Index · Work · N° 02 Sans Spirit
N° 02 · Brand Identity · Packaging

sans spirit.

A modern non-alcoholic beverage envisioned as a confident alternative to traditional alcoholic and sugary drinks. Premium, visually striking, and socially magnetic, without leaning on familiar mocktail clichés.

Client
Sans Spirit
Category
Non-alcoholic
Year
2025
Scope
Identity · Packaging
Site
UK · EU
Status
In market
Sans Spirit blueberry can lineup on cobalt blue
FIG. 01 · PRODUCT HERO

Project Overview

A modern alternative built for social culture.

Sans Spirit was envisioned for a generation choosing differently. Not a wellness product, not a substitute, but a beverage with its own social weight. The objective was to create a brand that felt premium and visually striking from first glance.

Every touchpoint was approached with consistency, from product visuals to digital storytelling.

Brand Positioning

Premium, aspirational, naturally social.

Rather than competing on health credentials, the position is cultural. Sans Spirit belongs at the same table as the spirits it stands apart from. Confidence, ritual, and connection sit at the centre of the brand’s tone.

The result is a beverage identity that feels contemporary and naturally positioned within modern social moments.

Visual Direction

Minimal structure, vibrant energy.

The creative direction balances clean structure with bursts of vibrant colour. Packaging is engineered to feel instantly recognisable and considered, with typography that holds restraint and a palette that reads boldly across formats.

Campaign imagery focuses on elevated everyday moments. Lifestyle, confidence, and quiet ritual.

Packaging

built to read on shelf.

Sans Spirit bottle, primary lockup
FIG. 02 · BOTTLE
Design Thinking

Restraint as a position.

The bottle was engineered to feel like a grown-up product. A serif workhorse anchors the wordmark, label architecture is precise around the bottle’s curvature, and material choices read tactile rather than novelty.

No icon, no influencer surface, no caption. The label earns the bottle, and the bottle earns the shelf.

Storytelling

Elevated everyday moments.

Photography is interior, plated, and low-light. Sound design for launch films leans on silence and ice. The campaign positioned the brand against an atmosphere rather than a single occasion, which gave the work a longer cultural lifespan than a typical product launch.

The visuals belong as easily on a press feature as on a tasting menu.

Sans Spirit label detail
FIG. 03 · LABEL DETAIL
System & Range

one voice across the range.

Sans Spirit wordmark and 0.0% badge construction
FIG. 04 · WORDMARK & BADGE
Sans Spirit logo ideation and construction grid
FIG. 05 · LOGO IDEATION & CONSTRUCTION
Product · Range

the full lineup.

Sans Spirit — four cans raised against a blue sky
FIG. 06 · CANS · AGAINST THE SKY
Sans Spirit full flavour range on ice with fresh fruit
FIG. 07 · FLAVOUR RANGE ON ICE
The brief was to feel premium without permission. Sans Spirit could sit on any table and earn its place.
The Studio · On the Sans Spirit engagement, ’25

What we shipped.

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72 beans.