Wednesday, 9 January 2013

Lea & Perrins Re-Design: Final Student Prototype Outputs

I'll slowly be adding examples of submitted student work for the Lea & Perrins Worcestershire Sauce brief on to this post. There's been a fantastic range of solutions submitted - many with very innovative designs and second uses to delay materials going into the waste cycle. By putting examples of the work up here both students and the client can then see the range of submissions made.

Tuesday Group
(Where possible both 3D bottle solutions and design boards will be shown).


Matt Maynard's Packaging solution.
Matt Maynard - bottle design 02
Heather McGinty bottle 01

Heather McGinty - bottle 02

Heather McGinty's supporting design board.

Simba Zvobgo's supporting design board.
Simba bottle 01
Billy bottle 01
Billy bottle 02
Billy design board

Jesse design board

Nik design board

Keely bottle 01


Keely bottle 02
Keely design board

Claire Gee bottle

Claire Gee design board.


Csilla bottle design.
Amanda design board

Jess D bottle design

Mair design board

Mair bottle 01

Mair bottle 02
Jess D bottle design

Jess D design board


Thursday Group
(Where possible both the 3D bottle solutions and the design boards will be shown).

Rossouw bottle design.
Rossouw blog: http://rossouwogdes3003.wordpress.com
Quote: "This module has taught me a great deal about good design practise as a whole and how small differences can make great improvements to the environmental impact of the product. It has also made me constantly consider my designs and practises in terms of lifecycle and effects on the environment."

Rossouw supporting board.

Antonia Lyons bottle solution - re-use as a bottle for growing herbs.
Quote".. this module has opened up my way of thinking in light of designing within (the genre) and I have had the chance within this module to explore the practice and processes behind it.”

Antonia Lyons - display board

Tom Game bottle solution
Tom Game board 01

Tom Game Board 02

Tom Game - Board 03

Tom Game - Board 04

Tom Game Board 05

Tom Game Board 06

Chris Weston - bottle solution with social media campaign.
Chris Weston - board 01

Chris Weston board 02

Chris Weston board 03
Chris Weston board 04

Adam bottle design 01

Adam bottle design 02
Dan bottle design 01


Dan bottle design 02


Harriet bottle design



Harriet display board.
Francesca Dixon - re-use as a kitchen worktop lamp.
Fran Dixon - display board
Fran blog: http://greendesigngdes3003.blogspot.co.uk
Quote: “Green design has been an eye-opening module that has allowed myself to witness and experience the advantages of sustainable packaging and how important it is to encourage and promote.”
Stephen bottle design 01

Stephen bottle design 02
Spencer bottle and refill sachet 01

Spencer bottle and refill sachet 02

Spencer design board
Peter Lee design board

Peter Lee bottle design
Quote: “The project itself was a challenging one for me… but at the same time that proved to be a great (thing) and thus helped me expand my knowledge further and develop myself as a designer.”


Thursday, 29 November 2012

Lea & Perrins Student Factory Visit

The front gates of the famous factory which is still in Worcester.

An exterior picture of the famous Lea & Perrins Worcestershire Sauce Factory which is still the one place in the world that both makes and packages the iconic condiment.

An absolutely amazing place to visit that is steeped in history. Thankyou's to Shane Shortman - Heinz UK's Brand Manager for Lea & Perrin's Worcestershire Sauce for arranging as well as factory staff Paul and Martin who kindly gave up their time to give us factory tours. 

The smells as we walked through the different areas of the factory were just simply amazing and an assault to the senses.. Students were shown around various elements involved in the production process of the famous sauce which is still made on site hundreds of years after the factory was originally built by local chemists Mr Lea and Mr Perrin.

The Green Design students on the Graphic Design and Multimedia Course at the University of Worcester are presently in the middle of a brief set by Lea & Perrins (Heinz UK) to design sustainable prototype re-designs of the iconic sauce bottles. Heinz' Corporate Responsibility Charter has resulted in both Heinz (and Lea & Perrins in particular) dramatically reducing their waste outputs to landfill. The sustainable re-design student project has also been generated through the requirements of the charter too which looks at all aspects of procurement and materials use.

We'll add more here when internal shots have been vetted by Heinz. Many of these involve the machinery and elements used in the sauce's secret recipe - which they're understandably sensitive about.

Further imagery from the day's visit:

The exterior of the famous factory.
Inside the factory.
Lea & Perrin's labels all ready to be added to the bottles.
Sauce bottle packaging in it's flattened state.
Inside the factory.
The Students and tutor all ready to go on to the factory floor. 
The rear of the factory near where the coopers used to make
the oak barrels for sauce.