Challenge
DESIGNING TRANSPARENT AUTHENTICITY Anthem’s Benelux team have designed a new range of ambient soups for Unilever’s Knorr. Knorr’s mission was to disrupt the swathe of uniformity in the European supermarket aisle with a new range of 100% natural ambient soups using simple ingredients to be packaged in glass bottles. Despite the more premium price point, the new range design needed to be family friendly. Brand recognition needed to remain strong and range navigation easy. Moving into glass bottles would also allow the brand to contribute to Unilever’s sustainability mission and have new conversations with existing and new consumers around ‘healthy you, healthy planet’.
Solution
It was important to create a packaging design that mirrored the simplicity of the recipes and one that would support the naturalness of the products. Anthem’s design is clean and uncluttered to both support the product message and also achieve stand out on shelf. This was a huge step for Knorr but by giving the brand identity space on pack Anthem were able to maintain strong recognition. The choice of illustration style further supports the simple naturalness of the products – it’s wholesome yet vibrant, modest and beautiful. Taking inspiration from the chilled juice category, Anthem used a shrink sleeve to amplify freshness cues – using the language of another category in both format and printing techniques to innovate and inspire change within a traditional one. The smart integration of the illustrations with the transparent windows brings a new level of authenticity to the products, used on both front and back of pack.
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