Case study · with NoBull

goodly.

Positioning into identity

a positioning translated into a sensorial identity, where nature and science meet.

Client
goodly
Year
2020
Studio
nobull
Aline's role
brand strategy & positioning
Sector
natural personal care
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( 01 ) Context

a new positioning, not yet given a form of its own.

Goodly is a natural personal-care brand. It arrived with a new positioning but still spoke in a generic, informal voice, with no identity that translated what the brand did best.

The brand's core power was the harmony between nature and science. That was the point to make visible.

( 02 ) The challenge

translate a positioning into an identity you can see and feel.

Translate Goodly's new positioning into a visual identity that celebrates the harmony between nature and science, the brand's core power.

( 03 ) The approach

a minimalist, sensorial identity rooted in the product.

Aline led Goodly's brand strategy and positioning, defining what the brand stood for and the territory it could own. Verbal identity and naming were developed by a partner, and the visual identity was created by NoBull.

Inspired by the purity of essential oils and the softness of shea butter, the visual identity is minimalist and sensorial: clean compositions, tactile photography and a poetic language that turns each bar into an invitation to experience self-care as a daily ritual.

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( 04 ) How it worked

rooted in the product

The identity grew from real materials: the purity of essential oils, the softness of shea butter.

minimalist, sensorial design

Clean compositions and tactile photography, designed to be felt, not only seen.

a language of its own

Poetic language that turns each bar into an invitation to self-care as a daily ritual.

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( 05 ) Impact

from a generic voice to a language of its own.

The project took Goodly from a generic, informal voice to a proprietary, contemporary language aligned with what the brand stands for. Sales figures are not public, but the brand reads as healthy: it keeps an active, engaged presence on Instagram, where a natural-care community of more than 9,000 has grown around @goodly.br.

( 06 ) What it proves

a positioning is only real once it becomes a system.

A brand can have a new positioning on paper and still sound generic. It only starts to exist once it is translated into something you can see, feel and recognise.

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