The Madeira Connection

Cordula Alessandri

Port fans just love Madeira. And the best Madeira on the island is called Barbeito. The fat little red man on each bottle embodies the portuguese idea of the kind of Brits that just like to lord it over the islanders. Whatever. Without the English there would be no Madeira, so arguably he deserves his spot on the label. Alessandri took the caricature for what it is, left the portly Englishman on the label and let him continue to have his fun in the brand design.

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    Cordula Alessandri, Austria (2003)

    One of Austria’s most talented and awarded designers and educators, Cordula Alessandri is well known for her distinctive work. Cordula attended the University of Applied Arts in Vienna, where she...

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    Port fans just love Madeira. And the best Madeira on the island is called Barbeito. The fat little red man on each bottle embodies the portuguese idea of the kind of Brits that just like to lord it over the islanders. Whatever. Without the English there would be no Madeira, so arguably he deserves his spot on the label. Alessandri took the caricature for what it is, left the portly Englishman on the label and let him continue to have his fun in the brand design.

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    • Barbeito Madeira

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    Cordula Alessandri, Austria (2003)

    One of Austria’s most talented and awarded designers and educators, Cordula Alessandri is well known for her distinctive work.

    Cordula attended the University of Applied Arts in Vienna, where she majored in graphic design, with Professor Herbert Schwarz, winning the award for top student. After university she went on to complete a further three years of study with typography mentor Professor Joey Badian. Cordula was the first woman in Austria to be appointed an Art Director at DDB Needham Worldwide, Vienna, at the age of 24.

    In 1987, Cordula founded her own studio, which has since enjoyed enduring success and won numerous awards, including the Austria National Award for Book Design, the European Design Award, ADC (Austria, New York, Europe), TDC Tokyo awards, Red Dot Awards and many more.

    Cordula has taught Communication Design at the University of Arts in Saarbrücken, Germany, and is regularly invited to serve on design competition juries and give lectures and presentations.

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