Project

Everleaf x JD’s Hot Honey

Packaging and launch design for Everleaf Forest’s limited-edition collaboration with JD’s Smoky Chipotle Hot Honey.

Brand
Print & Physical

Overview

Everleaf partnered with JD’s Hot Honey to create a limited-edition version of Forest, bringing the aperitif’s rich, earthy character together with JD’s sweet and smoky chipotle heat. We were asked to translate the collaboration into a distinctive bottle that brought both brands together while remaining recognisably Everleaf.

The design

We developed the limited-edition label by combining Everleaf’s layered botanical world with JD’s bolder visual language. A chilli illustration runs through the yellow label, supported by co-branded typography and copy that tells the story behind the collaboration. We refined the design around the existing bottle’s embossed details and updated the ingredients, nutritional information, barcode, serving suggestion and back-of-pack story. The artwork was tested at full size to check fit and legibility before we supplied production-ready files. We also created a finished bottle render to help Everleaf present and launch the collaboration across digital channels.

The impact

The result gives the collaboration its own energetic character while protecting what makes Forest distinctive. By supporting the project from early concepts and physical test prints through to final production artwork and launch imagery, we created a coherent limited-edition expression that worked on the bottle and online.

Everleaf Forest bottle with Hot Honey launch typography

Limited-edition Everleaf and JD's Hot Honey bottles on the production line

Animated chilli graphic for the limited-edition Everleaf blend

Everleaf Forest bottle with a honey dipper on the campaign artwork

Repeating Hot Honey and limited-edition campaign typography

Everleaf Picante Spritz with lime, chilli and branded campaign napkins

Chilli illustration with the Everleaf and JD's Hot Honey collaboration story

Everleaf and JD's Hot Honey collaboration logos