Um Bongo

Once upon a time, there was Um Bongo, the most childlike brand of Sumol+Compal, which was relaunched with healthier recipes, a reviewed positioning and an updated 360° design.

As design partner of Sumol+Compal, the Portuguese leader of non-alcoholic beverages, for more than a decade, we had already successfully developed their brands Compal as well as Frize and B!. Eager to continue collaborating, we gladly accepted this challenge.

During this adventure, we worked tirelessly yet joyfully to express the new product reality (no added sugar, no colorants and no preservatives) and the new brand positioning: growing up while playing.

Our main objective was to create an all-encompassing story that could relate to both parents and children. We invented a completely new story featuring animals that everyone knows and loves as well as some exciting new characters from our imagination.

For the children, we dreamed up a stimulating and extraordinary world full of adventures and challenges, a world where team spirit is the key to success.

Welcome to Um Bongo’s new world!

We had the fantastic opportunity to recreate the product image, the packaging and the brand universe.

We brainstormed and sketched all the animals – giving each a name, personality and outfit as well as strengths and weaknesses. In this way, children around the world can identify with the fun characters. Like in all stories for kids, there are villains. We also created the “nasties” (a gang of bad sugars) with the aim of educating children on how sugar is the new fat.