Kevin Grandison

Amici & Vino: brand and motion, 2023

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Amici & Vino

Wine tastings hosted in Connecticut, New York and online: a script monogram whose A ties itself round a bottle, launched in motion.

Alicia Abaté hosts wine tastings as Amici & Vino, in Connecticut and New York and online. In autumn 2023 the identity went from sketches, through four rounds, to a script monogram with no wordmark beside it: the monogram is the whole signature.

It launched on social in motion, and on a website built in Webflow, in rose copper on black with Playfair Display and Montserrat.

Client
Amici & Vino, Alicia Abaté
Year
2023
What I did
Identity, a social launch in motion, the website in Webflow
Chapters
Brand, Motion

Brand

A script monogram: the A runs on as a ribbon and ties itself round a bottle.

Sketches

Letters, ligatures and ampersands, worked out by hand.

A page of hand-drawn sketches: A and V ligatures, ampersands and script lettering
A page of sketches for the monogram, 2023
Rounds 1 and 2: heavy ligatures in purple and mint
Rounds 1 and 2, 20 October 2023: heavy ligatures, purple and mint
Round 4: four script monograms with the bottle between the A and the V
Round 4, 3 November 2023: the bottle moves in between the letters
A guidelines page: the monogram on black, in flat colour and textured
The logo, flat and textured. Guidelines, 2023
A guidelines page: the colours, rose copper, pale pink and black
The colours: rose copper, a pale pink and black
The tasting placemat: numbered circles in rose copper round the monogram

The tasting placemat: a numbered circle for each glass, the monogram at the centre

The website

Built in Webflow, in the identity’s rose copper and Playfair italics: the tastings, the events and a way to book one.

amiciandvino.com, 2023

“As someone who knows very little about wine, Alicia’s lighthearted approach eased the uneasiness I often feel at wine events.”

A gueston amiciandvino.com

Motion

The monogram draws itself on, stroke by stroke: a study made in 2026 from the 2023 master.

The monogram, drawn: a motion study, 2026

The launch

On Instagram the monogram faded up in its foil finish over a toast.

The monogram on the Instagram intro, 2023

Guests raising their glasses round a candlelit table
A toast at a tasting
Alicia Abaté with a glass beside the set table
Alicia Abaté, the host

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