Brand identity and packaging

George's Coffee Bar

Identity and retail packaging for a Greek-themed coffee bar in Cape Town, built around one idea: coffee of the gods.

Role
Brand and packaging designer
Client
George's Coffee Bar, Cape Town
Deliverables
Logo suite, format guide, 1 kg bag, print-ready dieline
Tools
Illustrator · Photoshop · Blender (mockup)
The Olympic Blend 1 kg coffee bag in black and gold foil on a stone plinth, with coffee beans

The brief

A coffee bar with a Greek name and a house blend to sell over the counter. It needed a mark that works on a window, a cup and a small social avatar, and a bag that looks premium on a shelf.

The identity

One cup drawn from straight lines and a single break, a geometric wordmark with Greek-letter Es, and a meander roundel that ties them together. Every version comes as editable vector, PNG and JPG in a format guide so the client can use it without me.

George's roundel: the cup mark inside a Greek-key circle
Roundel, for signage and stamps.
The roundel reversed out of black
Reversed, for the bag and dark surfaces.
Stacked logo: cup mark above the George's wordmark
Stacked logo.
The cup mark on its own
Cup mark, down to favicon size.
The George's wordmark
Wordmark with Greek-letter Es.
Logo artwork framed by coffee beans for the shop window
Window logo artwork.

The Olympic Blend bag

A 1 kg side-gusset bag (135 × 390 mm plus an 85 mm gusset) in matte black with gold foil. Fluted columns and the meander come from temple architecture; the roundel sits where the foil catches the light. The back tells the origin story and the brew guide, so the bag sells the coffee on its own.

Close-up of the gold roundel and meander band on the bag
Foil roundel and meander, rendered in Blender from the print file.
Front and back of the bag side by side
Front and back.

From artwork to press

The artwork is set up as a single print-ready dieline: front, back and both gussets, with the brew guide and tasting notes on the sides and space for the barcode and roast date.

Print-ready dieline for the Olympic Blend bag: front, gussets and back panels
Print-ready dieline.

Front and back panels

Front panel artwork: George's, Coffee of the gods, Olympic Blend
Front.
Back panel artwork: origin story and brew instructions
Back.

Decisions

  • Black and gold only: foil is expensive, so it goes on the roundel, columns and meander, where it does the most work.
  • The mark is built from straight strokes so it survives embroidery, a window decal and a tiny avatar.
  • The mockup is rendered in Blender from the real print file, so the presentation shows true scale and where the foil lands.
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