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Brand · Packaging · FMCG · 2025

Anti

Category Disruption in FMCG

A raw, graffiti-inspired identity for an alternative-milk brand built to rebel against the soft, beige visual language of the category — and own the shelf for the ones who live against the grain.

My role
Solo designer — brand strategy, identity, packaging, illustration, web design, copy
Year
2025
Anti brand background — bold cow-spot composition with manifesto copy
Brand background — built for the ones who live against the grain.

Category Disruption in FMCG

Every alt-milk competitor leans soft, beige, and bucolic. Anti goes the other way — black, white, and unapologetically loud — turning packaging into shelf presence and a point of view.

Anti almond, oat, and coconut milk cartons in a high-contrast black-and-white system, with a hand pouring almond milk into coffee on grass
Almond, oat, coconut — one system, three SKUs, zero softness.

Tom had enough of dairy's BS.

No cows. No compromise.

The high-contrast, hand-drawn aesthetic creates immediate shelf presence by rebelling against the soft, natural visual language that dominates the alt-milk category.

The voice does the same work as the visual: blunt, declarative, and a little funny — a brand that picks a side and earns trust by saying out loud what the category whispers.

Building the Mark

The cow mascot and ANTI wordmark were drawn by hand, then iterated dozens of times to land on a mark that felt scrappy, defiant, and undeniably ownable.

Process sketches — dozens of hand-drawn cow illustrations and ANTI wordmark explorations in black ink
Hand-drawn exploration — finding the cow and the wordmark by drawing them again and again.

Beyond the Carton

The system extends from packaging into merch and a full digital experience — proving the brand can hold its character on any surface.

Full Anti brand system — cow imagery, packaging information design, carton mockups, mug, and web layout
The full system in one frame — packaging, info design, merch, web.
Strategic note

Built for lifetime value, not the impulse buy

“No cows. No compromise.” was a deliberate positioning choice — designed to recruit believers in a sustainability-focused market and drive higher LTV, not just one-off samplers.