circa 2024
Happy New Year!
Looking back has never been a strength of ours so we’re always grateful for the encouragement of a classic year in review to take a minute and reflect on what’s been happening in and around the Lakuna Design office.
NEW!
NEW!
Hat’s off to the lakuna design Class of ‘24…
Second9 founders Drew and Travis are bringing a non-alcoholic adult beverage to the clubhouse. Tired of seeing only high proof offerings that dampen their vitality and soften their competitive edge on the course, they created Second9 Fortified Seltzer to ensure that a healthier option is on hand to allow them to finish strong.
COMING 2025
Brand identity & Packaging Design
Introducing energy support with vital microbiome protection. PEP (Platimum Energy Probiotics) elevates the energy game with an all-organic energy drink based on an organic kefir water and fueled with organic green coffee.
COMING 2025
Brand identity & Packaging Design
SEASA Electrolyte Lemon Water marks a return to simple, clean hydration. Leaning on a powerhouse hydration trio of lemon, pink Himalayan sea salt, and water, SEASA takes the simple approach to our essential hydration needs.
COMING 2025
Photography: SEASA
Brand identity & Packaging Design
ARTISANAL KOMBUCHA
from the spice island of GrenadaBased on the Caribbean island of Grenada, Fruition is part apiary, part fermentation lab. Founder, Helen Patterson’s seemingly tireless dedication to quality, health-forward products—cultivated through a genuine respect for sustainability and community investment ensure only the highest quality products.
Photography: Fruition
Brand Identity and packaging Design
Last year’s adventure in Japan with our friends at CEDAR Sake birthed the inaugural release of BOKEN Japanese Sake.
Wasting no time…BOKEN Ringo Junmai Sake earned platinum award status at France’s 2024 Kura Master Sake Competition.
Look for more BOKEN in 2025!
Naming, Brand Identity, Packaging Design, & websitePhotography: Angel Tucker
SANG Multi-Serves!
SANG Vietnamese Coffee keeps on giving. The brand is preparing to introduce their first 48 ounce multi-serve in three delicious SANG flavors. The Vietnamese coffee goodness comes in a custom-designed bottle with SANG’s signature bold colors.
COMING 2025
packaging design & bottle Design
Mystic Seaport Museum launched Mainsheet, a peer-reviewed multidisciplinary journal of maritime studies.
The editorial board of this biannual publication represents a national and international team of invited expert scholars from various fields and partner institutions, with guest editors for themed editions.
Mainsheet: A Journal of Multidisciplinary Maritime Studies was honored with an Award of Merit from the Connecticut League of Museums (CLM) for its inaugural issue.
identity & Publication Design
Cherrystone
A new coat for O’Brien & Brough’s Cherrystone.
Created with cocktails in mind, this whiskey is a blend of O’Brien & Brough house distilled rye and a number of uncommon rye whiskeys distilled throughout the US and Canada. Classic American oak-aged flavors of caramel and vanilla pair with tart apple on the nose to create the perfect whiskey for sipping neat or for crafting all your favorite cocktails.
COMING 2025
brand identiy & packaging design
Re-Brand
In between packaging projects, Adam and Natalie of O’Brien + Brough entrusted us with the construction of a brand identity system for their distillery and blending house. A variety of supportive styles were added along with a monogram-inspired icon to anchor the visual brand.
brand identity
KRUSHWELL 8-PACKS
More is more for the champion of real vodka seltzers. KRUSHWELL introduced their first 8-can variety pack and brand new 4-pack designs!
brand identity & packaging design
New packaging / new beverage
KAWAMA kept their foot on the pedal with all new ‘turtle-inspired’ packaging and a brand now—first of its kind—Tequila Tea!
Sparkling and steady wins the race!
brand identity & packaging design
Produced in partnership with the Rhode Island Black Heritage Society, this Preservation Society of Newport County exhibition explores a largely unknown but important chapter in American history. Gilded Age Newport in Color documents a lesser known story of Newport, Rhode Island in the Gilded Age (1865-1915). It highlights a paralell community in which African heritage families came together to promote their own economic and social well-being through self-reliance, entrepreneurism, political advancement and cultural interchange.
exhibition Identity, event collateral & promotion design
The Preservation Society of Newport County’s Wild Imagination exhibition brought together a menagerie of animal-themed artworks and other objects, from paintings, sculptures, photographs and fashions to fancy dog collars and sea creatures blown in glass.
Americans’ relationship with animals transformed during the Gilded Age (1870-1914). With a focus on Newport history, the exhibition explored how this exciting, tumultuous period shaped the role of animals in our modern world.
exhibition Identity, event collateral & promotion design