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Cases

Cases of ideas shaped into something people can test.

Grouped by a raise or pilot, a new direction, or a restart.

Direction Sprint

New direction

A clear course, then a first version of it made visible.

FC Cincinnati brand foundation

New direction

FC Cincinnati

Early brand direction for a young club still working out what it stood for.

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Dutch Lions FC logos

New direction

Dutch Lions FC

One story for a multi-club sports organisation, held in identity and communication.

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Brinsley Gin — category story and brand concept

New direction

2023

Brinsley Gin — category story and brand concept

Positioning and brand concept for a gin brand built around friendship as the enduring commercial idea.

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Podology USA — orthopaedic brand system

New direction

2022

Podology USA — orthopaedic brand system

Brand creation for a US orthopaedic services company that needed a calm, clinical, and commercial identity.

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Ervaringsvraagstukken — lived-experience platform brand

New direction

2021

Ervaringsvraagstukken — lived-experience platform brand

Brand and experience design direction for a platform where people share lived experience with debt, addiction, and related struggles.

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Bite’n’play — product brand from zero

New direction

2020

Bite’n’play — product brand from zero

From blank sheet to brand and product-line direction for a new dog-toy company.

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EventEquip — naming, identity, website

New direction

2019

EventEquip — naming, identity, website

Company naming, identity, copywriting, and website for a new Dutch event-equipment business.

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Sellavie — antique furniture as narrative brand

New direction

2019

Sellavie — antique furniture as narrative brand

Brand establishment for a Noord-Brabant antique dealer where objects needed a story stronger than inventory.

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SightKnight — ecommerce brand founding

New direction

2019

SightKnight — ecommerce brand founding

Brand creation for an automotive sunshade brand selling primarily through Amazon and related channels.

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Sociologenpanel — expert voice system

New direction

2019

Sociologenpanel — expert voice system

Logo and styling for a sociologists’ panel inside Sociale Vraagstukken — a recognisable expert layer within a civic platform.

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Jan Krüs — craft identity for a specialist

New direction

2008

Jan Krüs — craft identity for a specialist

Visual identity for a Steinway-certified piano technician serving Arnhem and Nijmegen — crafting signals of precision and musical trust.

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Since 2010

Almost two decades behind the current work.

Identities, websites, campaigns, and public interfaces left traces in the current practice: judgement about what to make, and versions people can test.

Now

Design as strategic direction

The older craft now shows up as judgement on what to build, and versions people can test.

Founders / product

Stories becoming operating choices

Pitch narratives, product propositions, interface direction, and investor-facing material for teams moving from idea to organization.

Sport / community

Identity in public

Club identities, launch materials, supporter communication, partner decks, and moments where identity had to hold together in public.

Identity / digital

Visual systems that had to travel

Identities, websites, campaign systems, and editorial structures for founders, cultural initiatives, and public-facing organizations.