Amano olive oil bottles on a plaster ledge in an arch with a rust curtain and a vase

Amano Olive Oil Branding

Amano Olive Oil Brand Identity and Packaging Design

Amano Olive Oil is a premium olive oil and balsamic vinegar brand developed to offer discerning customers a natural and elevated alternative to mass-market products. The brand design project focused on creating a visual identity and packaging system that reflects product quality, authenticity, and a refined visual presence.

Two Amano bottles with cork stoppers in a white arched niche

The design work

The design work aimed to support Amano’s position in the specialty food category by emphasizing purity, simplicity, and visual distinction, while also communicating product attributes clearly across packaging and digital platforms.

Two product lines share one system here, olive oil and balsamic vinegar, and the food packaging design had to let them sit together without blurring into each other. MarkaWorks drew the logotype bold with soft edges and let it carry the brand alone, with no separate emblem to maintain. The pastel shades we selected set a calm tone that leaves the product information legible rather than competing with it, which matters in a specialty aisle where labels are read closely before anything is picked up.

Amano guideline slides for logo, color system and packaging on creamAmano bottle, Fruttato, on a stone slab against a peach wall in palm shadow

Brand Strategy and Visual Identity

The visual identity for Amano Olive Oil was built with a focus on clarity and balance. A bold logotype with soft edges was created without a separate emblem to represent care and connection to nature, reflecting the brand’s attention to natural production and ingredient quality. Pastel shades were selected for the colour palette to create a calm and inviting visual tone that complements the product range.

The design language supports clear presentation of product information and helps consumers understand the range at a glance. Typography and graphic choices were curated to reinforce the brand’s visual consistency and strengthen recognition within the category.

Six Amano bottle silhouettes in olive, taupe, cream, terracotta and mustardAmano wordmark with a terracotta sun, a stair shape and a mustard hillAmano poster with three bottles on stone steps inside a cutout shape and a round badge

Packaging Design and Product Expression

Packaging for Amano Olive Oil and balsamic vinegar was developed with simplicity and functional readability in mind. Labels feature illustrated ingredient patterns set against white backgrounds to support clear information hierarchy and visual harmony. Bottles and packaging materials were chosen to evoke associations with purity and intentional presentation.

This approach enhances product presence on shelf while helping consumers differentiate between variants through subtle visual cues. The result is a packaging system that feels unified and purposeful while aligning with the brand’s identity goals.

Three Amano label layouts, Intenso, Fruttato and Delicato, on bottle outlinesThree Amano bottles in front of an arch with a rust curtain in sunlightTwo Amano posters in stone tones, a bottle silhouette and a wooden bowl photoTwo Amano bottles, frosted and white, on plaster blocks in leaf shadowAmano sketch grid, pencil drawings of the wordmark, a bottle, a leaf and a small car

Brand Extensions and Visual Applications

To further support Amano’s brand expression, 3D visualization stages and animations were created to showcase the products in context. These assets help communicate product quality and reinforce brand presence across digital and marketing environments.

Through this design system, Amano Olive Oil positions itself as a thoughtful choice in the premium olive oil category with a visual identity that supports product clarity, differentiation, and brand recognition.

Three Amano bottles on white steps under a round windowTwo Amano posters, a leaf stripe layout and a sepia landscape with the wordmarkAmano bottle in an arched window with pebbles and olive branches against the skyAmano illustration set, a leaf, a bottle, a sun and a stair shape on creamAmano bottle on a fluted pedestal against a white cutout with palm shadows
Grid of nine Amano social tiles with bottles, a toast photo and a portrait with flowersThree Amano bottles in a woven basket with olives, framed by a terracotta circle

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