Serendipitously Pickling while Designing for a Pickle Brand

Sometimes weird things happen. Like finding this course while taking Courtney Eliseo's Brand Identity Design course—and designing for a company that sells, amongst other things, pickles. I figured learning basic pickling it would give me something nicer to put in the prototypes than packaging filler...

I made two variations, both heavy on cucumber and the 3kg of multicoloured carrots I had lying around. One was white vinegar based with jalapeño, garlic, onions and kale thrown in for good measure, and the other was red wine vinegar based with a bit of honey and rosemary.

After 4-5 days, with the prototype labels: