David Jones Beauty

Building a modern beauty brand with efficacy, credibility and transparency

Client:
David Jones
What we did:
Experience Strategy & Ideation, Brand Strategy, Brand Positioning, Brand Naming, Packaging Design

The challenge

Founded in Australia in 1838, David Jones has a rich heritage. It’s the world’s oldest continuously operating department store still trading under its original name. But in order to appeal to today’s fashion-forward consumers, David Jones needed to re-establish their beauty brand for a new era. As part of our wider work with the brand, we were tasked with redesigning David Jones’ beauty packaging to reflect the brand’s positioning and the premium ingredients used.

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Our approach & solution

We developed insights based on David Jones’ target audience and emerging trends in the beauty sector. Modern beauty consumers are ingredient-savvy and looking to learn more, building their own knowledge for skincare self-improvement. We wanted to instil credibility and authority into David Jones' own-brand offer.

Key insight: An increasingly savvy and spoilt-for-choice consumer seeks credibility, efficacy and transparency.

The creative direction taken was influenced by alchemy - an aesthetic based on the periodic table helps define the skincare ranges, each with its own identity presented as an element. Pattern and colour help distinguish ranges, adding a playful element that appeals to fashion-forward customers whilst having a timeless quality to reflect the brand’s heritage. A conversational tone of voice has been developed to align with the inclusive positioning and establish David Jones Beauty as a reassuring and transparent partner.

Strategic shift: From own-brand taking a backseat, to a clear and compelling point of view.

Let's make something great together. Contact us to start the ball rolling.

Get in touch today:

5–8 Hardwick Street
London
EC1R 4RG

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