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Woolkind

The sustainable knitwear brand for every body

I named, positioned and built a regenerative knitwear label that celebrates diverse bodies over fashion trends.

Woolkind knitwear campaign posters and original brand artwork
Client
Woolkind, Scotland
Sector
Regenerative fashion and e-commerce
Services
Brand workshops, research, brand strategy, naming, visual identity, brand guidelines, design system, Shopify platform

The challenge

Woolkind's co-founders wanted an alternative to fast fashion: custom-made knitwear for people the industry overlooks, with no harm to people, animals or the environment. They had the vision but no name, story or identity. In a market where most brands look the same, they needed a space that was uniquely theirs.

What I did

  1. Purpose workshops. In-person and online sessions, including a theory of change, surfaced the ideas behind the brand: less waste, individuality, awareness of impact and local over global.

  2. Brand strategy. I wrote the brand story and positioning, defined personas and created a tone of voice that is kind, personal, optimistic and witty, with a touch of Scottish banter.

  3. A category of its own. Rather than chase competitors, I defined Woolkind's own space: clothes made for every body, from sheep to shop.

  4. Naming. Iterative ideation with the founders, filtered through an evaluation matrix, led to the name Woolkind.

  5. Identity and platform. I coordinated designers to create the visual identity, brand guidelines and a Figma design system, then a scalable Shopify store that tells the provenance story.

Inside the project

Close-up of two people in Woolkind knitwear, one hand resting on a sleeve
Brand photography
Woolkind campaign imagery, theory of change workshop notes and website pages
Purpose workshops, campaign and website
Woolkind design system boards showing colour, typography and components
The Woolkind design system
Woolkind visual identity applications

What changed

  • A brand built from scratch: name, story, positioning, tone of voice and visual identity.
  • A coherent regenerative brand system carried consistently across web and packaging.
  • Scalable digital infrastructure: a Shopify platform and design system ready for long-term growth.

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