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Selected work / SlivkaDairy brand · Character design

Meet Slivka.

A relaxed, pleasure-loving cow brings warmth and understated humour to the dairy brand.

Client
Novosibirsk Dairy Company
Our role
Brand positioning
Naming — Slivka
Logo & visual identity
Original mascot
Packaging design
01 / The character

A little pleasure.
A lot of personality.

Slivka is a grown-up cow with a relaxed, almost philosophical attitude to life. A green meadow is her sun lounger, rather than her buffet. The character gives the positioning a face: everyday dairy products become a source of small pleasures.

Slivka / Three original poses, one easy-going character.
Slivka / Three original poses, one easy-going character.
02 / From pencil to personality

The character starts
with a gesture.

Resting on the grass. Enjoying a drink. Taking her time. The original pencil drawings explore the gestures that make Slivka feel familiar. We kept the informal drawing style: the humour lives in the pose, the expression and the little details.

Original development sketches / Finding Slivka’s character.
Original development sketches / Finding Slivka’s character.
03 / A world around her

A character you
want to spend time with.

Slivka’s world continues beyond the label. An illustrated book brings her poses together with playful verse and drawings of everyday objects. The blue palette and expressive line connect the finished illustrations with the sketches that started them.

The illustrated book / Slivka in her own little world.
The illustrated book / Slivka in her own little world.
The complete spread / Illustration, verse and the original drawn setting.
The complete spread / Illustration, verse and the original drawn setting.
04 / Promotional objects

From the pack
into everyday life.

A glass of milk. A magnet on the fridge. The promotional objects bring Slivka into the moments the brand is about. The same recognisable character works at the small scale of a magnet and on a glass, with no need to explain the joke.

A glass with Slivka / The character joins the daily ritual.
A glass with Slivka / The character joins the daily ritual.
The fridge magnet / A small, friendly presence in the kitchen.
The fridge magnet / A small, friendly presence in the kitchen.
05 / At the point of sale

Easy to recognise.
Hard to walk past.

The character also works at retail scale. On the branded refrigerator, Slivka links the packaging, the display and the store environment. One personality holds the different applications together.

Retail presentation / Slivka connects the display and the dairy range.
Retail presentation / Slivka connects the display and the dairy range.
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