Bake Shop is an all day café and marketplace in Seattle's Uptown neighborhood with pastries, sandwiches, salads, coffee, beer, and wine.
focus
Branding, Packaging, Motion
Duration
8 weeks
client
Bake Shop
introducing bake shop
Bake Shop opened in Seattle's uptown neighborhood in the summer of 2021. Bake Shop needed a complete identity design that would convey the fun, energetic spirit of the mission-driven business while also feeling cozy and welcoming for the neighborhood regulars.
minimal waste, maximum comfort
The brand direction is minimal, modern, fun, friendly, and playful. Clean, airy interiors and a simple, timeless wordmark paired with cheery illustrations and a playful palette make for a one-of-a-kind brand perfect for Bake Shop.
logo
The wordmark features a welcoming typeface with soft, dough-like features and classic charm. The logotype uses the typeface New Kansas Semibold, a redraw of the Cooper family, of the infamous Cooper Black. Cooper was made in 1920 and has a friendly and playful reputation. New Kansas is a refreshed, contemporary take that hasn't lost the friendliness of the original Cooper family.

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exploring visual directions
After our initial discovery session where we identified the core brand attributes, I created three stylescapes to capture the distinct directions the client had expressed interest in pursuing in their initial Pinterest board. The client said that the “Earthy Elegance” direction felt the safest and most like her, but she was most drawn to brands with the “Zero Wasted Energy” aesthetic. So, we melded the two in a direction called “Minimal Waste, Maximal Comfort.”
minimal waste, maximal comfort
We determined that the face of the brand—the logo and the touchpoints that a potential customer might engage with first—would lean more towards the minimal, refined look of the “Earthy Elegance” stylescape and the more bold, playful aesthetic would be expressed in packaging and merchandise.