Creative Director & Co-Founder
As Creative Director:
I authored the creation of Tula's positioning, branding, and strategy. The process led us to Tula's three pillars; Creativity, Education, and Experience. Once our positioning became the cornerstone of the business, I developed the "Creativity" pillar, which became the brand system and aesthetics of Tula—creating the logo, typography, product photography, and illustrations that would set the brand apart.
I built an in-house creative studio to fulfill our audience's educational requests and keep them engaged; this venture produced a constant stream of educational and entertaining content. The fast-paced and uniquely branded content succeeded in building an organic and loyal customer base who have followed us from our days selling plants from a plant truck to a brick-a-mortar, and now e-commerce.
As Co-Founder:
I have played a role in building, launching, operating and evolving the business. As a small business owner, my role touches every aspect of the company. From day-today operations, big picture growth and finance strategies, analytics and reporting, team management and communications, marketing and paid advertising, vendor and affiliate partnerships, creative content, business development and daily problem solving.
I authored the creation of Tula's positioning, branding, and strategy. The process led us to Tula's three pillars; Creativity, Education, and Experience. Once our positioning became the cornerstone of the business, I developed the "Creativity" pillar, which became the brand system and aesthetics of Tula—creating the logo, typography, product photography, and illustrations that would set the brand apart.
I built an in-house creative studio to fulfill our audience's educational requests and keep them engaged; this venture produced a constant stream of educational and entertaining content. The fast-paced and uniquely branded content succeeded in building an organic and loyal customer base who have followed us from our days selling plants from a plant truck to a brick-a-mortar, and now e-commerce.
As Co-Founder:
I have played a role in building, launching, operating and evolving the business. As a small business owner, my role touches every aspect of the company. From day-today operations, big picture growth and finance strategies, analytics and reporting, team management and communications, marketing and paid advertising, vendor and affiliate partnerships, creative content, business development and daily problem solving.
Tula House is a botanical experience and plant shop based in Brooklyn, NY, offering the most welcoming, playful and educational plant shopping experience for people who believe that - Plants Are Alive.
Founded by husband and wife duo, Christan Summers and Ivan Martinez, Tula House has been reinventing what it means to be a modern plant shop since 2016. Launched as a plant truck, Tula House has since transformed into an immersive retail space and online shop.
With an equal love for plants and design, we craft original content in-house; photography, videos, apparel, illustrations, and educational materials to inspire people to stay curious about the natural world.
Welcome home to Tula House.
Positioning
Plants Are Alive.
We believe in viewing the wonders of the natural world through a unique lens - comical, playful, artistic and perhaps, a bit wild. Greet them, learn about them, care for them, and watch them grow.
The Strategy
Tap into the growing demand for plants with knowledge and the discoverability of unique plant species.
Delivered through our 3 pillars:
Education:
Friendly and consistent horticulture facts.Creativity:
Actualized with a fashion & design sensibility.Experience:
Discovery in a welcoming and unique shopping environment.Logo
Tula House represents the wonders of the natural world through a unique lens - comical, playful, artistic and perhaps, a bit wild.
The Tula logo was created to match the feel and movement of nature. Uneven, wild, and joyous.
Primary Wordmark
The Tula logo was created to match the feel and movement of nature. Uneven, wild, and joyous.
Secondary Wordmark
Because of the longer name for the brand, and the diversity of layout and typography, a variety of logo lockups have been made for different situations.
Colors
Primitive and simple.
Three primary colors that match tones and colors found in nature.
And, three complientary colors to round out a wild pallete for wild plants.
Typography
Typography harkens to past wisdom, while creating unexpected juxtapositions.
Header Font:
Rauschen BRauschen is a sans-serif typeface with a smudgy “color bleeding” effect with its roundy edges. The result is a versatile and ultra sturdy typeface suitable for screen and print with maximum character.
Body Font:
UntitiledUntitled Serif is drawn from the old-style genre of typefaces: the post-Caslon, pre-Times workhorses offered by almost every metal type foundry of the time. It is the official serious and clean typeface of Tula House.
