Dry Guyz
Dry Guyz is a self-driven branding and packaging project. It is an imaginary product that sells helathy kids’ snacks.
Branding and Packaging Project
Dry Guyz is a product by Froonies * Healthy Lifestyle, a brand that prides itself in their nutritious products, made specifically for kids, but that can also be enjoyed by adults. Froonies has a wide variety of snack products, including asorted nuts, trail mix, cereal, and their newest product Dry Guyz, featuring all sorts of dried fruits.
The motto for Froonies is “Food can be fun and healthy”, and Dry Guyz is no exception. The design was specifically crafted to attract kids, with explosive colors, textures, and lovable characters. The product, however, wants to appeal to clients of different stages in life, which is why the design is modern, simple enough, and why the design is not as childish as other products one might find at the grocery store. In addition, the design of the Dry Guyz packaging uses narrative and characters as tools, to spark interest, to be relatable, and, the main objective of marketing, appeal.
The ideation process was a tedious one. As I have been looking for healthier snack alternatives in my own day-to-day, and realizing that healthy products for kids aren’t usually as accessible or appealing, I decided to make that my goal.
ideation
Since I wasn’t convinced, I went back to an earlier idea I had for fruit snacks, and that is where I found inspiration. I started with these sketches. And it led to these illustrations…
rough drafts
final layout
The name Dry Guyz came after a lot of brainstorming and different versions. I knew I wanted to have a word regarding a group of people (such as friends, pals, buds, etc.) so that it would be easy to remeber for kids. Since I was dealing with dried fruits, and the illustrations comically show our dehydrated characters, names like Sun Buds, Sun-Kissed pals, Sun-dried-friends, and others came to mind, but Dry Guyz was the one that stuck, especially because “guys” does not sound as childish as the other options.
Dry Guyz
final product
Ideation
Illustration
Design
Packaging