Updated Recipe Design

I my previous Recipe design, I didn't like how I arranged my images. They felt like they were just floating around looking for a home. I also, as pointed out by my professor, did not have an illustration of what the final product would look like. 

So, I have added another illustration, another step, and rearranged the illustrations on the board. Hope this is the one!

Recipe: Peppermint Crisp Cake

For our final project in Advanced Typography, we were asked to make a recipe design of a recipe close to our hearts. For my design I wanted to do Peppermint Crisp Pie. 

I love this cake, not only because it is extremely delicious, but because it is a little bit of South Africa here in America. This cake does not show itself very often, so when it's made it's a real treat. Some of the ingredients are really hard to find in America and needs to be brought back from South Africa when someone in the family goes to visit.

The way this is made is is you just lay out a layer of coconut cookies, mix together the caramel and cool whip, place a layer of he mix on the cookies and then zest the chocolate and sprinkle a thin layer on top. Make a couple of layers, and you got a Peppermint Crisp Pie!

Here is the process images. 

 (someone was a little curious! :P)

 

As for my final design, I plan on making a few changes. I want to add an illustration of how the final product would look (the cake) and arrange the materials to match with the directions. I should also add one more step to place it in the fridge for 20 minutes after you make it.

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December 1, 2012

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Wine Time Redesign

This is the project I was looking forward to the most. The Packaging project. I think however, since I been looking so forward to this I have way too many ideas and I feel a bit scrambled right now. 

1. Turning Leaf

Location: California

Brand: Turning Leaf just released the new launch Refresh. It is a lighter taste than all their other wines with a little fizz and a bit more refreshing. It comes in three flavors, Moscato, Red Moscato, and Crisp White.

My Direction: I wanted to take it to a more natural and organic direction. This was something new for them, and they kept expressing to use natural fruits to apply with the wine, so I the first thing I thought of was wood. I was browsing online and came upon this website. There it was.

 2. Ghost Block

Location: Napa Valley

Brand: This is a well respected wine. According to most sites, they sell out within weeks after being release. Last year The Tasting Room Napa Wine Co. sold their entire 2008 vintage in just two weeks. This brand was released September 1st 2012, I hope I can still find this in stores (I need to take a picture of the back!) The prices of these wine range from $100+. I haven't found any cheaper... it must be good!

"Quite a beautiful Cabernet, showing Oakville character of black currants and cedar and profoundly fine tannins, as well as a great depth of flavor and ageworthiness. Made from 100% Cabernet, it’s lush and dramatic now, and should easily develop over the next 6–10 years."- 98 Points Wine Enthusiast

My Direction: I was jumping on an entirely new road here. I wanted to make is illustrative and give it a little more life than it has now. This is very elegant and refined, I wanted to go glow in the dark. I got the spray... tested it... and loved it. 

I really don't want this to look cheap though. I want to mix it with frost spray, give the display box a window that lets you see the bottle with the ghost. Its a work in progress but I have the building blocks... just need to build it now.

3.Eve Chardonnay

Country: 

USA

Region: 

Washington State

Subregion: 

Walla Walla

Vintage: 

2010

Grape/Varietal: 

Chardonnay

$14.99

Farming Details: 

Organic

Size: 

750 ML

This is from Charles Smith: The Modernist Project, an outfit that aims to shed all pretensions in an effort to simply make wine fun. Smith is a big-haired dude and former band manager. His Walla Walla wines are as badass as they are easy to drink. This Chardonnay is creamy and oaky, yet well-balanced with a touch of green apple.

 

Goes with: 

Popcorn, pretzels and chips!

Woot!