The Boba Plug

The Challenge

For this portfolio piece, I decided to start my own company. I handled the art direction and product design with my partner Vivian Luu. Drawing inspirations from Late 90’s to Early 2000’sAsian American Pop Culture, I created contrasting visuals to showcase the drinks being made. My goal for this was to see how far I could push my limits of design.

Client

The Boba Plug

Type

Company branding, apparel design, print design, social media management, manufacturing.

Date

15, September 2022

My Approach
-Creating a brand identity
-Deliverables: Brand identity, apparel, merchandise, print media, and. web design
-Research on manufacturing and target audience, fabric sizing.
-Interviewed experts in the field
 
To push this project further I had help with creating different designs. Within 3 Years we received over 4.5k followers organically and had over 32 Popups We also launched 3 capsule collections. We collaborated with several Dallas Owned Businesses; Centre on Mockingbird, Khao Noodle Shop, La Casita Bakeshop, Cocoandres Chocolatier,
Verbena Parlor, Milky Treats & More.
Logo Designed by – Dena Nguyen
Photographer – Vivian Luu
Illustrator – Julian Louie
Pottery – Alaina from LittleMatchStudio
 
 
Link to publishing :

https://shoutoutdfw.com/meet-alyx-vivian-co-owners-of-the-boba-plug/

Five of Our Favorite Locally Run Boba Shops Around Dallas

Khao Noodle Collaborative Pop-Up Series Kicks Off This Month

How To Show Up for Dallas’ Asian Communities Right Now

https://www.dallasobserver.com/restaurants/boba-plug-and-la-casita-collaborate-this-weekend-to-stop-aapi-hate-11998846

 
Here are some of the examples of what was made
 
Company Branding
Print Design
Season 1 Launch
Popups
Drinks
DIY Boba Kits / Packaging Design

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