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Nutrition brandCanada · Logo design

Two marks,
one name.

The rings proposal, reversed out of olive

00The project

Client
NutraSential Lab
Sector
Nutrition
Based in
Canada
Rounds
April · May 2024

NutraSential Lab is a Canadian nutrition brand whose name runs two words into one. We drew its logo over two rounds in spring 2024: in April, an S assembled from leaf shapes; in May, a new wordmark that splits the name into three by weight, the S redrawn to sit beside it, and a second mark — a pair of linked rings.

  • Wordmark
  • S mark proposal
  • Rings mark proposal
  • Type tests

01The wordmark

Light, bold,
light again.

The name is two words run into one. The wordmark separates them by weight instead of a space — Nutra light, Sential bold, Lab light again — so it reads in three beats at a glance. An olive leaf takes the place of the dot on the i, and Canada sits small beneath.

The NutraSential Lab wordmark: Nutra light, Sential bold, Lab light, with an olive leaf for the dot of the i
Six type and weight tests for the wordmark, each beside the rings mark

Six type and weight tests for the wordmark, each beside the rings mark

Type tests · original page, May 2024
Detail · the leaf on the i

02First route · April 2024

An S,
cut from leaves.

The first route takes the S from the middle of the name and rebuilds it from four quarter-round pieces, each the shape of a leaf — the same leaf that later sits over the i. In April two of the pieces were green; redrawn in May beside the new wordmark, one piece, top right, stays olive.

The NutraSential Lab S logo, reversed
The S mark: four quarter-round leaf shapes form an S, the top-right one olive

03Second route · May 2024

Two rings,
an S where they cross.

The second route links two open rings. Where they overlap, an olive S-curve, drawn like a leaf, closes the gap — the initial again, hidden in the join. It was presented in black on white and reversed out of olive.

Two open rings linked together, an olive S-curve where they overlap
The NutraSential Lab rings logo: black rings with an olive S-curve, the wordmark and Canada set small beneath
The rings mark, reversed
  • BlackRings and wordmark
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  • OliveThe leaf; reversed ground
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  • PaperGround
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The S mark, reversedThe S
The rings mark, reversedThe rings
The NutraSential Lab wordmark, reversed
Client
NutraSential Lab
Year
2024
Scope
Wordmark · S mark proposal · Rings mark proposal · Type tests

Both marks are proposals: the S was first presented in April 2024 and redrawn beside the new wordmark in May; the rings were presented in May. The archive does not record which one, if either, the client adopted. The logos and construction on this page are redrawn from the original vector files; the type tests are the original page from the May proposal.