Benjamin Hubert designs PPE for wellness start-up
Benjamin Hubert designs PPE for wellness start-up
Designer Benjamin Hubert has created products and the brand identity for new wellness start-up Never Go Alone
Benjamin Hubert has created a collection of face masks and protective equipment for new health and wellness brand Never Go Alone. The human-centric design features warm tones, intuitive functionality and a design that ‘empowers users to visibly take ownership over their health and safety’
Benjamin Hubert unveils a series of protective products as well as the brand identity for newly launched wellness start-up Never Go Alone. The British designer’s industrial design studio Layer worked closely with Vietnam-born, London-based entrepreneur Nga Nguyen, whose early exposure to Covid-19 in 2020 inspired a collection focused on essential pandemic protection, ‘to empower users to visibly take ownership over their health and safety’.
Benjamin Hubert s studio Layer has designed tactile packaging, a layered fabric face mask and the overall branding for Never Go Alone, a collection that aims to help protect against the coronavirus.
Layer created a face mask as well as a container for hand sanitiser and two for hand wipes – one for the home and one to use on the go – for the new brand, which is launching this spring.
Above: Layer designed a portable hand sanitiser. Top image: the products are made from recycled plastic
The studio worked closely with Never Go Alone s founder, Nga Nguyen, and creative director Carl Adelson to design the branding and packaging. It hopes to make sanitary products more attractive to ensure that people carry them with them at all times.
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