Cruzan Rum

The design landscape of global liquor branding is often boring and incredibly exploitive of women. The Cruzan brand design team engaged us to Replace the “Pirates” and “Pin-ups” of the Rum world with some joyful and lasting design quality. The sexist communication of liquor branding is as easy as it is unconvincing. Bravo to Cruzan for embracing the rich island visual landscape of St. Croix street culture. The Caribbean hand painted building of the St. Croix (the root word for “Cruzan”) was deeply studied and explored in “The Don’t Hurry” campaign. Replace designed the campaign look and feel, hand painted and coded the custom font treatment, directed and authored the illustration direction, and oversaw the design delivery from campaign pitch to campaign implementation. Replace also designed, edited and directed the launch video shown to the brand team at brand launch. We took the time to make “The Don’t Hurry” an experience best savored over ice and good friends.

The Design Process

Phase 1

Replace explored several brand campaign directions before “The Don’t Hurry” emerged as the best representation for the lifestyles and relaxed experience of the St. Croix island that produced Cruzan Rum. Replace hand screen printed the pitch kits that were used to hammer home the authentic hand-painted feel of a St. Croix street-scape.

Phase 2

After “The Don’t Hurry” campaign resonated clearly with both client and test consumers, Replace began the deep dive into the typography, illustration, photo direction, and video design and production. The campaign assets and design direction was then handed off the larger brand team for global implementation.

Cruzan Rum

The Design Process

Phase 1

Phase 2

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