Arizona Golden Bear Lemonade with Mint - SunSeng Market : Pennsauken, NJ

Arizona Golden Bear Lemonade with Mint - SunSengMarket : Pennsauken, NJ

In the last decade the Arizona beverage company has been expanding. Energy Drinks, espresso, and even Shaquille O’Neal themed cream sodas have been introduced! In 2012 Arizona started a new line of lemonades featuring none other than the pro-golfing rival of Arnold Palmer, Jack Nicklaus. Most of you may be aware that Arnold Palmer was known for his preference of mixing iced tea and lemonade. This mixed drink now bears his name and he has his own line of flavored lemonade-teas with Arizona. I guess the company thought their old rivalry should be revived with tasty beverages. I think this secondary line of drinks is pretty funny, but I don’t know how many people will be getting the joke. I mean the information about these golfers is printed right on the can, but I don’t know that many people who actually read these things.

The overall design is very similar to the Arnold Palmer line. Because this lemonade is flavored with mint the can is mostly green in color with gold accents. I feel pretty indifferent to this design. I know they modeled this can after the Arnold Palmer one, so they are trying to maintain a consistent look, but it doesn’t look very polished. (Although Nicklaus was also a protege of Palmer, so modeling this can after the Arnold Palmer one can also be seen as a clever little dig/joke. I’m not golf fan, I had to read Nicklaus’ wiki page to find that out.)

AZ Arizona Energy Drink - Dollar General : Cherry Hill, NJ

AZ Arizona Energy Drink - Dollar General : Cherry Hill, NJ

I VERY rarely use energy drinks, but right now I have a psych paper, two finals, and a summer practicum observation course all at the same time! I just don’t have enough energy to keep going and get everything done, so I resorted to an energy drink to give me the boost I needed. (I didn’t even know that Arizona made energy drinks.)

Typically, Arizona cans are tall and colorful. This design has more of an urban-graffitii feel, and it doesn’t match any other product in the Arizona line. I don’t feel like this design was very well thought out, because the can doesn’t even say what flavor this drink is. The ingredients list mango and other fruits, as well as a laundry list of chemicals that I can’t even pronounce. While I like the idea of an Arizona energy drink, I think this can needs a bit more design work and information.

Arizona Strawberry Arnold Palmer - SunSeng Market : Pennsauken, NJ

Arizona Strawberry Arnold Palmer - SunSeng Market : Pennsauken, NJ

Although this is an American product, I had a really hard time finding it in American shops. I finally saw a can of the strawberry Arnold Palmer at SunSeng market. 

The entire can is black (except for the bottom) and it’s covered in little metallic strawberries. I love that the can is black, and I love the little strawberries…but the overall design feels off. It doesn’t feel finished and it reminds me of a first year design assignment. A contributing factor is the “Half & Half” logo on the bottom. I think it looks out of place on all of their designs and really dated. The can does it’s job, but it doesn’t feel like a successful overall design.