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Packaging / 2024

Obscura Coffee

Obscura Roasters

Obscura had extraordinary coffee and packaging that whispered. We made it shout — quietly.

Obscura Coffee hero image

Overview

A full identity and packaging system built on one enormous condensed wordmark, uncoated kraft stock and an unapologetic information hierarchy. Every bag doubles as a poster.

Client
Obscura Roasters
Year
2024
Sector
Food & Drink
Services
Identity, Packaging

The challenge

Obscura were winning awards for their coffee and losing shelves to brands with a tenth of the quality. The old packaging was polite, generic, and impossible to spot from more than a metre away.

250g and 500g bags, uncoated kraft with a single black hit.
250g and 500g bags, uncoated kraft with a single black hit.
Wordmark at scale
Wordmark at scale
Collateral system
Collateral system

“We stopped explaining who we were. The bag does it now.”

— Marta Vidal, Founder, Obscura Roasters

Results

Listings in 40 new independent stockists within two quarters, and a 34% lift in direct online orders.

“They asked harder questions than our board did. The work is better for it.”

— Marta Vidal, Founder

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