Tallowmere
Labels and boxes for hand-poured candles made in small batches.
Client
Candle maker, small batches
What we made
Naming system, labels, boxes, gift range
Timeline
6 weeks
Year
2026
The brief
Tallowmere pours every candle by hand, sixty at a time. Its jars wore a generic sticker, and the shops that stocked them put them on the bottom shelf.
The approach
We gave each scent a name you’d say out loud, like Fig leaf & cedar, and set it in a warm italic that feels written by hand without pretending to be.
The label is a paper band that wraps the jar like a cuff, with the batch number and pour date filled in at the workshop. Every box is the same shape, so a shelf of Tallowmere reads as one wall of colour.
What changed
The candles moved to eye level, and the handwritten batch number became the detail customers ask about first.
Made by
Saoirse Kinsella
Senior designer, identity
Liv Haugland
Designer, packaging
Fergus Penhaligon
Writer
Our part
Naming, packaging design, illustration, print production
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