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The Good Dog — Packaging Design
A full brand system for a premium dog treat company — from packaging design to campaign strategy. Every decision made with one goal: make the brand impossible to ignore and impossible to misread.
Role
Graphic Designer
Industry
Pets
status
Concept
Year
2026

Challenge
The pet treat market defaults to two modes: clinical or cute. The Good Dog needed neither. The challenge was building a premium CPG brand that felt warm, credible, and shelf-ready without falling into either trap.

Process
Started with positioning — finding the white space between over-designed wellness brands and generic pet store aesthetics. A character-driven system emerged: three breeds, three colorways, one typographic voice. Color differentiates the SKU range; the illustrated dogs and striped header pattern hold it together. Once packaging was locked, the identity scaled outward into email, social, lifestyle photography direction, and OOH — all pulled from the same visual language.

Outcome
A cohesive brand system that punches well above its budget. The campaign platform — Real protein. Nothing added. Nothing hidden. — gave the brand a voice as clean as its ingredient list, consistent across every touchpoint from retail shelf to billboard.

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The Good Dog — Packaging Design
A full brand system for a premium dog treat company — from packaging design to campaign strategy. Every decision made with one goal: make the brand impossible to ignore and impossible to misread.
Role
Graphic Designer
Industry
Pets
status
Concept
Year
2026

Challenge
The pet treat market defaults to two modes: clinical or cute. The Good Dog needed neither. The challenge was building a premium CPG brand that felt warm, credible, and shelf-ready without falling into either trap.

Process
Started with positioning — finding the white space between over-designed wellness brands and generic pet store aesthetics. A character-driven system emerged: three breeds, three colorways, one typographic voice. Color differentiates the SKU range; the illustrated dogs and striped header pattern hold it together. Once packaging was locked, the identity scaled outward into email, social, lifestyle photography direction, and OOH — all pulled from the same visual language.

Outcome
A cohesive brand system that punches well above its budget. The campaign platform — Real protein. Nothing added. Nothing hidden. — gave the brand a voice as clean as its ingredient list, consistent across every touchpoint from retail shelf to billboard.
