Payoff hero image of concepted Lunker fishing brand. Use of hard shadow lighting and oversaturated reds are featured with varous lures, hooks, and bait. Designs are shown for the Beginners kit tackle box, limited edition Victorinox/Lunker knife, hardbait packaging, and standup pouch packaging of cut shad.

Lunker

Bait & Tackle + Lifestyle Brand

Art Director:

Bradford Prairie & Sean Bacon

Year:

2020

Deliverables

- Product Box
- Belly Wrap Packaging
- Stand Up Pouch
- Social Media Content
- Web Homepage & Product Page

Scope

- Packaging Design
- Brand Development
- Set Design
- Web Design
- Photography
- Custom Icons

Lunker is a conceptual lifestyle bait and tackle brand that is targeted towards a consumer that is a casual fisher or wanting to get into fishing. Its primary focus is to reframe the fishing lifestyle and engage a following in a new customer base that wants to purchase quality and easy to understand products.  

Surrealism was the main inspiration for imagery matched with oversaturated reds to give a visceral feeling to the design. Icons were chosen to be used as a description on the packaging to give an easy and clear understanding of what the products are. The color palette and gradients used throughout the brand are to meant to convey the murky waters of ponds, lakes, and the flora & fauna within them.

hand holding red beer coozie with lunker logocloseup shot of tacklebox packaging
branding image of lunker packaging on green boxes with worms, fishing lures, and bobbers as set decorations
lunker social media post example hand with hard shadow holding a lure from fishing linelunker social media post hooks and sinkers displayed in a grid

Brand Personality

Witty

A herald for new ideas, with a humorous quick witted take on life.

Stylish

A smart innovator with exceptional taste and a fearless approach.

Daring

Adventurous with an unabashed zeal for new concepts and thinking outside of the box.

Approachable

Friendly and open, easy to understand with willingness to teach.

Packaging Components

lure packaging with a lure underneathknife packaging with a knife underneathpackaging of lure and knife side by side with a lure and knife displayed underneath

Product Page

A white laptop mockup of the Lunker product page.

Process Sketches

process image of sketches and various images collaged together
A gif of various icons/monoline illustrations of fish used in design of the brand on a tan background.
back of packaging bag for cut shad with window in bag to see product

Positioning

In devising the positioning for Lunker within the competitive market landscape, it became evident that few fringe brands possessed a distinct brand narrative. My aim was to craft packaging and color schemes that not only evoke the nostalgia of vintage packaging but also exude a youthful and approachable charm.

An info graphic of different competitors logos
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