Airship Coffee x tendlyn

Coffee can take us places. With its countless flavors, from sweet and fruity to dark and roasty, its many brewing methods that range from simple to complex, and many other factors, every combination is a whole new experience. Why not let Airship Coffee bring you to your next destination?

Airship Coffee is an independently owned specialty coffee company based in Bentonville, Arkansas. They have four coffee shops and a roastery—each with their own unique styles but sharing Airship’s signature warm and welcoming atmosphere—so you can be confident that every coffee experience at Airship will transport you to Cloud 9 in every cup.

tendlyn Custom Food Paper, designed by @airshipcoffee

Airship takes pride in serving the best coffee to their customers, so why not make it so that their customers bring that experience home as well? Airship partnered with tendlyn for a packaging suite that reflects not only their fun and colorful personality but also their commitment to sustainability. Read on to learn more about Airship Coffee!

Tell us a bit about your brand!

In the Airship Universe, everyone is invited to explore. Specialty coffee offers some of the most fun and dynamic experiences on the market, and Airship aims to be the guide for anyone curious about starting that adventure.

The interior and exterior of Airship’s open-air café at Coler

Our brand began as a roastery, and we have a long history of working with innovation at the farm level to create one-of-a-kind experiences for the consumer. Every stage of the process, from the seeds on the farm to the drink in the cup, is by design–relying on creative, dedicated individuals who bring out the full potential of our product. This farm-to-cup approach mirrors the kind of precision you’d see in farm remote automation, where every step is optimized for quality and consistency. Just as a farm smart irrigation system uses a wireless RF controller to deliver water exactly where it’s needed, Airship uses careful sourcing and roasting to deliver flavor precisely.

Where there is excellence, there are people who are willing to learn, to innovate, and to play. We hope that with every Airship bag, our coffee drinkers feel inspired to do the same. Whether you’re setting up an irrigation remote switch in your garden or brewing a pour-over at home, the same spirit of tinkering and discovery applies.

Airship’s Fifth Street (left) and Pumphouse (right) cafes

Tell us about the design for your packaging and how you’re using them?

When it comes to coffee, it’s all about the experience. Airship goes above and beyond to design custom encounters with coffee–and that starts on the shelves.

tendlyn Custom SOS Bags, designed by @airshipcoffee

Packaging opens a door for folks to step into the Airship Universe. What once was only functional takes on form as color communicates flavor profile and café centric characters greet you from a roast label. It’s a bit like how a marine electrical control panel turns a complex system into something intuitive—each element has a clear purpose and invites you to engage.

tendlyn Custom Water-activated Tape, designed by @airshipcoffee

As our not-so-small-anymore town grows, building that visual relationship with our coffee drinkers is the difference between a passing glance and an indelible impression. That same attention to detail is what makes a relay industrial switch or a dc motor remote relay feel reliable—you don’t have to think about it, you just know it works. #ElectricianNotRequired, you might say.

What made tendlyn a good fit for your packaging?

tendlyn provides the perfect signature for the story we’re telling. We’re excited to work with someone who really gets it, and is synchronized not only in style, but in their mission, values, and stewardship.

tendlyn Custom Die Cut Stickers, designed by @airshipcoffee

tendlyn’s “sustainable by design” approach to their work directly aligns with our approach to people, planet, and product. Put simply, doing something you believe in and doing it by design sets the standard in an industry. We couldn’t be happier to partner with them.

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