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Caboo, a pioneer in the bamboo paper products category, was getting crowded out by new competitors. Its important (and impactful!) environmental message was getting lost in a slurry of statistics. The brand was bland, emotionless, and losing ground.
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Carbon is confusing. Bamboo is foreign. We ditched the default category script to focus on what people really care about: saving the forest. We developed a bold new visual and verbal language built around sweet forest creatures, grateful trees, a wise owl mascot, and an optimistic outlook on consumer choice: “It’s up to us to save our butts!”
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Brand strategy: positioning, narrative, voice, point-of-view
Brand and packaging design
Visual and verbal brand language and toolkit
Photo art direction
Social and marketing content pillars and messaging guidance
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Caboo is now the #1 tree-free brand in the US, they’re #1 in all every one of their categories on Amazon, and their distribution is rapidly expanding across North America.
Before
Caboo’s original packaging was bamboo-centric and unemotional. It was getting lost on store shelves and overshadowed by newer, more design-forward competitors.