Author: Alvar

PRE-LAUNCH UPDATE 04 Today is launch day of ALVAR SAKARI and its first object: Egg. I feel well prepared. The products already came a few weeks ago, they look stunning. The packaging design is done and all the cards, stickers, fillings, stamps, etc. have come together very nicely! We got some good pictures taken with…

PRE-LAUNCH UPDATE 03 Journal number three… What a time. Just came home from Denmark – had a very efficient and relaxing trip! I’ve been busy coordinating everything from package design, shipping, website layout, to bookkeeping, product pricing and legal matters. It’s been a very giving experience so far. I feel lucky, and I’m thankful to…

PRE-LAUNCH UPDATE 02 After placing ALVAR SAKARI’s first order on the 16th of January, I felt that things were going to move quickly. There is still so much I need to get done in a short amount of time: the website, visual identity, hiring product and marketing photographers, design shipping boxes, labels, stickers, setting up…

PRE-LAUNCH UPDATE 01 Today is the last day of January, so I wanted to do a short recap and share some thoughts and insights on starting my own one-man company. I registered my company the 15th of January, and on the 16th I placed ALVAR SAKARI’s first order: a collectible domestic object produced in a…