Independent creative studio — Auckland, New Zealand

Brands made to work
in the real world.

Vivid Icon builds distinctive brand identities, packaging and digital experiences for businesses and organisations across Aotearoa and beyond.

25+ yearsCreative and production experience

Auckland basedSenior-led independent studio

Brand to productionThinking built for real applications

NZ + PacificDesign across cultures and markets

Selected work

Ideas with a life
beyond the screen.

Brand systems designed to earn attention, communicate clearly and remain coherent wherever the business shows up.

How we think

Design that understands business, culture and production.

Great design has to do more than look good. It needs to connect with the right audience, work across every touchpoint and hold together through the realities of production. More than 25 years across branding, packaging, digital, print and environmental design informs every Vivid Icon project.

Creative disciplines

Four connected areas.
One clear brand.

Senior-level thinking and craft across the places your audience sees, handles and experiences your organisation.

Packaging expertise

From first concept to production-ready pack.

We shape brand architecture, shelf impact and product hierarchy, then carry the design through labels, dielines, multi-product systems, production artwork and supplier handover.

  • Brand and range architecture
  • Food, beverage and FMCG
  • Labels and multi-SKU systems
  • Production-ready artwork
Explore Packaging Design
Uppers contemporary protein bar packaging and product presentation
Paradise Foods multi-SKU canned product packaging range

Audience-led by nature

Design for the Aotearoa we live in.

New Zealand businesses communicate with audiences shaped by many cultures, languages and experiences. Vivid Icon brings decades of work across Pacific, migrant, community and mainstream commercial environments—approaching every project with curiosity, respect and the belief that meaningful design begins with listening.

Aliya Skin identity applied across inclusive outdoor advertising and branded merchandise Tongan brand identity and apparel application
BPW production-ready brand guide showing logo usage, colour specifications, typography and application rules

Production intelligence

Crafted beyond the mockup.

From the first concept through to final artwork, every identity, package and campaign is built with an understanding of how it will actually be produced and used.

Built precisely
Typography, colour systems, vector construction and image preparation.
Ready for suppliers
Dielines, bleed, prepress, print specifications and production artwork.
Made to stay useful
Guidelines and working files that support consistent future rollout.

Senior-led studio

Creative experience on every project.

Vivid Icon is led by Creative Director Shabbir Mohammed, bringing more than 25 years of hands-on design and production experience to every engagement.

Fijian roots and long-standing work with culturally diverse New Zealand businesses inform a broad design perspective—grounded in commercial understanding, careful listening and the practical knowledge to carry ideas into the real world.

Meet Vivid Icon

Experience across

HealthFood & FMCGConstructionProfessional servicesCommunityTourismPublications
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