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nuEra leaf-and-match logo in white on navy
Brand Identity · Packaging

nuEra Cannabis

The brief

When Illinois legalized recreational cannabis, the medical dispensary nuMed became nuEra. New name, much wider audience. The brand, the packaging, and everything in between had to be rebuilt around it.

Challenge
Carry a medical dispensary into the recreational market, and package a vertically integrated company's own products, one by one.
Role
Discovery, rebrand and visual identity, packaging across product lines, marketing, and merchandise.
Focus
One design system covering flower containers, rosin boxes, concentrate lid labels, pre-roll tubes, and potency labels.
The line

A new era of cannabis.

nuEra logo system in white on green, blue, orange, and yellow
Pile of triangular "A new era of cannabis" stickers
Packaging and retail

One system, from the jar to the wall.

nuEra brings its own products to market, and each one needed its own package. We helped choose the formats, then built one design system to carry across every product line and onto the strain posters.

nuEra rosin concentrate boxes on a dark background
Hand holding a navy nuEra vape battery
nuEra packaging, vape, grinder, and lighter on a wooden tray
Three nuEra strain posters on a gallery wall
Pre-rolls

The same system, in pink.

nuEra and Blazy Diamonds pre-roll tubes scattered on pink
Two nuEra pre-roll tubes and pink-tipped pre-rolls on pink
nuEra and Blazy Diamonds pre-roll tubes standing between pre-rolls
Singing praises for 12 Line. Nate and team helped transform our brand with an extremely rapid and professional process. They were both creative and collaborative which made us feel very comfortable about big decisions we were making with our company’s brand makeover. Their attention to detail combined with a big picture analysis ensured the work they did would extend our value proposition into the years to come. We’re already planning our next project with 12 Line. You should too.
Jonah Rapino
Marketing Director
nuEra
Solventless

Foil stamp, kraft labels, nothing extra.

Solventless concentrates are nuEra’s premium line, so the package had to feel like it. We partnered with Rohner Press on a foil-stamped box finished with kraft paper labels.

Foil-stamped nuEra rosin boxes with a Mr. Clean concentrate jar
Bubble hash in a glass jar beside labeled nuEra concentrate lids
Merch and marketing

Pins, glass, and polaroids from Chicago to Champaign.

Dubble Joint and nuEra 710 stickers
Wooden hand holding a nuEra Dubble Joint glass holder
nuEra Chicago polaroid dated 4/20/21
nuEra Pekin polaroid dated 4/20/21
nuEra Champaign polaroid dated 4/20/21
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