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Silverbird Roasting Co.
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Silverbird Roasting Co.

The brand takes inspiration from 60s and 70s musical culture as well as automotive, aviation, and electronic design of the era.

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Pine Coffee Supply
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Pine Coffee Supply

It’s surprising what a pandemic shakeup can bring about or inspire. We weren’t planning a redesign but it naturally evolved during difficult times.

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Barrie House Coffee
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Barrie House Coffee

We wanted to create a product that was appealing and eye catching on the shelf. We also wanted the consumer to easily be able to identify the four unique flavors based on packaging colors and be able to imagine the type of espresso they would get from the color of the box.

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Rêve Coffee Lab
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Rêve Coffee Lab

We just really wanted to create a unique space with all custom seating and design. It was also just as important to create a space that flowed well for customers and our team.

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Metric's Modicum Box
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Metric's Modicum Box

The exterior Modicum box uses natural, recycled paper, instead of using flashy colored foils. Text is only used for essential information, and is debossed so it doesn’t become dirty or illegible after handling the box.

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Mission Coffee Works
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Mission Coffee Works

We wanted to achieve a positive experience for the coffee drinker, as well as demystifying specialty coffee and making it more accessible for everyday coffee drinkers, without sacrificing ethics or taste.

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Hi-Top Coffee
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Hi-Top Coffee

We believe in altruism. We are consequentialists really. Seeking the greatest possible solution with the least amount of impact.

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Acorn Coffee Club
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Acorn Coffee Club

The brand direction was to evoke the comfort of the musical culture coming out of California's Laurel Canyon days along side nods to Italian Art Deco.

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TRUESDAY Specialty Coffee
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TRUESDAY Specialty Coffee

TRUESDAY provides whole coffee beans in reusable milk bottles. The packaging design supports the circular economy by giving bottles a second life.

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Landed Coffee Roasters
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Landed Coffee Roasters

When we were deciding on what Landed Coffee Roasters as a brand would look like and communicate, we narrowed it down to 3 things: quality, sustainability (economic, social and environmental) and broadening your horizons.

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Compass Coffee
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Compass Coffee

We wanted to achieve a design that clearly communicated the product -- boxed cold brew -- in a beautiful way that did justice to the delicious product. We used the "compass" motif to inform the design and the striking pattern.

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Hacea Coffee Source
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Hacea Coffee Source

Our packaging expresses the tenets of the brand: service, education, and communication with real stories and real people radiating from its core.

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ARAKU Coffee
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ARAKU Coffee

With this café, we primarily wanted people to understand where their coffee comes from, how it’s grown, what makes it shine.

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Landed Coffee Roasters
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Landed Coffee Roasters

With our bag design we wanted to create something fun and interesting for the consumer, both for Specialty Coffee Lovers and for complete novices.

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Metric Coffee
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Metric Coffee

Our goal for the new rebrand was to create packaging that is minimal, without using large swaths of color and illustration.

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