Mist Thermal Sanctuary brand identity - sauna and natural landscape on Bowen Island
Mist brand identity system showcasing minimalist wellness design
Mist thermal sanctuary outdoor cold plunge and fire pit experience
Mist brand collateral and packaging design for wellness products
Mist signage and wayfinding design in natural forest setting
Mist brand identity visual system with nature-inspired elements
Mist merchandise and branded materials for thermal sanctuary
Mist website design showcasing elemental brand experience
Mist business card and brand touchpoint design
Mist website interface design for thermal wellness booking
Mist social media and digital brand presence
Mist branded wellness product packaging and labels
Mist environmental graphics and spatial brand design
Mist print collateral and promotional materials
Mist brand photography showcasing wellness rituals
Mist identity system with elemental design philosophy
Mist typography and visual language system
Mist brand applications across print and digital touchpoints
Navigation arrow icon
Navigation arrow icon
Mist Thermal Sanctuary
Brand Identity System
Bowen Island, Canada
Rooted in the quiet heart of Bowen Island, Mist offers private sauna, cold plunge, outdoor showers and fire pits—a space to disconnect from the noise and reconnect with yourself and nature.

In a wellness landscape cluttered with performative self-care and Instagram-ready experiences, Mist needed to feel genuine and elemental. The identity draws from the atmospheric mist that moves through British Columbia's forests and coastline, and from the four elements themselves: fire, water, earth, and air.

Each plays a role in shaping both the experience and the visual language, grounding the brand in the rituals of nature rather than trends.

Built from the ground up, the work spans strategy, visual identity, web, signage, packaging, and merchandise.
Credits:
Copywriting – Mimi Young
Photography – Jenna Pullen, Jeanie Ow
Mist logo design with atmospheric brand identity
SRAM Force AXS New Physics campaign branding and visual system
SRAM Force AXS geometric brand identity with cycling technology focus
SRAM wireless shifting system campaign design and art direction
SRAM Force AXS technical product photography and brand materials
SRAM campaign showcasing revolutionary wireless drivetrain technology
SRAM Force AXS brand collateral and marketing assets
SRAM New Physics typography and campaign identity system
SRAM Force AXS 3D product visualization and campaign graphics
SRAM cycling technology campaign with geometric visual elements
Navigation arrow icon
Navigation arrow icon
SRAM — Force AXS
Campaign Identity
Vancouver, Canada
SRAM's Force AXS brings revolutionary wireless electronic shifting technology down from professional racing to the passionate enthusiast level. Where Red AXS defined the ceiling, Force AXS made that technology accessible, delivering intuitive wireless shifting, customisable controls, and seamless integration across road and gravel without compromise.

The challenge was articulating what changes when friction disappears. When cables and mechanical limitations are removed, riding transforms. Shifts happen at the speed of thought. Your position on the bars no longer dictates your gearing options.

New Physics. Not just wireless. Not just electronic. A fundamental rewrite of the relationship between rider and machine, where the old rules, the compromises, the limitations, simply no longer apply.

Our task was to build a campaign identity that made this invisible revolution visible. To show that Force AXS isn't an upgrade to the old system, it's an entirely different framework for how bikes work.
Credits:
Creative Direction — Good Fortune Collective
3D Production — Studio Tendril
Mountain Joe canned cocktail brand identity showcasing Mount Rundle design
Mountain Joe packaging design inspired by Banff Rocky Mountains
Mountain Joe cocktail can design with Parks Canada-inspired branding
Mountain Joe brand identity system for Park Distillery Banff
Mountain Joe Shaft cocktail packaging and brand collateral
Mountain Joe can design with mountain profile and après culture branding
Mountain Joe lifestyle photography and brand positioning
Mountain Joe product photography with outdoor mountain setting
Mountain Joe brand application across print and promotional materials
Mountain Joe visual identity with Banff National Park aesthetic
Navigation arrow icon
Navigation arrow icon
Mountain Joe
Brand & Packaging Design
Banff, Canada
The 'Shaft' cocktail was a Banff sensation that outsold beer, but it was only available on tap. Our collaboration with Park Distillery created a name, brand, and packaging to bring this beloved drink to a convenient canned format.

