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Brand identity · Sukoon

Matcha Brand Asks Customers to Do Nothing for Two Minutes

Sukoon, Arabic for stillness, sells the ritual rather than the caffeine: one green, warm paper, and a figure that has already closed its eyes.

Sukoon is Arabic for stillness, and a ceremonial matcha from Uji, Japan. Most matcha sells energy; this one sells the two quiet minutes it takes to whisk a bowl. So the identity does very little, very carefully: one green, warm paper, brushed steel, and a small figure that has already closed its eyes.

The 250 g bag and the iced latte. The wordmark is Arabic, drawn as one continuous line, and never translated.Make Believe House
The bag, closed with a knot of green rope you have to untie. Green appears exactly twice: the figure and the rope.Make Believe House
Posters: one sentence each in letter-spaced capitals, the figure peeking over the edge. Matcha for a quieter world.Make Believe House
Boxes of five 2 g sachets. Quiet is a practice. Ritual over rush. The taste of stillness.Make Believe House
The sachet, in plain silver foil so the powder stays bright. The most-handled surface carries the most words.Make Believe House
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