Thrix

Thrix

The Brief

The Brief

THRIX started with one question: how do you make a shampoo behave like a viral object when you don’t have a crazy launch budget? What to do if you're bootstrapped, can't rely on huge media spends or dramatic “before/after” results that take months to show? You create a product that would market itself the moment it appeared on screen.

Year

2022

Industry

Beauty

Scope of work

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Product Design

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Branding and Visual Identity

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Core Packaging Design

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Packaging Strategy

Timeline

5 weeks

The Brief

THRIX started with one question: how do you make a shampoo behave like a viral object when you don’t have a crazy launch budget? What to do if you're bootstrapped, can't rely on huge media spends or dramatic “before/after” results that take months to show? You create a product that would market itself the moment it appeared on screen.

Year

2022

Industry

Beauty

Scope of work

/

Product Design

/

Branding and Visual Identity

/

Core Packaging Design

/

Packaging Strategy

Timeline

5 weeks

The Challenge

The Challenge

The Challenge

Haircare is notoriously hard to turn into content. Results are slow and subtle, shower GRWMs are awkward to film, and nobody wants to watch another “massage the foam into your scalp” tutorial.

Most bottles look identical, drowning in beige minimalism and soft sustainability claims. If THRIX followed that template, it would disappear in a feed and on a shelf. We needed an idea that was tactile, visual, and emotionally surprising — a tiny story built into the object itself.

The Outcome

The Outcome

The Outcome

The final THRIX concept turned a low-budget shampoo line into a built-in viral object: a bottle wrapped in a detachable textile label-bag. On camera, the fabric creates the visual hook we were aiming for when you wet the bottle, it darkens, clings and softens, turning a routine shower moment into something oddly cosy and scroll-stopping.

The visual identity leaned into trichology and bold, non-pastel colour accents, chosen not for trendiness but for how they read under phone cameras and store lighting. Throughout, every decision balanced manufacturability, cost, and viral potential — turning a “regular shampoo” into a distinctive, tactile ritual that gives a bootstrapped brand the kind of memorability usually reserved for big-budget launches.

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