Tessa
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- Tessas Eplegård cider packaging highlights honest farm storytelling
Oslo-based studio OlssønBarbieri created the identity and packaging for Tessas Eplegård, a small-batch organic cider producer in Hardanger, Norway. The concept, "Friends of Tessa’s Orchard," reframes birds, insects, and fungi commonly regarded as threats to apple trees as ecological collaborators, using illustrated labels, poems, and direct-address storytelling. The packaging balances small-scale production constraints with custom die-cuts, shared blind-debossing elements, and environmentally considered materials.
- OlssønBarbieri befriends the ‘pests’ for a Norwegian organic orchard
OlssønBarbieri created a poetic, ecocentric brand identity for Norwegian organic orchard Tessas Eplegård, celebrating the ‘pests’ that sustain its ecosystem. The packaging system combines analogue illustration, sustainable materials, and a vibrant, ingredient-inspired palette. The project reframes organic farming through storytelling that values biodiversity and craft over industrial uniformity.
- Branding & Packaging for Tessas Eplegård by Olssøn Barbieri
BP&O features Oslo-based studio Olssøn Barbieri’s branding and packaging for Tessas Eplegård, an organic apple farm in Hardanger, Norway. The identity combines contemporary minimalism with organic illustration and a witty conceptual approach that celebrates the farm’s ecological philosophy. The project includes naming, packaging, and storytelling that highlight the founders’ sustainable and science-informed approach to fruit growing.