Park Distillery sits at the base of Mount Rundle in the heart of Banff. This iconic mountain's distinctive profile became the foundation of the can's design, connecting place with product.
The brand's colour palette pays homage to Parks Canada ranger uniforms, creating an identity that feels like an intrinsic extension of the Rockies.

While the beverage comes in a compact can, the brand's attitude is anything but small, channelling the energy and spirit of Banff's après culture.
Credits:
Creative Direction — Glasfurd & Walker
Photography — Ian Lanterman & Park Distillery
Crypto Autos luxury car marketplace brand identity and visual system
Crypto Autos cryptocurrency payment platform branding for automotive
Crypto Autos brand identity merging luxury automotive with crypto technology
Crypto Autos visual system for digital car marketplace
Crypto Autos AUTOS token campaign branding and marketing materials
Crypto Autos Dubai-based luxury automotive marketplace brand design
Crypto Autos car wrap design and brand activation
Navigation arrow icon
Navigation arrow icon
Crypto Autos
Brand Identity System
Dubai, UAE
Crypto Autos is the world's first luxury car marketplace that accepts cryptocurrency payments. We gave their brand a thorough uplift to connect it to its core pillars of luxury, lifestyle, and technology.

In a space where crypto brands often feel technical and cold, and luxury automotive brands feel traditional and exclusive, Crypto Autos needed to bridge both worlds. The identity needed flex and range to work across all manner of mediums, from social and print assets to web experiences, car wraps and live events.

We also developed a campaign and sub-brand for their native token, $AUTOS, which raised $4.4 million USD in 4.5 hours.
Credits:
Creative Direction — Michael Hindle
Pasitha essential oils brand identity with minimalist aesthetic
Pasitha waterless diffuser packaging and product design
Pasitha brand system for lifestyle essential oils and wellness products
Pasitha typography and visual identity for nebulizer diffuser brand
Pasitha product photography showcasing clean essential oil branding
Pasitha brand collateral and lifestyle product positioning
Navigation arrow icon
Navigation arrow icon
Pasitha
Brand Identity System
Vancouver, Canada
Pasitha is an essential oils and waterless diffuser brand.

In a market saturated by brands, or really just labels, that either feel cold and medicinal or too earthy and boho, we position Pasitha as a lifestyle brand born from the realisation that these are products that should be part of the aesthetic of your space, not just oils to be used and put away again.

Out with the botanical imagery and in with muted tones and considered typography. The understated design reflects the clean lines of using these oils: no candle smoke, toxic plumes, or even mould produced by typical water-based diffusers. Pasitha's diffusers use a nebuliser to diffuse oils into a fine mist of pure essential oil.
Brassica farm-to-table restaurant brand identity Gibsons BC
Brassica illustrated vegetable characters and playful brand system
Brassica menu design with seasonal vegetables and local ingredients
Brassica restaurant signage with layered wood construction
Brassica brand identity inspired by cabbage and mustard family plants
Brassica Sunshine Coast restaurant brand collateral and environmental design
Navigation arrow icon
Navigation arrow icon
Brassica
Brand Identity System
Gibsons, Canada
Brassica is a farm-to-table restaurant in Gibsons, British Columbia, on the Sunshine Coast. The name 'brassica' refers to the genus of plants in the cabbage and mustard family, vegetables that form the foundation of their seasonal, locally sourced menu.

In a category where farm-to-table restaurants often take themselves too seriously, leaning either overly rustic or clinically minimal, Brassica needed a different tone. We developed a brand identity that celebrates their approachable yet thoughtful approach to seasonal dining.

