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AndMe
PCOS
&Me
India’s first women’s health drink for PCOS and PCOD.
- Client : Merhakifoods
- Project Category : Brand Package Design, Design Landscape Research, Product Line Architecture
Challenge
Thriving on innovation, &Me is an entrepreneurial venture that started in 2019 with one core aim – that of providing a nutritious, self-care drink to the rising Indian woman.
The enterprise is committed to providing delicious, high quality, nutrient dense products designed only for women. While doing so, &me was launching a new product line, with an aim to help women overcome the growing health challenges of PCOS and PCOD with a soothing drink, as simple as a cup of tea!
They approached us to develop a new brand language and packaging suite that reflected &me’s premium quality of the product and the core aim. This was quite a challenge given the fact that the female-centric product market was already clouded with eye-catching design and pomp. Not only did we have to design a new packaging, but we also had to bear in mind that our new design that to be effective enough to show the varied flavours and consumer benefits as well.
Design
Solution
The context : Despite growing awareness, &me’s research team still found that 50% of Indian women suffer from calcium and iron deficiency, across all cities and towns.
Irregular cycles, fatigue, heavy periods, acne and body cramps were common to all women, in fact the growing number of patients citing PMS and PCOS symptoms, often took doctors by surprise. Adding to this, the team also confirmed that 15% of Indian women aged 15-49 were anaemic and 70% had chances of osteoporosis, due to lack of essential micro-nutrients.
Since no two women were the same, we decided to partner with the client and make helpful product buckets for the consumer to choose from. PCOS, PMS and BEAUTY were the go-to categories created for zero overlapping, yet niche product marketing. The above segmentation was created after a focused group study, undertaken in Bangalore during the pilot test in July, 2018.
Execution
Execution
For this project, we wanted to focus on a style of packaging that was simple and minimal in design. We wanted to drive focus on the consumer benefits of the outcome of sipping this herbal tea.
Stage 1
We made a quick list of the pilot learning study and drew out our takeaways from it, which could then be utilised for design.
Stage 2
We did an extensive offline design landscape study and discovered various package and shelf designs by different brands within the same the sector which draws people's attention at supermarket stores. It helped us define a good shopping experience and what exactly customers look out for before making a purchase.
Stage 3
From here on we started our design process. Some key principles kept in mind were, how do we: stand out, increase visibility, express core usability, drive purchase in a new category, design with the retail store in mind, drive key messages through design elements, test usability and engage with customers.
Conclusion
The packaging created used simple design elements like – line illustrations and bold colours. Primary colour of the packaging was maintained white so as not stand out from the &me core branding colours. A simple and information-driven packaging style was created to make this product likeable, approachable and worthy of a trial in the first phase of its launch.
Design
Offline Research
Results
While the final product design went on shelf, across 400 retail stores and online portals, we were pleased to see consumer’s love for the brand. Despite competition within the juice drink category, &me’s bioactive PMS beverages for women has already earned 2 Lac loyal customers.
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