Harvard Cider is a premium craft cider company based in Massachusetts, USA—known for small-batch ciders made from locally grown apples and a fiercely loyal following. They wanted labels that did their product justice: bold, polished, and professional. Tim Gibson of Flying Whities had already created stunning designs—but both he and the Harvard team wanted peace of mind that the final printed labels would hit the mark. That’s where we came in.

Tim connected with us from Wellington to get the labels print-ready for production in the States. We handled the full prepress setup—building out colour separations, adding a white base layer, and prepping metallic elements to work beautifully on a metalised label stock. The artwork had to reveal specific gold areas while staying true to the designer’s intent. That level of precision meant no cutting corners.

Despite a trans-Pacific team and a tight deadline, the job ran smooth as cider. Harvard’s US-based printer hit the launch window with zero delays—and told the client they wouldn’t have made it without our prep work.

“Your work was literally the only thing that allowed us to get those labels expedited. Our printer told us straight up that if the artwork hadn't been so well prepared for print there is no way they would have hit our deadline.”
– Chase Brooks, Co-Founder & Director of Marketing, Harvard Cider Co.

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