calvert whiskey
Calvert whiskey: product-led.
A lifestyle focused ad for Calvert whiskey
Calvert whiskey: lifestyle focused.
A product focused ad for Calvert gin
Calvert gin: product-led.
A lifestyle focused ad for Calvert gin
Calvert gin: lifestyle focused.

Set the direction for Exotico in style tiles. 
Two directions, one edgy and graphic, one sleek and refined. The client took elements from both and executed on it.

Exotico style tile showing an edgy pop art direction with palette, typography and imagery
Direction one: edgy, graphic, playful.
Exotico style tile showing a sleek refined direction with palette, typography and imagery
Direction two: sleek, refined, sharp.

RESULTS

A campaign for Salvador’s, concepted, art directed on set, retouched and laid out

Bottle neckers and a shipping box for two product lines

A website for Salvador’s, carrying the campaign photography across seven flavors

Four outdoor ads for Calvert, product-led and lifestyle for each of two products

Brand direction for Exotico, delivered as style tiles and adopted by the client

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