PROJECT OVERVIEW

For centuries, China has been famous for tea drinkers. Today, a new generation of Chinese consumers are embracing coffee culture. Origo was established to set a new standard of specialty coffee in China. Dedicated to the meticulous procedures required to craft unique coffee flavours, it aimed to become a luxury artisanal coffee brand giving both businesses and consumers the highest quality through every step of the supply-chain.

In China’s heavily crowded coffee market, there was an absence of a true, high-quality artisanal coffee brand to satisfy real coffee connoisseurs – and the teaching facilities to train new coffee makers. Origo saw the lack of a luxury coffee brand in China as an opportunity to create its own territory and build a new benchmark.

It was imperative the brand identity reflect Origo’s artisanal craft with a visual language that shows pride in its Chinese roots and appeals to a discerning audience. To do so, we needed to share Origo’s unique approach of sourcing coffee beans, specialty roasting, creating artisanal blends and coffee training through a multi-layered visual expression that could capture the craft and attention to detail at every step of the process.

OUR APPROACH

Origo’s visual identity needed to match the characteristics of their coffee – nuanced, detailed and sophisticated. The design concept ‘Moved by Coffee’ was inspired by the circular motion observed in each step of the coffee process - from the shapes of the berries, to the circular grinding of the beans, down to the final swirl through the filter and into the cup.