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We design unique and effective solutions for brands, people, and the planet.
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We design unique and effective solutions for brands, people, and the planet.
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We design unique and effective solutions for brands, people, and the planet.
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We design unique and effective solutions for brands, people, and the planet.
Environments.
We design unique and effective solutions for brands, people, and the planet.
Critter Clamp
Keeping everybody happy can be a challenging but also fun task when that includes the homeowners, wildlife, and the community at large. Fully exploiting the expressiveness and intelligence of raccoons this balance of wildness and playfulness with utility is present in every aspect of the brand expression including the product design itself.
Critter Clamp lab footage.
Brand Identity
Product Design
Manufacturing & Supply Chain
Storytelling
Packaging
Web & Digital
Fonbnk
“If you’ve got a phone, you’ve got a lawyer” is familiar to many Americans of a certain generation who have lived in the mid-Atlantic. Fast-forward to the present and a significant population of the world depends on their mobile phone for just about everything to make the everyday without the need for a passport, a credit card, the physical banking infrastructure or really even a bank account.
Fonbnk came to us with the challenge of creating a highly intuitive brand, easy-to-use but still distinctive user interface that works in low bandwidth or restricted data environments to allow as many folks as possible to pay for products & services locally or across the border instantly, securely and without the traditional interchange fees and red tape while converting their mobile phone data minutes into digital currency.
The Brand Identity
The brand palette. Green for money. Charcoal for good luck.
The symbol in the logo is inspired by the Bell telephone rotary dial action. For connecting the dots between legacy and the future.
The Apparel
Storytelling
Taking cues from Afrofuturism and religious iconography, the visual storytelling is aspirational and focuses on the enterprising, younger customer at the center of change.
The App
Sabi
Compostable beauty packaging from forest waste.
You’re your own best imperfection. Inspired by wabi-sabi, we designed a 100% compostable, micro-plastics-free solution made from Finnish forestry waste for this anti-aging system that celebrates a little wear and tear while reminding us about humanity and humility while titillating the aesthetic senses.
Shoukburger
We collaborated with our old friends at Shouk to come up with branding and a 100% compostable multi-functional packaging system for the now legendary pre-cooked frozen vegetable patties they refer to as Shoukburgers. Just in time for the meatless burger wars. Then again, we’re convinced that once you taste them there will be peace at last. Unlike meat-substitute or conventional veggie burgers, a Shoukburger is moist and beefy while made 100% from minimally processed vegetables, mushrooms, and other things you can pronounce, and with a satisfying flavor profile that is true to its Israeli street food roots.
The inspiration board.
The logo is derived from the Shouk logo but with a clear goal of communicating the nature and physical volume of the product. The idea of stackability is built into the visual language as much as into the form and function of the packaging system.
An actual Shoukburger. Yep!
Rather than wrapping each patty individually in an attempt to prevent the onset of freezer burn, we arrived at a delightfully simple solution inspired by frozen beef hamburgers.
Introducing a single membrane vis a vis a breathable paper wrapper allowed us to arrive at a solution that is elegant, on-brand, fast and inexpensive to implement at scale or in a more limited capacity.
The pulp cylinder system is durable enough to withstand direct to consumer shipping and stands out exceptionally in the retail display.
Awamoritime
Once upon a time, in a kingdom far, far away a beverage was born from exotic ingredients. Introducing Awamori to North American audiences as a versatile alternative to Sake, and Okinawa as a unique and special destination within Japan were the key requirements of the brief.
The Inspiration
Okinawa is one of the planet's so-called "blue zones" where people regularly live to a very advanced age.
Brand Identity
The brand's icon is a custom-designed Shisa dragon symbol that draws directly from the Okinawan folklore.
Storytelling
Web & Digital
Solartag
Ever since there was light most life as we know it in our solar system has depended on it for its boundless energy. Despite advances in technology, rooftop solar continues to suffer from the stigma of cost and the perception of aesthetic limitations. That is why Solartag emphasizes its Danish design & engineering heritage while positioning themselves as a more sensibly priced alternative to Tesla.
