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Creating a coworking brand

Branding a chain of
coworking spaces

StrategyMeaningIdentityBrand guidelinesWebsite
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The brief

We build a coworking brand around people's needs

Audience researchCoworking positioningBrand platformMeaning and tone of voiceVisual identityBrand guidelinesWebsite and presentationsIntegrating the identity into the interior

Other coworking brands talked about desks, internet, and meeting rooms. We began with a different question: why do people come to a space, and how do they want to feel when they leave?

We segmented the audience, identified values and insights, then shifted the focus from renting a desk to people's possibilities: creating, meeting, learning, launching ventures, and changing how they work.

This became one system: positioning, meaning, visual identity, brand book, website, presentations, and visual principles for physical locations.

1brand platform for every touchpoint
2tones: expressive and businesslike
∞ways to use the space your own way

Brand platform

A place for creativity and self-expression

A person is more than a job title. Today they lead a project; tomorrow they build a team; in the evening they learn or try something new. &PLACE! does not label people or divide work from interests; the brand becomes a helper.

01Your choice

Not prescribing a scenario, but making room for your own.

02Your pace

Supporting both a fast start and calm, focused work.

03Your people

Help people meet partners, like-minded people, and new ideas.

04Your &PLACE!

Put people's interests ahead of a list of services and facilities.

Brand mark

& means being there

The ampersand expresses belonging and a supportive role. The exclamation point adds energy, while the restrained wordmark preserves the chain's professional character.

  1. 01&Inclusion, connection, support, and a person's place within a community
  2. 02placeA professional brand foundation without unnecessary decoration
  3. 03!Energy to act, openness to new ideas, and a confident character
#423799primary#CA75D2lilac#00CBCCturquoise#FBC800yellow#FF7239orange

Meaning and tone of voice

One brand, different tones

For inspiration, the brand speaks vividly and emotionally. For knowledge, development, and principles, it is calmer and more restrained. The tone changes with the content, but recognition remains.

Your startup, potential, schedule, approach — &PLACE!
Your start
Your inspiration, ambition, growth, drive — &PLACE!
Your growth
Your principles, knowledge, achievements — &PLACE!
Your knowledge
Your idea, goal, motivation, execution, team — &PLACE!
Your idea
Light version of the &PLACE! graphic composition
A calm tone
Light version of the &PLACE! graphic composition
A calm tone
Light version of the &PLACE! graphic composition
A calm tone
Light version of the &PLACE! graphic composition
A calm tone

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Visual grammar

A visual identity built as a system

The word “you,” residents' faces, a compact symbol, and a modular pattern form a lively construction kit. It adapts to the person, format, and communication theme.

Character from the &PLACE! brand system
you are an idea
Character from the &PLACE! brand system
you are a team
Character from the &PLACE! brand system
you are movement
Character from the &PLACE! brand system
you are &PLACE!

you&PLACE!

your idea&PLACE!

your people&PLACE!

Identity in application

Visual identity in everyday use

Folders, cups, and totes extend the visual system into physical objects. The logo, pattern, and brand faces connect business materials, services, and resident merchandise.

&PLACE! folder and cup on a transparent background
01Folder and cupBusiness materials

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Digital and presentations

Website and communication design for a coworking chain

We carried the brand principles into the website, presentations, and screens within the space: prominent content, clear navigation, brand shapes, and a consistent rhythm across formats.

Digital system and presentation templates

Brand in space

Identity becomes interior

Color, wayfinding, pattern, and tone moved from the brand book into real locations. The system now works in residents' daily journeys, not just in layouts.

&PLACE! coworking reception with branded wayfinding
01 / Reception
&PLACE! open workspace
02 / Open space
&PLACE! meeting area
03 / Meeting room
&PLACE! lounge and kitchen
04 / Lounge

Project outcome

From brand platform to interior

We created for &PLACE! a cohesive system in which strategy immediately becomes design. Freedom and self-expression come through in the name, messages, color, applications, digital, and space.

The brand can use different tones, collaborate with partners, and appear in new locations without losing its character. Recognition comes from connected verbal and visual logic, not a single device.

  • Audience research
  • Positioning and brand platform
  • Meaning and tone of voice
  • Logo and compact symbol
  • Brand palette and typography
  • Pattern and graphic compositions
  • Business applications and merchandise
  • Brand guidelines for a coworking network
  • Website and presentation design
  • Integrating the identity into the interior

Discuss a project

Need a brand that works online and in physical space?

We will study the audience, find the central idea, and build a system, from positioning to real touchpoints.

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