
[PT-BR] Bença
substantivo masculino
[Popular] Ato de benzer, de abençoar, de invocar a graça divina sobre alguém; bênção: peço-lhe a bença. Um hábito das pessoas do interior de reconhecer a legítima autoridade de sua família e demonstrar respeito por elas.
[EN] Bença (blessin')
masc. noun
[Pop] Act of blessing, of blessing, of invoking divine grace on someone; blessing: I ask your blessing. A habit from people of Brazilian countryside that acknoledges the undeniable authority of their elderly relatives, and show respect to them.






[PT-BR]
Os Cardoso produzem café nas terras da família, o Sítio Serra, desde 1925, com a aquisição da fazenda pelo saudoso Sr. Zé Cardoso, um homem que conhecia o café como poucos, e que passou este seu conhecimento e paixão pela terra para seus filhos e netos.
A marca tem uma personalidade construída em volta do legado do Sr. Zé, e foi olhando para ele que definimos os atributos da marca: Honesta, Acolhedora, Cuidadosa.
[EN]
The Cardoso family produces coffee on their land, Sítio Serra, since 1925, with the acquisition of the farm by the late Mr. Zé Cardoso, a man who knew coffee like few others, and who passed this knowledge and passion for the land to his children and grandchildren.
The brand has a personality built around Mr. Zé's legacy, and it was looking at him that we defined the brand's attributes: Honest, Welcoming, Careful.

[PT-BR]
Entrevistas com familiares do Sr. Zé revelaram quais eram suas características mais marcantes: O chapéu, o bigode e o nariz. Assim, como elemento central desta identidade visual, criei a letra B em um traçado manual que, quando rotacionado forma a silhueta de um chapéu, as montanhas da região de produção, a fumaça de uma xícara de café, entre outros elementos.
[EN]
Interviews with Mr. Zé 's family members revealed what his most striking features were: The hat, mustache and nose. Thus, as a central element of this visual identity, I created the letter B in a manual layout that, when rotated, forms the silhouette of a hat, the mountains of the production region, the smoke of a coffee cup, among other elements.
















