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Branding · 2025

Carbon & Co.

A full identity system for a sustainable materials studio, built to feel industrial and warm at once.

Client

Carbon & Co.

Category

Branding

Role

Brand Designer

Duration

6 weeks

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Overview

Carbon & Co. came to me with a strong mission and no visual language to match it. The brief was to make sustainability feel premium rather than crunchy.

The problem

Early positioning read as generic 'eco' branding, undermining a genuinely technical, high-end material science offering.

Process

01

Positioning workshop

Ran a half-day workshop with the founding team to isolate three brand pillars: precision, material honesty, and quiet confidence.

02

Mark & system

Designed a modular wordmark that references material grain structures, paired with a restrained two-color palette and a technical grid system.

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Results

The new identity anchored a successful Series A raise, with investors citing brand maturity as a differentiator versus competitors.

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