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Concept project

asili: Identity, product shoot and online shop for a shea skincare brand

Skincare that starts at the source.

Client
Fictional brand
Industry
Beauty & skincare
Discipline
Branding, Content & Production, Web & Digital
What we made
Brand identity, Packaging system, Product and lifestyle shoot, E-commerce website
A woman smiling as she holds up a jar of cream

Photo: Ben Masora on Unsplash

Identity, product shoot and online shop for a shea skincare brand.

The challenge

Show that skincare made from local shea can sit on the same shelf as imported luxury.

A skincare maker with a loyal word-of-mouth following wants a brand and a shop that justify a premium price, and photography that shows real skin.

What it needed

  • Packaging that reads as calm and clinical at arm's length
  • Product stills and short clips for the shop, ads and social
  • A shop built around routines, not just a product grid

Creative direction

Soft shea cream and baobab brown, a calm lowercase wordmark and a single droplet mark. Photography is close and honest: real skin, natural light, product in hand.

The identity

Built for this concept by Brand House: wordmark, mark, colour and type, then applied to the pieces the brand would use first.

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asili
01Shea#EFE3CF
02Baobab#4A3320
03Leaf#3F5B3A
04Clay#C98B5E

Typography

Aa

Archivo at a regular weight, lowercase, so the name feels spoken rather than shouted.

Voice

  • Calm
  • Honest
  • Expert

“Skincare that starts at the source.”

In use

A bottle and two jars stacked on top of each other against a soft grey background

Skincare that starts at the source.

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Social post, 4:5

Photo: Alex Lvrs on Unsplash

A woman smoothing lotion across her cheek

Skincare that starts at the source.

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Roadside billboard, 2:1

Photo: Leighann Blackwood on Unsplash

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Swing tag
asili

Skincare that starts at the source.

Card, front and back

Campaign imagery

The direction for the shoot: the mood, light and framing the brand would commission. Shown here with Unsplash photography.

A woman smiling as she holds up a jar of cream
A woman smiling as she holds up a jar of cream

Photo: Ben Masora on Unsplash

A bottle and two jars stacked on top of each other against a soft grey background
A bottle and two jars stacked on top of each other against a soft grey background

Photo: Alex Lvrs on Unsplash

A woman smoothing lotion across her cheek
A woman smoothing lotion across her cheek

Photo: Leighann Blackwood on Unsplash

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