Branding, strategy, content

Kosmi

Kosmi is a jewellery brand built on affordable luxury: modern, wearable pieces made to last.

Introduction

Kosmi had a product ready for market and no brand to put on it. No logo, no identity, no positioning, not even a colour.

Industry

Jewellery

Services

Branding, strategy, content

Timeline

14 days

Location

Melbourne

Two models from Kosmi's campaign in dappled sun against a cream travertine wall, one whispering behind her hand, both wearing Kosmi rings and earrings
Kosmi logo in gold leaf on a boutique window.
An open Kosmi mailer box with the logo inside the lid, cherry K-pattern tissue and a K sticker.

Challenge

Everything had to launch at once, and it had to be right first time.

The brand was going to be printed on the packaging and embossed into the jewellery, on a hard deadline, with no room to get it wrong.

Kosmi's oatmeal tote reading “She's got that Kosmi kinda style.” on sunlit garden steps.
Cherry Kosmi jewellery box with a gold foil logo, on travertine in dappled light.
Oatmeal envelope closed with a cherry wax seal stamped with Kosmi's K.
A hand holding a cherry Kosmi earring card with gold hoop earrings.
A cherry Kosmi shopping bag on the cream leather seat of a vintage car.
Kosmi's oatmeal tote reading “She's got that Kosmi kinda style.” on sunlit garden steps.
Cherry Kosmi jewellery box with a gold foil logo, on travertine in dappled light.
Oatmeal envelope closed with a cherry wax seal stamped with Kosmi's K.
A hand holding a cherry Kosmi earring card with gold hoop earrings.
A cherry Kosmi shopping bag on the cream leather seat of a vintage car.

What we did

In two hours with the founder, we built the identity and positioning together.

We started where we always start, with research, not guesswork: a competitor audit of how comparable jewellery brands looked and priced themselves, and real customer insight from the founder’s family, who sell jewellery through a homeware store. In the two-hour session that followed, we landed on a cherry-red anchor, oatmeal to balance it, a clean serif, and affordable luxury as the idea underneath.

The brand

Kosmi's wordmark in oatmeal, with its slanted o.
Kosmi's K monogram in cherry.
Kosmi's wordmark in oatmeal, with its slanted o.
Kosmi stickers, K monogram and wordmark seals, on a sheet and on wrapped parcels.
Kosmi's Signature Ring: a gold band with the wordmark on cherry enamel.
A travertine ring tray carved with the Kosmi logo, holding gold hoops and a ring, by a window.

The packaging sells it first.

Cherry gift boxes, earring cards and an oatmeal travel case, so Kosmi feels premium before the lid comes off.

Hands holding out a cherry Kosmi gift box tied with a cream ribbon, against green leaves.
Kosmi earring cards in cherry on a travertine display stand.
An oatmeal leather jewellery travel case debossed with the Kosmi logo, on white linen with eucalyptus.
Hands holding out a cherry Kosmi gift box tied with a cream ribbon, against green leaves.
Kosmi earring cards in cherry on a travertine display stand.
An oatmeal leather jewellery travel case debossed with the Kosmi logo, on white linen with eucalyptus.

One look, any size.

Cherry and a clean serif, as sharp on a billboard over the street as on a box on a marble vanity.

A Kosmi Signature Edit billboard above a city street as a tram passes: a model in gold earrings and a cherry bangle beside the cherry Kosmi logo.
A smiling model from Kosmi's campaign against a sunlit travertine wall, touching her gold earring
An open cherry Kosmi box and a linen pouch on a marble vanity with gold rings and white roses.
A smiling model from Kosmi's campaign against a sunlit travertine wall, touching her gold earring
An open cherry Kosmi box and a linen pouch on a marble vanity with gold rings and white roses.

Made to be seen.

A poster, a bag on the street, a gift on a front-row seat. Every one reads as Kosmi.

A woman in a cream suit walking a leafy street carrying a cherry Kosmi shopping bag.
Two models from Kosmi's campaign in dappled afternoon sun against a cream travertine wall, chins on their hands, wearing gold cuffs, rings and earrings
A cherry Kosmi poster reading “She's got that Kosmi kinda style.” above a sideboard.
Two models from Kosmi's campaign in dappled afternoon sun against a cream travertine wall, chins on their hands, wearing gold cuffs, rings and earrings
A cherry Kosmi poster reading “She's got that Kosmi kinda style.” above a sideboard.
A woman in a cream suit walking a leafy street carrying a cherry Kosmi shopping bag.
Cherry Kosmi gift boxes on every front-row seat beside a runway lined with olive trees.

Results

A hand holding a phone in a rose garden, playing Kosmi's launch reel.

15K+

Reel views since launch

A shopper in a white dress carrying a cherry Kosmi shopping bag past jasmine.

$2,000

Sales at the launch event

A round cherry sign with Kosmi's K monogram, hanging among jasmine.

14 days

From first call to a finished brand

Elleni Habibis, founder of Kosmi Atelier.

In their words

“As a startup business owner, getting things done on time was incredibly important, and Michael made the whole process feel easy, understood and well organised.”

Elleni Habibis

Founder, Kosmi Atelier