Working with illustrator Estée Preda, we personified the vegetables to bring a playful and whimsical quality to the brand, capturing their philosophy that healthy food doesn't need to be precious. The identity extends beyond the menu and collateral into the physical space itself. Even the restaurant signage drew from the layered structure of a cabbage, constructed from three stacked layers of wood that create depth and dimension.

The result is a brand that feels rooted in the Sunshine Coast's agricultural landscape while maintaining the warmth and personality that defines the Brassica dining experience.
Credits:
Creative Direction — Glasfurd & Walker
Photography — Leila Kwok
Illustration – Estée Preda
Lab Theory cannabis concentrate packaging photography
Lab Theory web case study cannabis branding
Lab Theory concentrate brand identity
Navigation arrow icon
Navigation arrow icon
Lab Theory
Brand Identity & Photography
Vancouver, Canada
Lab Theory is Rubicon Organics' premium cannabis concentrate brand, positioned as the most expensive product on the market at launch. The challenge: create a brand that felt genuinely premium in a category where "premium" had become meaningless, while speaking to the drop culture of legacy cannabis and streetwear.

The concentrates themselves gave us the answer. The extraction process is precise, clinical, methodical, but the experience is anything but. We leaned into that duality, combining laboratory rigour with psychedelic experimentation. Working with a 3D artist, we developed morphing gradient textures that evolve across products, paired with extreme macro photography of the actual concentrates in petri dishes.

The result is a visual system that works on two levels: eye-catching enough to stand out on dispensary shelves, clinical enough to communicate quality and process at point of sale.
Credits:
Creative Direction — Skeleton Crew Creative Studio
3D Artist – Valentin Heinrich
Wild Blue Banff hostel brand collateral
Wild Blue backpacker community branding
Wild Blue mountain culture brand identity
Wild Blue Backpackers hostel brand photography Banff
Wild Blue backpackers hostel branding and signage
Wild Blue adventure brand identity Banff
Wild Blue hostel interior design and branding
Navigation arrow icon
Navigation arrow icon
Wild Blue
Brand Identity System
Whistler, Canada
Wild Blue is a restaurant and bar in Whistler offering upscale, seafood-forward Pacific Northwest cuisine. Opening in August 2022 under the leadership of Iron Chef winner Alex Chen and an exceptional team of hospitality veterans, the restaurant quickly established itself as a destination for elevated dining in the mountains.

We were tasked with defining the brand identity from initial concept to final execution of signage, menus and website. The challenge was creating an identity that could hold its own against Vancouver's established fine dining scene while feeling authentic to Whistler—refined without being precious, elevated without losing approachability.

The strategy stems from capturing the precision of the food they serve through a refined custom wordmark that subtly nods to the sea in its typographic forms. The identity carries this forward through simple yet refined menus and signage with meticulous attention to texture and materiality, mirroring the restaurant's focus on sustainable seafood and locally sourced ingredients.

Wild Blue has been a resounding success, named #2 Canada's Best New Restaurant in enRoute / Air Canada Magazine and #4 Best New Restaurant on Canada's 100 Best List, with an overall #31 ranking for 2024.
Credits:
Creative Direction — Glasfurd & Walker
Photography — Leila Kwok
Studio Brewing beer can label design system
Studio Brewing Vancouver craft brewery brand identity
Studio Brewing animated numerals brand element
Studio Brewing packaging design and visual system
Studio Brewing beer can design and brand identity
Navigation arrow icon
Navigation arrow icon
Studio Brewing
Packaging System
Burnaby, Canada
When Studio Brewing set out to launch Burnaby's first craft brewery, they had ambitious plans: constantly rotating taps, limited-run experiments, and a release schedule that demanded flexibility from day one.

The brand needed to work as hard as they did. We extracted the thick-thin contrast from the Studio wordmark and built a custom numeral system around it. Each beer gets its own number, creating a simple, endlessly adaptable labelling system that keeps pace with their experimentation while maintaining a consistent visual language.

