Windowseat · Case study
Couch Potato Chips — 2025
Slip Happens — the five-minute fall from discipline. All five Couch Potato Chips packs on a colour-stepped stage with the hero chip avatar and small avatars.
give in ↓
The tension

The world got too good at behaving.

Every snack is now a choice. Every break needs a reason. Every indulgence comes with a correction. Gen Z lives inside a culture of optimisation — fitness streaks, clean eating, productivity hacks, glow-ups, side hustles and constant self-surveillance. Couch Potato Chips enters with a refreshingly simple counterpoint: sometimes you don't need a protein bar, a habit tracker or a motivational reel.

Sometimes you just need chips.

Client
Modern Kitchens
Scope
Brand Strategy · Packaging · Illustration · Character World · Social Content · Motion
Location
Bangalore, India
Year
2025
The brief

We needed a brand that would…

Potatoes hanging out together on couches

Align with our desire for connection and community.

Potato relaxing on a phone screen

Tap into our desire for self-expression and unique digital experiences.

So, we decided…

To present CPC as self-aware, humorous and unfiltered.

// describe your generation
we are

Self-aware to a fault. And still — sometimes you just need chips. This is the last cold, controlled beat before it all loosens up.

Permission to slip✦Permission to slip✦Permission to slip✦Permission to slip✦
The brand world

Packs with
personalities.

Five flavours. Five moods you've definitely had. Each pack is less a product and more a personality caught mid-slip — the version of you that shows up the second discipline clocks out.

Someone holding all five Couch Potato Chips flavours
Zzz…
Channel scene
CH 01
COUCH·VISION
The Lazy Day Duo
Classic Salted

The one who cancelled plans to lie horizontally and call it self-care. No arc, no lore, no notes — just a body, a couch, and a bag within arm's reach. Peak flavour, zero effort. Exactly the point.

keep scrolling to flip channels
CHANNEL DATA — one block per channel, in scroll order. Hidden on the live page; the TV reads from here.
The Lazy Day Duo
Classic Salted
Zzz…

The one who cancelled plans to lie horizontally and call it self-care. No arc, no lore, no notes — just a body, a couch, and a bag within arm's reach. Peak flavour, zero effort. Exactly the point.

Channel 1 sceneClassic Salted packChannel 1 character
The Karaoke Kings
Sour Cream & Onion
Make my world LIGHT UP!

Pitch: questionable. Confidence: unshakeable. Knows every word to songs nobody requested and performs them for an audience of zero. A little tangy, a little too much, and completely committed to the bit.

Channel 2 sceneSour Cream & Onion packChannel 2 character
The Competitive Gamer
Magic Masala
He's… HACKIINGG!

Said 'one more game' four hours ago. Strong opinions, faster thumbs, and a headset that's basically load-bearing at this point. For the ones who take a casual Tuesday match personally. Rage-quit optional, snack non-negotiable.

Channel 3 sceneMagic Masala packChannel 3 character
The Heated Podcast
Hot & Sweet Chilli
CHILL BRO…

Two mics, one unsolicited take, zero qualifications. Will argue a point they made up thirty seconds ago and stand by it forever. Hot and sweet, because every hot take needs something to wash it down.

Channel 4 sceneHot & Sweet Chilli packChannel 4 character
The K-Drama Addict
Korean Chilli
Saranghae ♡

Currently sobbing over fictional people at 2 a.m. and rewinding the good bits. Subtitles on, lights off, emotionally compromised. For the slow-burn watchers who feel everything and regret nothing.

Channel 5 sceneKorean Chilli packChannel 5 character

No heroes here. Just chips that get it.

Whichever one you reach for, it already knows what kind of day you're having.

Now you try

Make your own
couch potato.

You've met the cast. Now build the version that's actually you — pick the mood, the flavour, the vibe. Everyone's a little bit potato.

Pick your mood →
LazyLoudLocked-inHeatedSoft
You are: The Horizontal Icon
Packaging

Each pack is a tiny scene from modern couch culture.

The architecture stays consistent — same wordmark, same layout, same hand-drawn world — while every variant owns a different behaviour, colour and cast of characters.

Classic Salted
01 / 05
Classic Salted packSour Cream & Onion packMagic Masala packHot & Sweet Chilli packKorean Chilli pack
The visual system

The chip takes
centre stage.

Couch Potato Chips wordmark
Couch Potato Chips wordmark, white
Type treatment
Permission
to slip
Typography
HeadlineDIN Pro Condensed Bold
Permission to slip
CaptionsCCMadScientist Bold
Make my world LIGHT UP!
BodyDosis Medium

Rounded, warm and readable — the calm voice under the loud one. Body copy describes behaviour and feelings, never crunch, and always stays in on the joke.

Flatlay
Hand holding chip
Couch gaming
The palette — one flavour, one colour, full strength
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Classic Salted
#79C143
Sour Cream & Onion
#283F98
Magic Masala
#F0552D
Hot & Sweet Chilli
#6A0E19
Korean Chilli
Commerce

Made for the scroll,
not just the shelf.

Same energy as your feed — except you can actually grab the snack. Tap the bag, add to cart, keep slipping.

● In the Wild
● Consumed
Cart · 0
Shop the shelf

Grab a bag. No reason required.

Classic Salted
★★★★★ 4.9
Classic Salted
Couch Potato Chips · 75g
₹35Add
Sour Cream & Onion
★★★★★ 4.8
Sour Cream & Onion
Couch Potato Chips · 75g
₹35Add
Hot & Sweet Chilli
★★★★★ 4.9
Hot & Sweet Chilli
Couch Potato Chips · 75g
₹35Add
Two people gaming on the couch with Couch Potato Chips bags and a bowl

Two players. One bowl. Zero productivity.

Peak flavour!!!

Not every choice needs a reason.

Couch Potato Chips brings back the pleasure of picking up a bag because you feel like it. No performance. No explanation. Just a good old snack moment.