02 / Selected workSelf-initiated study

SOFT FOCUS

Brand Strategy, Packaging & Campaign

2026

A cannabis brand designed for the moment before everything comes into focus.

Soft Focus explores what a cannabis brand can become when it borrows from independent magazines, film photography and fashion campaigns instead of familiar category codes.

Challenge

Finding the opening

Premium cannabis branding often lands in one of two places: clinical wellness or familiar stoner language. Soft Focus is designed to occupy a more emotional, image-led space for design-conscious adults.

Creative direction

Building the language

Blurred light, flash portraiture, film metadata and oversized typography create a world that feels hazy but controlled. Burgundy, cream, silver and bruise-purple give the system a mature visual temperature.

Type
Self-initiated concept
Category
Adult-use cannabis
Audience
Design-conscious adults 25+
Scope
Identity to retail launch
  1. 01Brand strategy
  2. 02Visual identity
  3. 03Packaging system
  4. 04Campaign direction
  5. 05Digital concept
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