NICE TO
MEET YOU

 

Over the past 10 years I’ve BEEN WORKING WITH SOME OF AUSTRALIA’S TOP brands in the wonderful world of food & beverage.

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I’m Lauren Bonkowski,
AKA “Bonks”.
The face behind
Small Fortunes

 
 
 
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I’m a wearer of many hats. From business strategy, product development, logistics, production, and naming to the broad reaches of comms and design. A one woman show, with a network of talented contractors who bring big ideas to life.

 
 
 


how do you turn
a large fortune
into a SMALL FORTUNE?
start an alcohol brand.

 
 

I know the ins, THe outs, the people, the opportunities, and the constraints first hand.

Entering a market of big players? Small Fortunes sets up “little guys” with brand foundations, everyday tools, and the industry smarts to shake things up.

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Ha-uge fan of @chawks photography and styling for @ditc.wine 👌👌👌 on point for lockdown life.
Early dev for Home Grown Drinks
Get your nostalgia hit with a Creamy Soda Highball @homegrowndrinks
Huge congrats to the @worksmith.io team for the launch of @homegrowndrinks ! Roscoe and the team have pulled this one together over the past few months working with a stack of great brands and talented people. 3 new bubbly cocktails to share now avai
William Street. Perth.
Adding “Willi” to the Fam. Typeface dive round one for @theroyalperth
You’ll find @honourbrunswickheads Just south of the Queensland border. After a long and bumpy hunt Anna & Aymeric finally found the perfect spot for their Salumi Bar. A project I started out on in mid 2018 (and one that Anna had been buil
That time when I finished Uni and swore off design. But thanks to some trusting souls, @madamebrussels69 had me out of the bar cutting my teeth, mastering very pink and very naff “bits and bobs”. Until those bits and bobs became my full t
New GCB cans coming soon. Via @melandbeers 📸: @juanse_mufc 🍻: @lostpalmsbrewingco
Quick brand & decal update for Super beer. ⁠⁠ ⁠⁠ The last tile = the start point - done by one of the founders. Only a few steps away - but now hitting the mark for immediate skew legibility. Dark bars, hectic tap designs, that name needs to be B
... or WA
Oh to be in QLD right now
Some early drafts for Kindfolk 2020
Early Kindfolk 2020 labels. 2021 vintage coming soon :)
Early Kindfolk 2020 label concepts
Via @analogue.digitally