Hagenbeck Kaffee

This packaging design is infused with the history of the long-established Hagenbeck Kaffee coffee brand. Inspired by the famous Hagenbeck Zoo in Hamburg, this coffee was also traded as the “tiger brand” in the mid 20th century. The relaunch is marked by graphic reduction with the goal of making the face of a tiger, created using shapes and lines, stare at and address customers directly from store shelves. The front of the packaging prominently features the brand name “Hagenbeck” placed directly between the eyes and nose of the illustrated tiger without disrupting the tiger image itself. The background is unusually white for a coffee brand yet looks sophisticated thanks to a stand-alone copper design that acts as an eye-catcher. Grabbing attention, the graphically integrated packaging text provides information about the history of coffee, its origin, the manufacturer and the roasting process. This is combined with a brewing recommendation visualised in icons.