Sabai

Overview:Crafting a Visual Language of Comfort and Joy
Role: Art Direction, Social Media Manager, Visual Assets,
Tools: Illustrator, Indesign, Photoshop

Serving Comfort, Building Brand

  • Sabai was a Delhi-based cloud kitchen launched by a young chef bringing travel-inspired food to a local audience. With no physical storefront, the brand relied entirely on digital channels and pop-ups to drive discovery, build trust, and generate repeat orders in a highly saturated market.

  • Built a distinct and ownable brand identity translating “Sabai” into a vibrant yet calming visual system. Defined colour, typography, and a modular design language supported by custom iconography inspired by travel and food culture. Extended this into a cohesive social media strategy to create a consistent, recognisable presence and drive engagement.

    • High-contrast, uplifting colour palette designed for strong digital visibility

    • Playful, modular patterns enabling a flexible and scalable visual system

    • Custom iconography rooted in travel and cultural references

    • Structured social media templates for consistency and efficiency

    • Integrated brand experience across digital and on-ground touchpoints (events, pop-ups)

    • Established a strong base of repeat customers within the first few months of launch

    • Consistently high engagement on Instagram, with posts driving conversations and shares

    • Distinct visual identity led to strong brand recall in a crowded food delivery space

    • Pop-ups and flea market events saw high footfall, with multiple instances of selling out menus and converting first-time visitors into repeat customers

Comfort in every bite

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Built to be remembered

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Comfort in every bite 〰️ Built to be remembered 〰️

Takeaways that stuck with me.

  • Learned how to maintain creative consistency across physical and digital touchpoints.

  • Improved my ability to align visual and verbal branding.

  • Deepened my strategic thinking for positioning new brands.

  • Sharpened my skill in connecting brand values to visual expression.

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