strategy & design for
The Little Olive Farm
a family-run organic farm producing artisanal goods in the Cape Fynbos.
Context
The Little Olive Farm's whole appeal is its authenticity — small-batch, hand-made, rooted in a specific place. The risk in taking that online was losing exactly what makes it special: a slick e-commerce site would have flattened a personal story into another product grid. The site needed to widen their audience without diluting the thing that earns customers in the first place.
Approach
I led with the farm's story and let the commerce follow from it. Natural textures, warm colours and real behind-the-scenes photography carry the brand's identity, so the feel of the place comes through before any product does. Product display was kept simple and intuitive — present enough to sell, restrained enough not to overwhelm the story.
Outcome
An online home that brings the farm-to-table experience to life and opens the products to a wider audience, without trading away the authenticity that makes people care.
Desktop homepage (screen recording):
mobile homepage (screen recording):
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