Slass

Slass

The Brief

The Brief

SLASS is a cosmetics line created for the silver generation – women 60+ who are done being talked down to. They have the budget, the taste, and the life experience. What they don’t have patience for anymore is 10-step routines, tiny fonts, and “anti-aging” marketing BS. This unique customer resulted in something truly special.

Year

2023

Industry

Beauty

Scope of work

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Branding and Visual Identity

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Special Packaging Design

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Packaging Strategy

Timeline

5 weeks

The Brief

SLASS is a cosmetics line created for the silver generation – women 60+ who are done being talked down to. They have the budget, the taste, and the life experience. What they don’t have patience for anymore is 10-step routines, tiny fonts, and “anti-aging” marketing BS. This unique customer resulted in something truly special.

Year

2023

Industry

Beauty

Scope of work

/

Branding and Visual Identity

/

Special Packaging Design

/

Packaging Strategy

Timeline

5 weeks

The Challenges

The Challenges

The Challenges

SLASS wanted to step into the premium space while serving this overlooked group: women who don’t want to be chased with miracle ant-aging claims, instead... they want a little big of fun.

We reframed the narrative from “correcting signs of aging” to celebrating a rich, colorful, lived-in life. The visual language became a surreal aquarium-garden: saturated stripes, flowing colour “currents,” and a cast of small creatures – snails, ladybugs, dragonflies, fish. Each product received its own insect as an icon and memory hook. They’re intentionally a bit unexpected – eye cream with a fish, day cream with ladybugs – so the line feels collectible and fun, not medicinal. Typography is bold and readable; copy is direct and benefit-led, without pseudo-scientific noise. It’s premium, but it never talks down or takes itself too seriously. For gifting and retail, the tins live inside a crate-inspired outer box with slatted motifs and cut-out windows. Hidden illustrations reveal themselves as you open it, turning a functional purchase into a tiny, joyful moment.

The Outcome

The Outcome

The Outcome

SLASS moved from clinical and invisible to bold, joyful and age-honest. The new system supports a premium price point not by pretending to turn back time, but by offering clarity, joy and genuine attention to how silver consumers actually live and buy.

The project covered a full 360° suite of services: we began with brand and packaging strategy, defining the silver-generation positioning, and what the packaging needed to do for 60+ consumers in terms of UX, ease and emotional tone. From there, I created the visual identity and illustration system – and translated it into an ergonomic packaging system. In parallel, I designed gift boxes and the full unboxing journey. Finally, I delivered production-ready artwork, dielines and 3D visualisations providing a complete, ready-to-manufacture packaging ecosystem.

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