Bouncing with pride
What we did:
- Creative Strategy
- Verbal Identity
- Visual Identity
The Brief
Give our customers a credible own-label alternative and encourage new parents to shop the range as their little ones grow.
The Insight
The majority of new parents are millennials, yet most brands haven’t changed much since these parents were in nappies themselves. This audience doesn’t resonate with the sanitised, unattainable ideal of ‘perfection’ that most of these brands project, as it doesn’t reflect their experience of parenthood
The idea
Bounce back with a fresh take on baby care that focuses on the reality of parenting.
We focussed our strategy on the realities of being a parent, sparking an emotional connection with the audience by celebrating the joyful (and not so joyful) moments that come with parenting.
Forget the airbrushed smiling babies. Instead we chose age suggestive, storybook style illustrations to offer something totally different to the baby care category.
Matching the playful visuals, we wrote rhyming product descriptors to bring more of the storybook feel to life in a way that’s unique to Co-op.
“We wanted to be on the same side as mum or dad. A lot of us are new parents as well and have all felt the pressures that come with the role. The last thing we wanted to do was project this unrealistic expectation of ‘perfect parenting’ – the category needed a wake-up call.”
Julia
Senior Designer
We worked with Jim Field, award-winning illustrator of children's titles 'The Lion Inside' and 'Oi Dog', to ditch category cues in favour of characters that appealed to both parents and children.
And we created a collection of patterns to feature on nappies themselves so they’d look as confident on bottoms as the packs do on shelf.
“Playful, clever, effective – the range is absolutely spot-on for what we wanted to achieve. We now have a strong, cohesive, beautiful baby-care range designed for a new generation of parents that’s easy to navigate, and encourages consumers to consider a wider Co-op shop.”
Brooke Fletcher
Design Manager — Co-op
