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About the project

The client is a small, family-run olive producer based in Messinia, Greece. The business produces olive oil, Kalamata olives and olive paste exclusively from its own fields, with direct family involvement in cultivation and production. Operating on a limited scale, the client sought a packaging solution that would accurately reflect the nature of their work and distinguish their products from mass-market olive brands.
The brief was to create a clear and coherent packaging system for multiple product categories, suitable for both bottles and jars, and adaptable for distribution in the Greek market as well as for international audiences. The packaging needed to communicate origin, continuity and personal responsibility while remaining legible, contemporary and culturally neutral across different retail contexts.
The client requested a visual identity that avoided decorative clichés commonly associated with olive oil packaging and instead conveyed honesty, restraint and credibility. Particular emphasis was placed on clarity, consistency and a strong sense of authorship, allowing the products to stand confidently in competitive retail environments without compromising the values and scale of the family operation.
The solution needed to function as a unified system across a growing product range, supporting recognition of the family behind the production and ensuring that different products could be clearly related while remaining flexible for future expansion.

A|S Strategy, Branding & Communication

The design uses a reduced visual language drawn directly from small-scale olive production. The label is conceived as a functional surface, similar to a sheet of paper used by the producer to record notes, comments and signatures during the production process. Handwritten elements appear as factual annotations, introducing authorship without decorative references to craft.
This layer is combined with a photographic image of an olive tree trunk, used consistently across olive oil, olives and olive paste. The focus on the trunk avoids scenic imagery and instead highlights materiality, texture and age, connecting each product to long-term cultivation and a specific agricultural context.
Typography remains simple and legible, while colour is restrained. The same visual system is applied across bottles and jars, ensuring coherence across the range.