Positioning filter coffee as a cultural platform

Challenge

The professional filter coffee market was technically advanced but culturally undefined. Brands focused on performance, speed and specifications, leaving no one to claim cultural leadership in how filter coffee is experienced and valued. 3TEMP’s system was already capable of serving multiple extractions, formats and scales through a single, connected machine, but it needed a refreshed brand expression, one that could translate this capability into human and cultural terms, while building on its existing logotype and brand foundations.

Strategy

We positioned 3TEMP around Brewing Culture, a belief that brewing is not just a technical process but a form of expression and identity. Rooted in Scandinavian clarity and a global, street-smart sensibility, the strategy reframed the product from a piece of equipment into a platform for choice, rhythm and creative control. This allowed 3TEMP to move beyond function and claim a role in shaping how coffee culture looks, feels and behaves.

Approach

We built a visual and verbal system that balances Nordic structure with contemporary cultural codes, working with the existing logotype as a fixed anchor point. The identity is minimal and exacting, but expressive and grounded in real-world contexts, drawing from editorial design, streetwear and industrial form. This refreshed system was designed to scale across machines, packaging, digital channels, merchandise and physical environments, allowing 3TEMP to behave consistently whether in a global hospitality rollout or a design-led café. Activations such as the KYMERA installation translated the brand into physical experience, using contemporary art language to make the machine a cultural object rather than a piece of equipment.

Outcome

3TEMP now operates as a brand with cultural gravity, not just technical credibility. The work evolved the existing identity from a high-performance brewing system into a statement for modern coffee culture, allowing it to speak to global hospitality groups and design-led independents with the same clarity. The refreshed identity supports scalable rollout, from product and packaging to spaces, merchandise and live activations, giving the business a coherent platform for growth and market leadership.

Strategic Scope

Brand Strategy & Positioning
Brand Framework Development
Audience & Cultural Insight
Foundational Brand Architecture

Creative Scope

Brand Identity Systems
Art Direction & Visual Language
Narrative and Verbal Identity
Packaging Design
Digital and Social Expression
Physical Environments and Activations

Studio NARI team
  • Caterina Bianchini

    Creative Director

  • Dom Vine

    Designers

  • Max Saward

    Designers

  • Jake Richardson

    Motion

  • Ellie Ward-Thompson

    Project Manager

Client team
  • Nicoletta Speca

    Brand Manager

  • Design Team

    Romina Marchionni

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