Aqua d'Or
Bottled Purity
& Premium
Deliverables: Brand Positioning, Portfolio Strategy, Packaging Redesign, Brand Activation
Aqua d’Or might, at first, just seem like water. But look closer and you will find a 300-year long journey through Danish nature. We helped Danone’s Danish water brand develop a new position, design and a range of line extensions dialling up the purity and premiumness of the inside on the outside.
The new brand universe is aimed at a younger and more urban segment who values honesty in brands. We emphasised the transparency through a more contemporary design that reflects the people drinking Aqua d’Or rather than the origin of the content.
“Not only did EVERLAND buy into our vision for the Aqua d’Or brand restage, they also added to it and put a face on it. And what a face! EVERLAND helped Aqua d’Or move from generic bottles of water to genuine objects of desire. The designers managed to capture the essence of the brief to deliver a bold yet simple, pure, and functional solution, in the very tradition of Danish design. The impact on consumers and sales was almost immediate”
— Romain Jolivet, Marketing Director at Aqua d’Or
“Transparency and honesty are two sides of the same coin. Rather than visual clichées about icebergs and glaciers, we looked to distil the 300-year long journey into the design in order to credibly underline a new more premium positioning. No window-dressing, just a really simple expression of purity.”
— Christian Halsted, Executive Strategy Director & Founding Partner at EVERLAND
Within the water category, Aqua d’Or has moved from number 4 to number 1 in one year according to Nielsen. Shortly after the design was introduced, in February 2018, Aqua d’Or reached its highest ever value market share, at 13.7%.
