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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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