Case 20

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Identity

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Photography

Mono

Mono

Mono

Studio

Studio

Studio

A photography studio that wanted its name to disappear behind the work. One mark, one grid, and a site where the image is the first thing to load.

A photography studio that wanted its name to disappear behind the work. One mark, one grid, and a site where the image is the first thing to load.

A photography studio that wanted its name to disappear behind the work. One mark, one grid, and a site where the image is the first thing to load.

+28%

+28%

Booking rate

Booking rate

4

4

Marks retired

Marks retired

6 wks

6 wks

Brief to launch

Brief to launch

1

1

Mark, one weight

Mark, one weight

+28%

+28%

Booking rate

Booking rate

4

4

Marks retired

Marks retired

6 wks

6 wks

Brief to launch

Brief to launch

1

1

Mark, one weight

Mark, one weight

black video camera on brown wooden table

+28%

+28%

Booking rate

Booking rate

4

4

Marks retired

Marks retired

6 wks

6 wks

Brief to launch

Brief to launch

1

1

Mark, one weight

Mark, one weight

Client

Mono Studio

Client

Mono Studio

Client

Mono Studio

Year

2024

Year

2024

Year

2024

Scope

Identity · Digital

Scope

Identity · Digital

Scope

Identity · Digital

Team

Two

Team

Two

Team

Two

Client

Mono Studio

Year

2024

Scope

Identity · Digital

Team

Two

01

01

01

The problem

The problem

The problem

Four marks were in circulation: one on the site, one on invoices, one on the studio door and one a retoucher had redrawn. Each competed with the photographs around it. Clients could not say what the studio was called.

02

02

02

What we changed

What we changed

What we changed

A single wordmark at one weight, set to sit in a corner and stay there. The grid gives an image the full measure and the type never crosses it. Captions, credits and contact all run at one size.

03

03

03

What happened

What happened

What happened

Bookings rose twenty-eight per cent across the two seasons after launch. The four old marks are retired. The studio now sends a one-page specification to every publication that runs its credit.

The system

The system

Specimens as delivered: wordmark, portfolio page, print credit and the studio door.

Specimens as delivered: wordmark, portfolio page, print credit and the studio door.

The system

Specimens as delivered: wordmark, portfolio page, print credit and the studio door.

Identity

Identity

Identity

2 lockups

Editorial

Editorial

Editorial

3 templates

Environmental

Environmental

Environmental

2 applications

Wordmark

Wordmark

One weight

One weight

Portfolio page

Portfolio page

Desktop 1440

Desktop 1440

Print credit

Print credit

Editorial, 8pt

Editorial, 8pt

Studio door

Studio door

Vinyl, 180mm

Vinyl, 180mm

People remember the photographs. That was the brief and it is unusual to get it.

Tobias Lund

Tobias Lund

Tobias Lund

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Founder, Mono Studio

Founder, Mono Studio

Founder, Mono Studio

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How this was built

What we put in a specification when the brand is one mark.

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