Minor figures

 
 

PART ONE: BRAND STRATEGY / COPYWRITING

Future Liquids Laboratory

Minor Figures makes o*t drinks, but unlike Oatly and its try-hard imitators, they’ve built a cult following by doing their own thing – which in a lot of cases means making up weird, new oat-based things. But their brand didn’t realLY embody that.

They brought me in as a strategy director, not to change the brand, but to help define what sets it apart. Working closely with the founder I landed the strategy Create Don’t Disrupt, which draws a super clear line between what they’re doing and what everyone else is doing: “disrupting” dairy – aka copying it: oat milk, oat ice cream, oat cheese…

Based on the strategy we came up with new line they use on their packaging (and merch):
Future Liquids Laboratory.


PART TWO: PRODUCT NAMING / CONCEPTUAL THINKING / COPYWRITING

Hyper Oat is a range of oat drinks blended with nootropics and adaptogens to give folks a nice little mindbody boost. The perfect launch product for the Future Liquids Laboratory.

The launch was an invitation into Minorverse, a hazy, hyper-colored Harmony Korine world.
I named the product, did creative ideation for the launch, and wrote the web/pack copy.

We also collaborated with Cubitts on limited-edition sunglasses, designing custom looks for their mascot, Penny, tied to each flavor, and releasing real sunglasses people could buy.