Raising the bar

Raising the bar

Kanpaï

Client

Branding, UX/UI

Services

2024

This project was born out of a simple but recurring frustration: inventory tracking in bars is chaotic, slow, and overly manual. Kanpaï emerged as a solution to bring clarity, visibility, and control to that process. My role involved crafting a user interface that’s as intuitive as it is robust—built for professionals who are short on time but still care about doing things right. Every component was designed to give users more control: stock alerts, purchase orders, sales trends, supplier communication... all from one place. Visually, the system needed to feel both approachable and reliable. We used bold yet warm color schemes, a clean type system, and subtle animations to support focus and speed. The tone of the interface—like the brand itself—blends professionalism with a spark of attitude: confident, easy-going and friendly. Ultimately, this was a project about dignity through design: empowering those behind the bar to take back their time and focus on what makes their craft worth it—people, experience, and connection.


The approach centered on enhancing Company's renown for excellence with sentimental significance and modern societal relevance, encapsulated in the notion 'Enriching Quality with Emotion'. Employing the Brand methodology extracted fresh brand values, mirroring a balanced mixture of the Company's goals, shareholder anticipations, and market understandings. This tactic allowed for an intensive exploration of the company's nucleus, permitting a reinvention of its brand framework and intent. The strategy involved not the creation of a new persona in the conventional sense but the foundation for a progressive brand metamorphosis that would navigate Company towards a more interactive, bona fide, and emotionally appealing future.

Client Kanpaï AI Year 2025 Services Branding, Art Direction, UX/UI Design Typefaces Basic Sans Credits Oscar Carrillo (Creative Director) Ania Pamplona (Senior UX/UI designer) Catalina Navarro (Senior UX/UI designer) Tools Adobe Illustrator Adobe Photoshop Figma

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