TINCTURA BOTANICA
TINCTURA BOTANICA
TINCTURA BOTANICA
TINCTURA BOTANICA
Tinctura, from the Latin tingere — to saturate. Before it was a drink, it was a preparation: fruit drawn into spirit, named in Latin, sealed and signed by the master who made it. Tinctura Botanica reimagines Polish nalewka as an apothecary artifact.
Tinctura, from the Latin tingere — to saturate. Before it was a drink, it was a preparation: fruit drawn into spirit, named in Latin, sealed and signed by the master who made it. Tinctura Botanica reimagines Polish nalewka as an apothecary artifact.
INDUSTRY
INDUSTRY
Craft Spirits, Limited Edition Packaging
Craft Spirits, Limited Edition Packaging
CLIENT
CLIENT
Tudor House Ltd
Tudor House Ltd
SERVICES
SERVICES
Naming Art Direction Packaging Design Visual Identity
Naming Art Direction Packaging Design Visual Identity
YEAR
YEAR
2026
2026
CHALLENGE
CHALLENGE
The challenge was the category itself. In noble Poland, nalewka was a mark of status — never bought, only inherited or made. Every estate kept its own recipe and its own sign on the bottle. Over time, it slid into the pantry. One hundred numbered bottles cannot look like a product. They have to look like a document.
The challenge was the category itself. In noble Poland, nalewka was a mark of status — never bought, only inherited or made. Every estate kept its own recipe and its own sign on the bottle. Over time, it slid into the pantry. One hundred numbered bottles cannot look like a product. They have to look like a document.
APPROACH
APPROACH
The approach was to borrow the vocabulary of the old apothecary. Flavours became species: Cydonia oblonga, Prunus cerasus, Citrus limon, Solanum tuberosum. The label became a sheet torn from an archive, carrying a plate from a nineteenth-century botanical atlas — the fruit recognised before the name is read. The maker became a magister: Extractum liquidum magistri J. Buss. And time became an ingredient, sealed beneath an hourglass: Tempus est ingrediens primus.
The approach was to borrow the vocabulary of the old apothecary. Flavours became species: Cydonia oblonga, Prunus cerasus, Citrus limon, Solanum tuberosum. The label became a sheet torn from an archive, carrying a plate from a nineteenth-century botanical atlas — the fruit recognised before the name is read. The maker became a magister: Extractum liquidum magistri J. Buss. And time became an ingredient, sealed beneath an hourglass: Tempus est ingrediens primus.
RESULT
RESULT
A bottle that feels inherited rather than designed. Fedrigoni Nettuno 215g, black and crimson letterpress, copper hot stamping raised by embossing. The neck collars are coloured through the paper, one shade per variant, with a blind emboss that shows only in side light — a detail for the hand, not the shelf. Each number is written in ink. Whoever holds No. 37 holds the only one.
A bottle that feels inherited rather than designed. Fedrigoni Nettuno 215g, black and crimson letterpress, copper hot stamping raised by embossing. The neck collars are coloured through the paper, one shade per variant, with a blind emboss that shows only in side light — a detail for the hand, not the shelf. Each number is written in ink. Whoever holds No. 37 holds the only one.
From the pantry to the collector's cabinet. From something poured to something kept.
From the pantry to the collector's cabinet. From something poured to something kept.
