Label for Buxton Natural Mineral Water
Print
1993 (made)
1993 (made)
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Artist Andrew Davidson (born 1958) re-designed the original Buxton mineral water label in order to promote a clear image that could beadapted for use on the different shaped packaging and different printed surfaces that were being introduced in 1993.
Object details
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Title | Label for Buxton Natural Mineral Water (generic title) |
Materials and techniques | Colour offset lithography from wood engraving on textured metal foil |
Brief description | Label for Buxton Mineral Water, offset lithograph from wood engraving by Andrew Davidson, designed by Ian Logan Design; British 1993 |
Physical description | Label for Buxton Mineral Water featuring a hilly landscape with trees and bird. The label is round with a tab and has a blue stripe for the brand name. |
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Gallery label | Christoper WORMELL (born 1955)
Andrew DAVIDSON (born 1958)
Labels for Buxton Natural Mineral Water. 1987, 1993
Designed by Ian Logan Design
Colour offset lithograph of wood engravings
Given by Ian Logan Design
E.661-666-1994
Buxton is a spring water from Derbyshire and the company
particularly wanted to emphasise its purity and its rural setting.
Wood engraving was chosen to convey this. The image was
redesigned when they began to produce differently shaped packaging
and needed a different shape of illustration. Wood engraving was
again suitable because it provided an image that could be
reproduced in a variety of sizes without losing definition. A number
of customers wrote to the company describing how they had grown
attached to the first label and wanted it back!(1994) |
Credit line | Given by Ian Logan Design |
Object history | Acquired in connection with the display A Fine Line - Commercial Wood Engraving in Britain, V&A, 10 October 1994 - 26 March 1995. R.P. 94/1440 |
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Summary | Artist Andrew Davidson (born 1958) re-designed the original Buxton mineral water label in order to promote a clear image that could beadapted for use on the different shaped packaging and different printed surfaces that were being introduced in 1993. |
Bibliographic reference | A Fine Line - Commercial Wood Engraving in Britain, Victoria and Albert Museum, 10 Oct 1994 - 26 Mar 1995 |
Collection | |
Accession number | E.665-1994 |
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Record created | July 22, 2008 |
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