Polar Vodka
The design brief was simple enough — choose an animal and choose a liquid, then through a series of brainstorms and mind maps, establish a visual connection between them.
Once the relationship was well defined, the goal was to create the perfect vessel, which embodied the spirit of that animal.
Inspired by the social nature and the close proximity of nesting penguins, my goal was to create a vodka bottle which can be intuitively passed from person to person. The elegant spiraling helix form serves as an ergonomic grip for two people simultaneously. The tapering silhouette is reminiscent of the penguin itself and the slow flowing curves are an allusion to the graceful trajectory of diving in water.
A vodka bottle inspired by the social nature of penguins — a spiraling helix grip lets it be passed intuitively from person to person.
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Concept
Through brainstorming and mind mapping, established the connection between animal and liquid — penguins and vodka — with the close proximity of nesting penguins as the design driver.
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Form language
Developed a tapering silhouette reminiscent of the penguin's body, with slow flowing curves evoking the graceful arc it traces while diving.
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Grip
The spiraling helix wraps the bottle's midsection as an ergonomic grip sized for two hands at once, so sharing is built directly into the form.
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Execution
Resolved from initial concept sketches through to a complete bottle design — ideation, 3D modeling and final renderings presented as a studio project.