Brand Identity
Product labels for the panels.
Storytelling
Web & Digital
Qixo
Branding, UX, and UI prototyping for frictionless fantasy gameplay. Inspired by the love of the game, designed with global user base in mind.
The monogram puts everything into context.
Simplified, horizontal form of the brand mark.
Differentiation by color.
Brand elements used in a social media campaign context.
Logged in user.
Ottolinger + Kannaswiss
In another first, we created a Swiss premium CBD-infused lipstick for an exciting Ottolinger + Kannaswiss collaboration. Launching at Paris Fashion Week this fall during the Ottolinger SS 20 collection show, the long-wearing silky satin lipstick comes in Sakura Sunset and is inspired by the post-apocalyptic punk heroine Tank Girl.
OX
Nanoxidil-powered hair styling and scalp care kit for men. Virility, vitality, volume. Stylish, professional grade tools for everyman’s bathroom. Not your dad’s hair club.
Excerpts from the design brief.
A name and identity system that speaks volume, speed, and professional power.
Bold, not bald.
Complete care kit.
Kannaswiss
Haloing off the Swiss school of modern graphic design we forged an identity that is at once accessible and inviting while also being reliably “pharmaceutical” in order to communicate the brand’s promise and the related value system and the premium price positioning of their expanding line of CBD-enhanced products.
An excerpt from the design brief.
Wellness is central to the brand promise.
The “plus” monogram device is loaded with meaning.
Subliminal promise of comprehensive lifestyle support implied and expressed.
The first SKU that launched the medicinals category.
An ever-expanding number of SKUs.
Bagasse fiber mesh molds echo the values of the brand.
Attention to detail is endemic.
A custom mold for the most Swiss of all chocolates.
Retail facade elevation prototype reinforces the underlying Swissness.
Modular expo system that packs flat for a life on the road.
Comfortable, functional and modern.
Reusable totes from organic jute.
Organic cotton tees.
Sheesh
Not another kabob joint! The mandate from the client seemed as clear as it did impossible: To create a unique, contemporary American fast-casual dining experience based on the Afghan-Persian culinary tradition that was not just inclusive of but also attractive to women and families, responsive to modern dietary needs and portion sizes, and distinctly non-ethnic in a way that defies negative stereotyping. Sheesh is launching in the fall of 2018.
The art of grilling is in the DNA of the brand.
Excerpt from the design brief.
A modernized take on the traditional menu.
The brand values of integrity, versatility and agility as represented by the interior finishes.
The logo meanders like a good fairytale from a campground on the Silk Route.
Exterior signage prototype.
Silk road culinary herbs and spices connect the dots between ancient heritage and the contemporary environmental context.
We use humor and attitude to deliver dietary education as part of brand messaging.
A modular menu and messaging wall.
Comfortable and casual, like the cuisine.
Serviceware inspiration.
NØBO
Fight odor causing bacteria with the help of your microbiome. No more B.O. Even less B.S.! All natural probiotic deodorant for all. The brief was about as minimalist as a designer could hope for in both its limitations and its possibilities in terms of being able to strip things down to the basics - an inspiration for the brand and the product from the formulation of all natural essential oils and ingredients with probiotics to how it will help expand the possibilities of probiotics as a platform for continued development for other personal hygiene and beauty products.
Secondary logo style for digital use.
Zero odor emission promise is embedded.
Shouk
Picture an all-vegetarian Israeli market. We did. Marrying the din of an open air market pita stand with a reliable bag of found objects we created an environment that communicates the essence of the bazaar while providing for a delightful discovery of another side of the greater Middle Eastern cuisine that goes well beyond falafel. Try the cauliflower!
Excerpts from the design inspiration deck.
Functional signage built from scraps.
Window signage.
Keeping a low carbon footprint wherever possible is core to the brand.
A modular menu system built entirely by hand of found objects.
Dimensionalizing the brand.