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Echoes of Moldova

By Gabriela Costin

Branding and packaging

This project reimagines “Purcari” wine labels through a contemporary visual system inspired by Moldovan historical symbols. Each label becomes more than packaging; it acts as a narrative surface where cultural emblems are reinterpreted and translated into a modern design language. By deconstructing traditional motifs and reassembling them into a cohesive symbolic system, the redesign transforms the bottle into an archival object — one that preserves and communicates identity, heritage, and place. The work explores how branding can move beyond aesthetics into storytelling, using symbols as a bridge between past and present. Through this approach, the wine label becomes a reading experience as much as a visual one, inviting viewers to engage with the hidden histories embedded within each bottle and reconsider how design can carry cultural memory.

Echoes of Moldova by Gabriela Costin
Echoes of Moldova by Gabriela Costin
Echoes of Moldova by Gabriela Costin