My Linh Mac · CLIENT: Mmac
Co Ba Coffee is a packaging design created for a Vietnamese coffee brand. The packaging presents egg coffee, a traditional drink from Vietnam that is still little known in other countries. The logo is based on a minimalist portrait of the founder. The brand name comes from a Vietnamese term for an aunt and recalls family bonds and community life. Colors are taken from the agricultural landscape where the coffee beans are grown. Recyclable paper and polyester are used for the pouches and the stationery. The modern design is aimed at coffee drinkers on the go.
Press Kit
- Unique Properties
- Co Ba Coffee is a new coffee start-up by Ms. Huong also known as Co Ba from Hoi An. Co Ba wants to introduce Vietnamese food and coffee culture to the world. Co Ba wants to highlight the identity and creativity with unique caffeinated beverages that break from French colonization coffee traditions. The goal is to introduce the authentic and unique egg coffee, part of Vietnamese culture for decades, but still very new to the rest of world's food map.
- Dimensions & Packaging
- Coffee Pouch Dimension: 3/8" x 2 1/2" x 13" inches
- Tags
- graphic design, visual communication, coffee brand, packaging design, stationery design, illustration
- Production Technology
- Stationaries and product packaging with recyclable paper and polyester.
- Design Challenge
- As the client is from and locates in Hoi An, Vietnam and the designer is based in Chicago, online, cyber communication was quite challenging due to the different time zone.
- Project Duration
- October 2019- Jan 2020, Chicago, IL, USA
- Operation Flow
- The appeal of the design is a modern packaging integrated with the bold, flavorful coffee that is meant to attract coffee drinkers on-the-go such as teenagers and young adult, who also the brand's main consumer target.
- Research
- Methodology: One-on-one consultation with client, historical research on Vietnamese food evolve through colonization, collect visual data such as images of Vietnam's landscape that tell local folk culture and stories, online marketing.
Objective: To establish an attractive coffee brand to consumers of all ages. - Inspiration
- The logo design is based on a minimalist image of Ms. Huong. We used Co Ba a Vietnamese term for the second aunt in a Vietnamese family, as our brand name to symbolize the nostalgia of family bonds, cultural and community cohesion. The brand has a strong identity reinforced through package design as the packaging incorporated colors from the Vietnamese agricultural landscape where the coffee beans are cultivated.
- Patents
- copyrights belong to My Linh Mac, 2020
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