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Selected Work

Every brand grew
from something real.

18 transformations across 9 markets. Manufacturers, makers, family businesses — we found the brand inside and took it to the world.

KOVEA GROUP rebrand Strategy · Identity
KOVEA GROUP · Singapore

From commodity distributor to category-defining brand in 18 months

KOVEA had 22 years of distribution expertise but zero brand equity. Buyers saw them as a middleman. We repositioned them as a curated sourcing authority, built a visual identity system rooted in precision manufacturing, and launched a digital presence that spoke directly to procurement directors across ASEAN.

3.4×Inquiry volume
62%Price premium achieved
18moTo first export deal
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MATERA GOODS packaging Packaging · Export
MATERA GOODS · Shenzhen, China

OEM manufacturer becomes a lifestyle brand on five continents

A factory that made products for 40+ international brands finally decided to build their own. We gave MATERA a brand rooted in the materiality of their craft — honest, textured, globally resonant packaging that could hold its own on Aesop's shelf.

5Markets entered Y1
280%D2C revenue growth
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MERIDIAN CO rebrand Identity · Renewal
MERIDIAN CO. · Singapore

Third-generation family brand, reborn for the next 30 years

Built in 1978, MERIDIAN was beloved locally but invisible globally. A heritage-forward rebrand that kept the soul and shed the dust.

+44%Brand recall
2New export markets
NOVERA Gulf strategy Strategy · Export
NOVERA · Dubai, UAE

Southeast Asian beauty brand cracks the Gulf retail market

NOVERA's botanicals were exceptional but their brand spoke to Bali, not Dubai. A full cultural translation — naming, tone, packaging, retail positioning — unlocked 11 doors in the first season.

11Retail doors Y1
AED 2.1MFirst-year revenue
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ARTISANO packaging Packaging
ARTISANO · Bandung, Indonesia

Handcraft food brand packaging that earns shelf space in premium retail

ARTISANO's hand-rolled snacks had celebrity fans but supermarket buyers said the packaging looked "pasar" (market-stall). A complete packaging system transformed their retail trajectory.

6→34SKUs listed
HeroSupermarket placement
APEX BUILD brand Strategy · Identity
APEX BUILD · Singapore

B2B construction supplier transforms into trusted partner brand

When your sales team presents, does the brand back them up or let them down? APEX's identity was 15 years out of date. A full rebrand aligned their brand to where their business actually was — regional, capable, trusted.

2.1×Tender win rate
SG + MYMarket expansion
38%Sales cycle reduction
HANAMI Singapore export Identity · Export
HANAMI · Singapore

Artisan food brand scales to Japan without losing its Singapore soul

Cross-cultural brand translation that preserved what made HANAMI special while meeting Japan's demanding retail standards.

JPMarket entry Y1
+180%Online revenue
SERI WARNA renewal Renewal · Strategy
SERI WARNA · Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Heritage batik house repositioned for the global design market

Three generations of batik mastery, zero international presence. A strategic repositioning and visual overhaul opened doors at London Design Festival within 18 months of launch.

LDFDebut exhibition
+290%Export revenue
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VIET CRAFT packaging Packaging · Export
VIET CRAFT · Hanoi, Vietnam

Traditional lacquerware brand packaged for the global gift market

Vietnamese craft deserves world-class presentation. A packaging system that honoured tradition while satisfying the premium gift-buying psychology of shoppers in Singapore, Korea and the UAE.

3Export markets
Average order value
GULF PRIME identity Identity · Strategy
GULF PRIME · Abu Dhabi, UAE

Trading house identity built for trust at GITEX scale

When your brand needs to communicate authority in a room of sovereign wealth fund representatives, every detail matters. GULF PRIME now leads every meeting it walks into.

4Strategic partnerships
AED 8MNew contracts Y1
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ORIA FOODS packaging Packaging · Renewal
ORIA FOODS · Singapore

FMCG brand packaging redesigned for post-pandemic health-conscious consumers

The category shifted. ORIA's brand didn't. We modernised their packaging across 28 SKUs in a 90-day sprint without losing a single retail listing.

28 SKUSimultaneous refresh
90 daysFull rollout
BORNEO WILD export Export · Strategy
BORNEO WILD · Sabah, Malaysia

Wild-harvest superfoods brand built for the Japan natural foods market

Japan's natural foods buyers are the world's most discerning. BORNEO WILD needed a brand that could communicate provenance, purity, and traceability in a market that reads every word on the label.

JPMarket entry
3Distribution chains
JAVA PRIME specialty coffee Strategy · Export · Packaging
JAVA PRIME · Yogyakarta, Indonesia

Indonesian single-origin coffee brand built for Tokyo specialty cafés

JAVA PRIME had won three national coffee competitions but couldn't crack the Japanese specialty market. We rebuilt the brand from a producer story to a terroir story — and trained their sales team to talk about altitude, varietal and processing the way Japanese roasters expect. Three Tokyo specialty chains by year two.

3Tokyo distribution chains
5.2×Wholesale price unlocked
JP+KRMarket expansion
SIAMESE CO ceramics Identity · Packaging
SIAMESE CO. · Chiang Mai, Thailand

Craft ceramics studio finds its place between heritage and high-design retail

Half their customers wanted "more traditional," the other half "more contemporary." We resolved the tension with a system that could flex both ways without diluting either.

2.8×Average order value
MoMADesign Store listing
MAJU CORP industrial Strategy · Renewal
MAJU CORP · Johor Bahru, Malaysia

35-year industrial services group repositioned for the next generation of family leadership

When the second-generation team took over, the brand still spoke for the founder. A careful repositioning unlocked B2B contracts the previous brand could never have won — without losing a single legacy customer.

+87%New business pipeline
0Legacy clients lost
ZENITH PACK product design Product Design · Packaging
ZENITH PACK · Ho Chi Minh, Vietnam

From contract manufacturer to design-led packaging house with its own product line

ZENITH had been manufacturing sustainable packaging for European brands for 12 years. Our industrial design team worked with their engineers to create their first own-branded product line — a moulded-pulp service-ware system that now ships through 4 European distributors. Brand and product designed in parallel from day one.

4EU distributors signed
€1.8MY1 own-brand revenue
11SKU product line launched
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ELKA BRAND marketing Marketing · Brand Growth
ELKA BRAND · Bangkok, Thailand

Natural beauty brand scales from Bangkok pop-up to 14-market e-commerce presence

After we rebuilt ELKA's identity in 2017, they came back in 2022 needing a marketing programme to match. Eighteen months of integrated content, TikTok, and Tmall Global activation later, ELKA ships to 14 markets and runs at a 4.2 ROAS.

4.2×Blended ROAS
14Markets selling
AL SAFI GROUP rebrand Renewal · Strategy
AL SAFI GROUP · Dubai, UAE

Multi-cuisine hospitality group consolidated into a coherent master brand architecture

Six restaurant concepts under one parent, all with disconnected branding and confused customer journeys. A new master-brand architecture brought visual coherence without flattening the individual venue personalities. Group bookings up 110% in the first year.

+110%Group bookings Y1
6→1Architecture unified
"A factory can be copied. A brand cannot."— SATU Branding, est. 2011
01
Discover
Stakeholder interviews, market audit, competitive mapping
02
Define
Positioning, purpose, voice, and naming architecture
03
Design
Identity system, packaging, digital presence
04
Deploy
Launch strategy, channel rollout, retail enablement
05
Grow
Market expansion, brand governance, ongoing retainer

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