About Studio Flora

Design that drives choice and growth

Design Studio Flora sits in the gap between retail performance and graphic design, helping FMCG teams align strategy, packaging, and websites at the moment of choice.

Studio Flora combines plant-based category expertise with hands-on design to improve how products are understood, trusted, and chosen. That often means sharpening category recognition, information hierarchy, use case clarity, and taste cues, with proven FMCG best practices.

Projects focus on reducing the hesitation gap for mainstream and flexitarian shoppers. Small, strategic design changes can quickly improve trust and rotation, while larger brand, website, or packaging refreshes build long-term clarity, differentiation, and commercial performance.

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Network    Plant-based industry experts

Design Studio Flora ecosystem

Headshot of Jem Mantiri a Food Photographer
Food photography

Jem Mantiri is an award winning food photographer and food stylist who is specialised in plant-based food and beverages.

Jem's website

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Headshot of Bethan Unsworth who provides green hosting
Website hosting

Bethan + partner Matt provide green hosting and web services for plant-based businesses. Reforest was part of the team for Vale's Delights.

Reforest's website

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Copywriting

Declan Godfrey is a copywriter working in alternative proteins and plant-based food innovation.

Declan's website

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Profile Picture of Jasmin Schiffer, an Illustrator
Illustration

Jasmin Schiffer is a plant-based illustrator and motion designer. Jasmin was part of the team for Natura Sacra.

Jasmin's website

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Headshot of Jon Bluemel a SEO and Content Specialist
SEO + content

Jon Bluemel is an SEO and Content specialist with a background in plant-based, mission-driven + tech brands.

Jon's website

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Headshot of Oana Puiu a Plant-based hospitality consultant
Hospitality consultant

Oana Puiu is a plant-based hospitality consultant. She develops recipes, assesses menus and upskills kitchen teams.

Oana's website

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Sophie Shand designer

Hi, I'm Sophie

Sophie Shand    Founder Design Studio Flora

I specialise in FMCG retail and brand-packaging, focusing on how products perform at shelf.

Over the past 15 years I’ve worked across FMCG and retail environments, including Nike, Nivea, Lidl, Etos and Kruidvat. My work focuses on packaging hierarchy, messaging and visual clarity, and how these directly influence product pick-up and conversion in-store.

I founded Design Studio Flora to translate retail shelf performance principles into packaging and brand systems for plant-based 🌱 FMCG.