03/07/2026
Every wellness brand on the shelf chose the same colour this year. None of them chose it consciously.
Beige accumulated. It was inherited, not designed.
At the KRT Journal, we have been asking why the Ayurvedic and wellness category looks identical, and what it looks like when a brand builds its visual language from the inside out instead of borrowing it from the shelf.
Veda Forest is that answer. An Ayurvedic baby care brand built entirely from zero. A packaging system where every SKU carries a distinct colour coded to its function, a botanical illustration rooted in its ingredient story, and Sanskrit as the primary name, not the footnote.
The full article | Beyond Beige: Rethinking the Visual Language of Wellness Luxury, is live now at the KRT Journal/beyond-wellness-luxury-packaging
https://www.krtdesignstudio.com/journal-beyond-beige-wellness-luxury-packaging