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Branding studio · Vancouver

Identity systems built to ship.

Parallel North is a branding studio in Vancouver for food, climate and culture companies that need naming, packaging and brand guidelines teams can actually use. We run bilingual workshops, prototype on real substrates, test labels in-store with shoppers, photograph mock-ups under grocery lighting and deliver Figma libraries plus print specs so your first shipment matches the pitch deck and passes regulatory review without emergency redesigns.

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Capabilities

How Parallel North helps

Brand programs start with stakeholder interviews, shelf audits and a written creative brief your leadership team can challenge. We document substrate choices, vendor specs and approvals so packaging survives production changes and still matches the deck six months later. Every engagement ends with a toolkit your internal designers can extend without calling us for every SKU.

Team collaborating at a studio table

Discovery and positioning

Naming territories tested with real customers.

Team collaborating at a studio table

Visual and verbal craft

Packaging specs vendors can actually print.

Team collaborating at a studio table

Digital execution

Retail toolkits for field teams.

Team collaborating at a studio table

Training and handoff

Guideline libraries editors will open.

Identity launches

Team presenting brand boards
Rowan Ferments

Repositioning a legacy tool for modern buyers

Research, identity and site

Brand

Transit poster mockups on a wall
Ember Transit

Ridership campaign across print and digital

OOH, social and microsite

Campaign

Designer reviewing mobile wireframes
Fjord Health

Patient portal UX refresh

Flows, UI kit and QA

Product

Packaging wall

Recent frames, sketches and behind-the-scenes stills.

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Studio metrics

Identity programs delivered
86
Typical naming sprint length
14 days
Packaging files approved on first proof
92%
Brand strategists and designers
11
Process

From brief to shipped packaging

  1. 01

    Align

    Stakeholder interviews and shelf audits before any concepts.

  2. 02

    Explore

    Wireframes, copy tests and mood boards reviewed with your team.

  3. 03

    Build

    Press checks, substrate samples and vendor emails handled in one thread.

  4. 04

    Launch

    Print files, vendor contacts and retailer sell-in sheets delivered.

Brand team

Senior designers join your Slack and stay through production.

  • Alex KimStrategy lead
  • Jordan LeeDesign director
  • Samira PatelProducer

Brand client notes

“Packaging on shelf matched the deck for the first time in three launches.”
R. OkonkwoFounder
“Press checks happened on the factory floor without surprises for once.”
S. LindqvistMarketing lead
“We still hand new hires the guideline PDF they wrote because it is actually readable.”
T. MoralesOperations

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Brand program questions

How do projects start?

A discovery workshop, substrate samples and shared Figma library within five business days.

Do you work remotely?

Yes, with optional press checks at your printer or packager. We ship physical proof boards when color matching matters.

What tools do you use?

Figma, Illustrator, keyline proofs or your DAM—we adapt to vendor rules.

Who owns the files?

You do, with open files, print specs, vendor contact sheets and archived proofs.

Vancouver studio

152 Water Street, Vancouver BC V6B 1B2 (fictional)

  • Mon–Fri 09:00–18:00 Pacific

+1 604 555 0162

[email protected]