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Vela

A mineral sunscreen campaign built around protection that travels.

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Brand identityArt directionCampaign system

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Independent Apex Studio concept

Vela mineral sunscreen standing on a coastal rock in warm sunlight

Overview

Mineral-sunscreen campaigns often choose between sterile clinical proof and a beach scene that feels staged around the bottle. Apex built Vela as a warmer system: one recognizable pack moving naturally through product, texture, water, and everyday coastal rituals.

Independent concept study. Vela is a fictional brand created by Apex Studio; no client affiliation, efficacy claim, or performance result is implied.

The system

1distinctive product identity kept consistent
10cohesive campaign scenes across product and lifestyle
Vela sunscreen on a travertine table beside the sea
Vela bottle and retail carton in warm window light

One pack, one warm visual language

The soft ivory bottle and coral cap give Vela an immediate silhouette. Copper type, mineral surfaces, and directional sunlight keep that identity coherent from a clean packshot to a lived-in beach bag.

Vela mineral sunscreen standing on a weathered rock beside the sea

Protection belongs
in the day.

The product remains recognizable without turning every moment into a presentation. It sits where sunscreen actually lives: in the tote, by the water, and within the ritual.
Vela sunscreen resting naturally in a woven beach tote
Vela sunscreen carried naturally in the outer pocket of a canvas tote

Carried, not presented

Lifestyle frames treat the bottle as an incidental essential. Relaxed grips, used fabrics, cropped bodies, and natural attention make the work feel observed rather than staged for the label.

Tactile swipes of white mineral sunscreen across a peach-beige surface

Make the formula tactile

The cream is shown as material, not decoration. Feathered edges, wet droplets, matte packaging, and water-caustic light give the campaign enough physical detail to communicate feel without inventing a claim.

Vela sunscreen photographed diagonally on warm coastal limestone
Wet Vela sunscreen bottle beside a tactile mineral cream swipe

From application to water

A warm coral-and-ivory grade ties together the self-care ritual and the coastal environment. The campaign can move from skin to shallow water while keeping the same light, material language, and quiet confidence.

A woman applying Vela mineral sunscreen in natural coastal light
Vela sunscreen resting in clear shallow water with sunlit caustics

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