Who doesn’t love a brand mascot? For BD&R, the mascot came from the abbreviated letterforms we designed, but the idea and name itself came from the story of how the founders first met through business. That’s why I never start a project thinking about what the logo should look like. I ask questions. How did you meet? Why did you start? What makes you different? What stories have shaped the business? Because without that context, you’re designing on assumptions. And assumptions usually lead to work that blends in. My discovery process is personal to every founder we work with. The process might be similar, but what we uncover never is. Sometimes the best ideas are already sitting inside the business. You just have to discover them.

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Da Dina is a Brazilian handmade cookie brand built around warmth, affection, and the feeling of a family recipe.

The visual identity transforms that homemade character into a playful and contemporary brand system. A custom wordmark, warm color palette, and illustrated character give the brand a distinctive personality while keeping it approachable and nostalgic.

The project expands across packaging, delivery materials, and product photography, creating a cohesive visual language around the heart-shaped cookies and the idea behind the brand: “Biscoito de Coração” cookies made from the heart.

Heart-shaped cookies for a brand literally named "made from the heart" is the kind of on-the-nose idea that could read as cheesy, but keeping the illustration style loose and the palette warm-not-cute is what keeps it from tipping into greeting-card territory.