Working with the team at Go.shop to build out this brand. Monsieur started with a strong founder vision, but needed a brand system that could turn that idea into something distinctive, premium and built to grow.
The challenge was finding the balance between sophistication and personality. It needed to feel elevated without becoming stiff, traditional or overly polished, creating a modern grooming brand with confidence at its core.
Testimonial
“Jackson helped take Monsieur from an idea to a brand that feels premium, distinctive, and a true reflection of me. The whole process wasn’t just about designing a logo and picking colours. We went deeper and built something that feels genuinely unique.”
Dan Edgar
The idea
Effortless by Design. Confident by Nature.
Monsieur was built around the feeling of effortless confidence. Refined, but never overly serious. Premium, without the unnecessary formality.
The brand takes cues from the elegance of the modern gentleman, then gives them a fresher, more contemporary edge.
The identity
The visual system combines a restrained logo, confident typography and a deep palette of Midnight Green, Royal Green and Bone.
Art direction became an important part of the identity too, focusing less on simply selling grooming products and more on the feeling they create: looking good, feeling confident and having everything click into place.
The result is a premium brand that feels timeless enough to last, but flexible enough to move beyond grooming as the business grows.
Deliverables
Brand strategy, Brand positioning, Logo system, Typography system, Colour palette, Art direction, Brand messaging, Social and digital applications, Brand guidelines, Final brand toolkit