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Panda Studios is a Kampala-based packaging design studio. We design packaging, labels and product branding for food, beverage, cosmetics, personal care and consumer goods brands across Uganda and East Africa, from first concept to print-ready files.
A buyer gives your product three seconds. In that time the pack has to say what it is, who it is for, and why it costs what it costs. Most East African products are better than their packaging says they are, and they lose the sale to imports that simply look more certain. We close that gap.
Four stages, each with a clear output you review before we move on.
We study your shelf, in the supermarket, the duka and online, to see what buyers compare you against and where the category is visually crowded.
We define the two or three signals your buyer uses to judge quality in your category: colour, material, finish, information, price cues.
We design for the reality of East African retail: stacking, transport, sun exposure, and the shelf height your product will actually sit at.
For product ranges, we build a system where every flavour, size and variant is instantly recognisable as one family, yet impossible to confuse with each other.
Name, benefit, proof, regulatory detail. We decide what the eye reads first, second and third, so the pack sells before the buyer picks it up.
We decide whether your product competes on premium, trust, heritage or value, and design every element to support that one decision.
Front-of-pack, back-of-pack and dielines for labels, sleeves, boxes, pouches, sachets and bottles.
We recommend substrates, foils, varnishes and print processes that local and regional printers can deliver consistently.
Realistic 3D mock-ups and side-by-side shelf comparisons, so you see the product in context before money goes to print.
We lay out UNBS, KEBS and export labelling requirements (ingredients, nutrition panels, batch and barcode areas) without letting them crowd the brand.
Colour-separated, correctly bled, dieline-matched files prepared for your printer, with proofs checked before the run.
Where you need it, we work directly with your printer in Kampala, Nairobi or abroad to protect colour and quality.
Every engagement is scoped to the outcome you need. These are the pieces most clients start with.
A complete packaging language for your range: layout grid, colour coding, typography and photography rules that keep every variant consistent.
Final artwork for labels, boxes, pouches and sleeves, designed to stop the right buyer at the shelf and justify your price.
For products that sell well but look smaller than they are. We keep what customers recognise and rebuild what is costing you trust.
Dielines, separations, proofs and printer-ready artwork, compliant with Ugandan, Kenyan and export labelling requirements.
Clear stages, clear decisions, no surprises.
We look at your current packaging on the shelf and show you where it is losing the sale.
We study your category, buyers and retail reality, and decide what the pack must say first.
Concepts, refinement and realistic shelf mock-ups, so you judge it in context.
Compliant artwork, dielines and printer proofs, checked before the run.
Not sure where to start? Request a free Reading and we'll show you what to fix first.
It depends on the number of products, variants and pack formats. A single label costs far less than a full range system with boxes and pouches. We quote a fixed price after a short call about your range, and you can start with a free Reading of your current packaging.
A single product typically takes three to five weeks from brief to print-ready files. A full range, with strategy, multiple variants and printer proofs, usually takes six to ten weeks.
Yes. We lay out ingredients, nutrition information, batch codes, barcodes and other regulatory content for Uganda, Kenya and export markets, and design around them so compliance never weakens the brand.
Yes. We prepare artwork to your printer's specifications and dielines, and can liaise with them directly on proofs, colour and finishes.
Yes. We work with brands across East Africa, including Kenya, Tanzania and Rwanda, and with diaspora businesses exporting African products. Most of the work happens remotely with clear review stages.