The Brand Depot

13/04/2026

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30/03/2026

It's always a buzz seeing your work in store. 😀 Came across some recent design work for By Nature Sheet Masks at my local Big W in Brisbane.

10/03/2026

🐣It's that time of year again! 🐣
New easter egg packaging design for Aotearoa Chocolate - Check them out at your local Woolworths now!! 😀

04/03/2026

❤️ Love this - so refreshing to see insight ➡️strategy➡️creative➡️execution

From Creative Boom - "For designers looking at their own category-defining briefs, the Snooz project is a useful reminder: if the insight is strong enough, the bravest thing you can do is follow it all the way to the end"

Discover why How&How built a sleep-friendly ice cream brand, Snooz, by tearing up every visual rule in the category playbook. There's a particular kind of brief that arrives fully loaded. Not...

03/03/2026

🤝Sharing a recent win for Aotearoa Chocolate 👀

It's the second year in a row that Air New Zealand have taken AC's new product development as their new on board snack.

The best PR a brand could get! Awesome to work with such a plucky challenger brand on their packaging design. Especially in such a competitive market such as confectionery 🤩

04/02/2026

👀What are the future trends for cold drinks in 2026?

According to a Coffee Futures Lab talk at the recent Brisbane Foodservice and Hospitality Show:

➡️ Customisation and premium signature beverages - caffeine and other dd ons like collagen and protein.
➡️ Branding and packaging in bright colours, fun and energetic.

Check out Lotus Drinks - riding the wave of innovation....

Discover Lotus Plant Power — natural caffeine from green coffee beans, GMO-free, gluten-free, and vegan. Powered by Plant Power Seven (PP7™) formula with seven of earth's power plants to support focus, stress-relief, and gut and immune health defense.

14/01/2026

➡️ One of the most innovative projects that I worked on last year.🤩

Advent Calendar for NEAT skincare .

It was successful because it allowed customers to try samples first.💡👏👏

➡️Not only was it a clever way to package samples

BUT.......

➡️ it could be used as a gift for others to attract new customers

12/01/2026

Own a health food brand or thinking of launching one? Check out what's leading Health Food innovation. Added protein has gone mainstream and we're bio hacking our healthy food amongst others!

Discover the top health food trends to look out for this year, from supporting your gut health to packing fibre, vitamins, minerals and flavour into every bite. Plus, read more in our exclusive 2026 Health Trends Report.

14/11/2025

and a few more....

14/11/2025

Digging up the design archives on a Friday afternoon....

23/09/2025

💥💥Been way too quiet on the FB posts.
Here's a recent project for NEAT.

Rolling out the new rebrand onto refill packs.

👍PRO TIP.👍Designers - when picking Pantone colours for a rebrand make sure they translate well to CMYK. Best to have a PMS to CMYK swatch book on hand. That ensures consistency for the brand no matter the print process. 🌈