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Fennel & Rye

A two-oven neighbourhood bakery with a weekend queue and no name on the door. They sold rye, sourdough and seed buns from a counter that still said the old tenant’s name, and wanted something that felt theirs without looking expensive.

What we did

  • Drew a wordmark with a single wheat-ear mark that stamps cleanly on a paper bag and a window.
  • Set a warm three-colour palette — rye red, crust brown and wheat — that a local printer could hit without a proof round.
  • Designed bag stamps, a loaf-label sheet and a counter menu they update themselves.
  • Built a small website with the week’s bakes, opening hours and pre-orders by email, designed phone-first for the queue.

The outcome

The bag stamp became the sign: they inked it straight onto the window. Weekend pre-orders now come in by email instead of by shouting over the counter.

Identity & packaging

Fennel & Rye: identity
Identity
Fennel & Rye: bags and loaf labels
Bags and loaf labels
“We wanted to look like we’d always been here. Now we do.”— Owner, Fennel & Rye

Mockup photography: Unsplash