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Abol

Naming and verbal identity for a roastery that opens at four in the morning.

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Overview
ClientAbol Year2022 ScopeNaming, verbal identity SectorFood & beverage

Abol is the first of the three rounds of the coffee ceremony — the strongest one, drunk before the day starts. The name was the whole strategy.

We wrote the verbal identity around that hour: short sentences, no adjectives, and a tone that assumes the reader has not spoken yet.

The naming architecture covers the roastery, the bar and two sub-lines without needing a new word.

Verbal — menu board
Detail — cup print

The first round is the strongest one.

System in use — trade stand or export crates
Detail — copy library
The system

One word, held tightly.

A naming architecture with room for four sub-lines, a tone rule of no adjectives, and a written set of things the brand never says.

Naming architecture01 Verbal identity02 Tone rules03 Copy library04
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