Selected work / Brand identity + hospitality

ALMOST HOMEGENERAL.

Start Monday designed the main logo and brand identity for Almost Home General, a neighborhood general store and coffee concept in Lincroft, New Jersey. A distinct visual identity built to live across storefront signage, packaging, and the everyday details of the brand.

Client
Almost Home General
Location
Lincroft, New Jersey
Disciplines
Logo Design / Brand Identity / Creative Direction / Graphic Design
01 / ORIGINAL BRAND IDENTITYMASTER LOGO
Original wordmark / Designed by Start Monday

The original roofline illustration, expressive script lettering, and widely spaced GENERAL wordmark establish the visual language of the brand.

01 / 10
02 / ORIGINAL LOGO SYSTEMAPPROVED ARTWORK

ONE BRAND.
THREE FORMS.

A flexible identity built from one recognizable set of elements: a hand-drawn roofline, expressive script, and classic framed marks for different applications.

Original Almost Home General horizontal rectangular logo with hand-drawn border and dotted detailing
Horizontal framed logo / Original artwork02 / 10
Original Almost Home General oval badge logo with dotted edge and house roof illustration
Oval badge / Original artwork03 / 10
03 / THE BRAND IN PLACESTOREFRONT + SIGNAGE

MADE TO
FEEL LIKE
HOME.

The identity extends beyond the logo itself, appearing on the exterior storefront and in the details customers see every day.

Almost Home General building in Lincroft, featuring the Start Monday logo on the exterior sign
Exterior signage / Storefront04 / 10
Almost Home General custom wordmark applied to interior glass
Window graphics / Brand application05 / 10
ALMOST HOME GENERALIDENTITY IN USE

FROM THE
SIGN ABOVE
THE DOOR
TO THE CUP
IN YOUR HAND.

04 / BRAND APPLICATIONSSELECTED DETAILS

EVERYDAY
IDENTITY.

From the storefront to coffee, packaging, drinkware, and apparel, the identity moves into the details of the customer experience.

Almost Home Cruisin' cold brew cans with an illustrated ocean-blue label, held inside the coffee shop
Cold brew / Brand in use06 / 10
Almost Home Coffee logo featured on white branded packaging
Packaging / Coffee07 / 10
Almost Home Coffee logo on white enamel mug
Merchandise / Enamel mug08 / 10
Wooden Almost Home Coffee tap handles with circular brand marks
Branded details / Coffee taps09 / 10
Circular embroidered Almost Home Coffee brand patch on fabric
Apparel / Embroidered patch10 / 10
Start Monday / Project credits

THE WORK.

Main Logo Design
Brand Identity Development
Creative Direction
Graphic Design
Existing site photography: @iloveredbank; cold brew photo: supplied asset Project: Almost Home General
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