Identity

Contour

Visual language for a coffee roaster, drawn from the topography of the farms they buy from. Every bag carries a different map.

Client

Contour Roasters

Year

2023

Role

Brand identity, packaging

Deliverables

Visual language, coffee bags, labels

Brief

A small roaster buying from six farms wanted every bag to say where its coffee came from. They were tired of labels that only listed tasting notes.

Approach

Each bag carries the contour map of the farm it came from, drawn in one copper line on black. The maps change with every origin, while the type and layout stay fixed, so the range still reads as one family.

Result

The maps became the roaster’s main story, in the shop, online and on the wholesale list. Cafés that stock the beans now pin the labels up behind the counter.

Contour map for the third farm

Bag labels in a row

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