WE HELP MAKE THE CHOICE CLEAR.
Brand strategy, product and packaging design, and retail systems built around how people choose beverages.
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Selected Work
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Honeybears
Design refinement, print production
Teazy
Social Iced Tea
Apothecanna
A founder-built brand
Alohi
Alohi beverage packaging
The Daily Hit
Formulation: James Kennedy / JKI.
Hyde’s Hail Mary
Identity and packaging across cans and boxes.
Terp Water
Packaging revisions and strategy support.
Services
Start with an idea or a finished drink. We make its place clear to consumers, retailers and distributors.
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Moments & positioning
Clarify the moments your drink belongs to and the reasons someone would choose it.
Three weeks -
02
Product & packaging design
Give the product a clear visual expression of its position and the experience it offers.
Four weeks -
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Retail readiness
Make the product’s place clear to distributors, buyers and the people choosing it in store or in hospitality.
Four weeks
About
Studio JKI is an independent beverage brand strategy and design studio.
We connect why and when people choose a drink with how the brand shows up—from positioning and product design to packaging and retail sales materials. We start with the human moment, then give the product a clear place within it.
Led by James Kennedy, Studio JKI brings his 25 years of CPG experience and the perspective of a founder who has built and exited a brand. That firsthand experience informs how we help brands earn a customer’s choice.
Contact
What are you making?
Let’s talk about where your beverage project stands and where you want to go next.