The result is a brand that stands out in the Lower Mainland's crowded brewery scene not through complexity, but through a graphic system refined to its essentials: bold, flexible, and as straightforward as the brewery itself.
Credits:
Creative Direction — Skeleton Crew Creative Studio
Photography — Maksee
Yeti Cycles brand campaign overview and art direction
Yeti Cycles SB140 campaign with crystalline formations
Yeti Cycles SB160 bike in surreal mutated environment
Yeti Cycles SB range otherworldly landscape campaign imagery
Yeti Cycles mountain bike photography and campaign visuals
Yeti Cycles SB140-160 campaign art direction with Plastic Bionic
Yeti Cycles SB campaign surreal crystalline environment with 3D rendered bike
Yeti Cycles SB campaign otherworldly landscape illustration with mutated flora
Navigation arrow icon
Navigation arrow icon
Yeti Cycles
Campaign Art Direction
Colorado, US
When Yeti Cycles recalculated infinity with their redesigned Switch Infinity suspension system, the SB140-160 range needed a launch that matched its technical ambition. The campaign centred on a simple premise: in these bikes, the old rules don't apply.

Working with 3D artist Plastic Bionic, we created three otherworldly landscapes where familiar terrain had mutated into something alien. Desert trails bloom with oversized succulent formations and crystalline cacti. Flora scales beyond reason, twisting into sculptural forms that feel both organic and impossible. The real and the surreal exist in the same frame, recognisable enough to be a ride, strange enough to be a new world entirely.

Each environment visualised what "new normal" means when engineering fundamentals shift: nature doesn't break, it evolves into forms that shouldn't exist but somehow do. The result was a visual language that translated Yeti's technical innovation into landscapes where the rules of scale, growth, and possibility have been quietly, beautifully rewritten.
Credits:
Creative Direction —Good Fortune Collective
3D Artist – Plastic Bionic
Photographers – Dave Trumpore , Eyeroam, Ben Page
Retouching – Cassey Kerrick

BASICS

PRESS 'C' TO TOGGLE CONTROLS

GEAR SETTINGS

PRESETS

CLICK TO TOGGLE CONTROLS
Chladni pattern animation design element
Navigation arrow icon
Navigation arrow icon
Research & Play
Creative Experiments
I really believe in setting time aside to play outside the constraints of a brief. Experiments can take shape in any form: animation, vibe-coding generative tools, image creation, playing with AI, photography, and music production.

This is where ideas happen before they need a reason to exist.

And if you like what you see, I'm sure we can find a way to work it into a project.

Benjamin Smith

I build brand identity systems by getting under the surface, understanding not just what a business does, but how it should feel.

I find the emotional resonance that makes a brand distinct, then bring it to life across brand identity systems, physical activation and digital experience.

Have a project in mind?
Get in touch at benj@benj-design.com

Services

Accordion dropdown arrow icon

Brand Identity

  • Brand Discovery & Positioning

  • Brand Identity Systems

  • Visual Language Development (patterns, illustration, photography direction)

  • Brand Guidelines / Brand Book

Applied Design

  • Packaging Design

  • Web Design & Development (Webflow)

  • Animation / Motion Graphics

  • Social Media & Marketing

  • Environmental

Creative Direction

  • Brand Direction / Ongoing support

  • Campaign Creative Direction

  • Art Direction

Brand Support

  • Brand Audits & Consulting

  • Identity Refresh (refining existing brands)

About

Accordion dropdown arrow icon

I've spent the last decade living across the UK, Canada, and Croatia, and that mix of places shaped how I think about brands and the people behind them. Seeing how different markets communicate and present themselves taught me to design with context, clarity, and a strong awareness of how a brand needs to live in the real world.

I connect most with founders who care about how their business feels, not just what it does. I'm drawn to businesses that have something tangible to tap into—whether that's a physical place, a product people actually experience, or a story worth telling.

Contact

Accordion dropdown arrow icon

Want to chat? I'd love to hear from you.
Get in touch at benj@benj-design.com