Smiling baby sitting inside a polka-dot sensory play tent with colorful fabrics and toys

{ REFRESH · 2023 }

The Play Gym

Lovevery’s hero product, and the one closest to our co-founders’ hearts. I helped shape the refreshed gym itself, then rebuilt the imagery around it with more color, more warmth, and more real play.

Company

Lovevery

Role

Art Direction & Graphic Design

Year

2023

Scope

Product Refresh
Play Guide Imagery
Packaging
Stop Motion

Team

Graphic
Photo
Brand Marketing
Product


{ PLAY GUIDE · BEFORE + AFTER }

Play Guide Refresh

The old play guide was soft and beige, and the babies blended into the background. We reshot every stage with brighter color, closer crops, and real moments, so parents can see exactly what each skill looks like.

Illustrated activity card showing a parent gently exercising a baby's legs, labeled “Strong Legs.”

Before

Baby in a purple onesie lying on a blue-and-white checkered play mat with colorful fabric blocks.

After

Baby playing with a toy on a colorful activity mat beneath a wooden play gym
Overhead view of a baby playing on a colorful activity mat with hanging wooden toys and sensory objects.
Baby in a mustard-yellow sweater lying on a play mat and reaching for a wooden toy
Smiling toddler sitting in a sensory play tent with colorful textured toys while an adult interacts nearby
Baby playing on a colorful activity mat with sensory toys in a nursery
Baby lying on a patterned play mat and reaching for a black-and-white ball held by an adult

A few frames from the reshoot.

{ STUDIO · PACKAGING · ISOS }

Shot for the Box

Every angle of the new gym, shot on seamless for the box, the site, and everything in between. Each silo was planned around the dieline, so every image had a place on the package before we shot it.

Lovevery The Play Gym baby activity mat with colorful developmental toys, shown with babies and packaging.

The packaging dieline

Top-down view of two babies playing on a colorful activity gym with toys and patterned play mats
Colorful hanging organizer with patterned pockets and assorted cleaning tools and sponges
Colorful baby activity gym with wooden arch, hanging toys, and patterned sensory play mat
Black-and-white patterned fabric ornament hanging against a dark background
Smiling baby in an orange shirt pictured on overlapping pastel cards
Handmade wooden bird feeder with a white spherical seed dispenser hanging from a cord

Illos for packaging + site

{ MOTION · PLAY GYM }

Stop Motion

Short stop-motion loops that show off the gym’s new colors and textures, one panel at a time. A quick way to show how much there is to discover without saying a word.

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