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The Click gets the dream brief, creating a new identity for Jarrold's own label food and drink range

When a 250-year-old department store that was once a printing and publishing firm decides to launch its food and drink range and needs a name, identity and packaging, what's a design studio to do but take inspiration from its rich heritage?

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Jarrold's Our Type of Food range displaying seven packaged products spelling out J-A-R-R-O-L-D, each featuring large letterpress-printed letters on black and turquoise packaging

The Click got the dream brief from Jarrold, the largest independent shop in Norfolk, founded in 1770 by John Jarrold. Naming the range, Our Type of Food – see what they did there – The Click used Jarrold's historic collection of woodblock and letterpress type, as well as its old printing presses, to create the actual packaging artwork.

The individual products, which range from artisan chocolates, shortbread, mustard and jam to honey, chutney, olive oil, tea, and real ale, each feature a letter which can be used to spell out words. It sets things up nicely for future campaigns.

"We worked closely with volunteers at the John Jarrold Print Museum and set about sourcing the perfect typefaces to suit our range of packs – considering scale and proportion as well as selecting a range of styles and weights to fit each product," says Creative Director Bobby Burrage.

"We then used the old printing presses in the museum to make prints of each letterform, retaining their physical imperfections and quirks. Once the final suite of letterforms was selected, we applied them, in all their raw beauty, to the final packaging range."

Watch the video below to hear more about the project. Or visit theclickdesign.

The Click's logo for Jarrold's Our Type of Food range, featuring a stylised figure formed from letterpress type on a turquoise background
Letter E and letter L from Jarrold's historic letterpress type, printed on light blue backgrounds for the Our Type of Food packaging range
Capital letter J printed in dark textured typeface on pale blue background, part of Jarrold's Our Type of Food packaging range
Hands operating the mechanical keys and levers of a vintage letterpress printing machine
A black textured letterpress-printed letter "A" with a triangular cutout and horizontal bar, on a light blue background
Two hands hold a white sheet of paper with two black letterforms printed on it, showing the tactile packaging design for Jarrold's Our Type of Food range
Black cylindrical container with turquoise band featuring a large letterpress-printed letter and Our Type of Drink branding for Jarrold's food and drink range
Man with glasses operating a historic letterpress printing machine in a museum workshop with printed sheets visible
Black lidded jar with turquoise label featuring orange letterform and Our Type of Food branding for Jarrold's food range
Three men in a studio workspace review packaging designs for the Our Type of Food range, with printed letterforms visible on papers around them
Two views of Jarrold's Our Type of Food packaging range, showing letterpress-printed product boxes and bottles arranged to spell words, alongside an open brochure displaying the range and heritage brick building
WSR letterforms printed from Jarrold's historic letterpress type for the Our Type of Food packaging range
Amber ale label from Jarrold's Our Type of Food range featuring turquoise background and letterpress typography describing the product's ingredients and flavour profile
A person uses a printing press at the John Jarrold Print Museum to create letterforms for the Our Type of Food packaging design
Three wine and spirits bottles with turquoise labels featuring letters M, G and S, and a gin bottle with matching label design
Jarrold's Our Type of Food packaging range featuring letterpress-printed individual letters on light blue labels with black borders, displayed as single and multiple pack formats
Sheets of light blue packaging for Jarrold's Our Type of Food range displayed on a scanner, each featuring a printed letterform that can be combined to spell words
Three black tea tins with turquoise labels featuring large letters E, B and M for Earl Grey, Breakfast and Mint tea from Jarrold's Our Type of Food range
Four jars from Jarrold's Our Type of Food range featuring letters R, S, W and H printed using historic letterpress type, containing raspberry gin jam, strawberry jam, whisky marmalade and honey
Display of Jarrold's Our Type of Food packaging range showing jars and boxes featuring individual letterpress letters that can be combined to spell words
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