All work

Packaging

Kiln & Ash

A tactile packaging system for a small-batch ceramics studio, built from recycled kraft board and a single foil mark.

Client

Kiln & Ash Ceramics

Discipline

Packaging

Location

Lisbon

Year

2026

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The story

Kiln & Ash Ceramics

The brief

Kiln & Ash makes tableware in runs of forty. Their old packaging was generic, and customers threw it away before the plates reached the table.

Our approach

We designed a family of kraft boxes that fold without glue. A small gold mark sits off-centre, the way a potter signs the foot of a bowl. Every size shares one grid, so the studio can pack any order from five flat sheets.

The outcome

Return rates on damaged goods dropped, and customers began posting the empty boxes as often as the ceramics.

We wanted the box to feel like the first piece of the set.

Kiln & Ash Ceramics

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