Topshelf

Topshelf is a small team of US based creative designers specializing in the unique needs of the craft beverage industry.The founder and lead designer, Mike, started as a head brewer in the SF Bay Area 10+ years ago before putting down the squeegee and starting his own label design service for craft breweries. The insight after years of designing for craft beverage brands has lead to the creation of Topshelf. The first ever subscription design service specifically tailored to the craft alcohol & beverage industry.

No worries! We'll continue to revise the design until you're 100% satisfied.

A revision is an alteration to the design. i.e. a change in typography style, change in color scheme, adding additional information, etc. We take revisions even further though. Since we don't bill hourly, you can request as many revisions as you need, or even a completely new design concept if you're not happy with the first one.

On average, most requests are completed in just three days or less. However, more complex requests, such as full branding and packaging systems can take a little longer. If the project is on the larger end, we will give you an estimated turnaround time before starting.You can only have one design request in progress at a time. Once you approve that design, we move onto the next request in your queue and keep knocking them out one by one.

Nope! You're able to add as many design requests to your queue as you'd like. Requests will be worked on one at a time until it's approved by you. Then we move on to the next request in the queue.

Due to the high quality nature of the work, there will be no refunds issued.

That's what we do! Our ability to offer an unlimited monthly subscription hinges on us working fast. And when we say fast, that doesn't mean we're cutting corners or rehashing tired designs. We mean expertise and efficiency, honed over years of specializing in design for the craft beverage industry. We've refined our workflow, slashed superfluous admin work, and concentrated our energy where it truly matters - designing cool work for dope brands.You can expect a deliverable every 3 business days on average. If at any point you need to scale up, let us know and we can add a second subscription to your account and double your output.

Almost certainly, yes! We're chameleons when it comes to design. Though there are times where a client previously used an illustrator with a very specific hand drawn style, in which case we will do our best to replicate that style.

Yup! All designs and content is created in house by hand. Once the files are handed off to you, they are 100% yours and free to be used anywhere for personal or commercial use. In the rare case that we use a stock image for something, you have the rights to that as well.

Topshelf offers a ton of flexibility in how you request designs. Some common ways clients request designs is directly via our shared project management board in Notion, via email, sharing Google docs, or even recording a brief video (for those who prefer not to write their briefs out). Our project management board is built to make it as easy and fast as possible to submit and manage a design request.Aside from our initial discovery and onboarding call, we prefer to not have any additional meetings. All communication and feedback will be done in the project management board or via email.