We helped a financial services firm create a brand that appealed to millennials and corporate audiences alike. This breakthrough brand was used to disrupt the way employees get paid.

1. Instant
Brand Strategy, Brand Identity & Website Project

2. The Challenge
Inhaus are a residential development company
that came to us with a problem. Whilst potential
buyers loved the fact that the houses they
made were made to the highest standards of
environmental engineering, they weren’t willing
to pay more for it.

3. The Approach
We held 25, 30-minute interviews with individuals who had
differing relationships with InHaus. Investors, realtors, people
who’d bought from them previously, and potential new buyers
were all involved.
In addition we ran a full competitor audit to understand market
trends, and desk research into Passive house, and other leading
environmental design standards to understand the customer
benefits of these practices.
The last innovation in payroll
was 1867, when we moved
from paying employees
with precious metals to
cash or cheque.

4. What became clear was that people
weren’t willing to pay more for the higher
standard of design because before the
development was built, they couldn’t
picture it - how would it make the room
look different? Or feel different?
We needed to shift the narrative of the
benefits of environmental design from
one of energy efficiencies and material
innovations (that developers find
interesting) to one of brighter, warmer,
more natural spaces (that buyers
find interesting).
The Insight

5. The Solution
We decided that a re-naming process was going
to be important to shift the image away from hard
engineering to a more natural, human image.
Beyond the name, we wanted to create a graphic
identity that referenced scandinavian design - the
birthplace of much environmental design thinking,
and linked to InHaus’ European heritage - as well as
one that could use light, materials and flora & fauna
that could keep the environmental message central
to the brand.

7. BEFORE AFTER

8. Modern Money Movement.

9. PMS: 158
RGB228: 126 26
HEX/HTML: E47E1A
CMYK: 0 62 95 0
PMS: 1365
RGB: 237 174 90
HEX/HTML: EDAE5A
CMYK: 0 34 76 0
PMS: 3945
RGB244: 228 44
HEX/HTML: F4E42C
CMYK: 3 0 90 0
PMS: 2985
RGB: 96 194 224
HEX/HTML: 60C2E0
CMYK: 60 0 3 0
PMS: 801
RGB: 0 154 206
HEX/HTM: L009ACE
CMYK: 85 0 8 0
RGB: 65 64 66
HEX/HTML: 414042
CMYK: 0 0 0 90
Core Brand Colours

10. PMS: 550
RGB: 140 182 202
HEX/HTML: 8CB6CA
CMYK: 42 7 8 8
PMS: 495
RGB: 237 191 203
HEX/HTML: EDBFCB
CMYK: 0 32 6 0
PMS: 584
RGB: 208 215 65
HEX/HTML: D0D741
CMYK: 21 0 89 0
PMS: 1788
RGB: 222 83 70
HEX/HTML: DE5346
CMYK: 0 88 82 0
PMS: 142
RGB: 242 191 76
HEX/HTML: F2BF4C
CMYK: 0 24 78 0
PMS: 7569
RGB: 221 146 36
HEX/HTML: DD9224
CMYK: 0 45 100 6
PMS: 584
RGB: 208 215 65
HEX/HTML: D0D741
CMYK: 21 0 89 0
PMS: 360
RGB: 124 187 90
HEX/HTML: 7CBB5A
CMYK: 63 0 84 0
PMS: 565
RGB180 214 203
HEX/HTMLB4D6CB
CMYK: 30 0 18 0
PMS: 1788
RGB: 222 83 70
HEX/HTML: DE5346
CMYK: 0 88 82 0
PMS: 495
RGB: 237 191 203
HEX/HTML: EDBFCB
CMYK: 0 32 6 0
PMS: 550
RGB: 140 182 202
HEX/HTML: 8CB6CA
CMYK42 7 8 8
PMS: 142
RGB: 242 191 76
HEX/HTML: F2BF4C
CMYK: 0 24 78 0
PMS: 573
RGB: 202 226 214
HEX/HTML: CAE2D6
CMYK: 20 0 14 0
PMS: 212
RGB: 223 103 151
HEX/HTML: DF6797
CMYK: 0 78 8 0
PMS: 360
RGB: 124 187 90
HEX/HTML: 7CBB5A
CMYK: 63 0 84 0
PMS: 7687
RGB: 38 69 131
HEX/HTML: 264583
CMYK: 100 78 0 18
PMS: 357
RGB: 28 86 48
HEX/HTML: 1C5630
CMYK: 92 18 94 61
PMS: 360
RGB: 124 187 90
HEX/HTML: 7CBB5A
CMYK: 63 0 84 0
PMS: Black 6
RGB: 32 39 44
HEX/HTML: 20272C
CMYK: 100 79 44 93
PMS: Pink
RGB: 214 37 152
HEX/HTML: D62598
CMYK: 18 87 0 0
PMS: 660
RGB: 57 117 183
HEX/HTML: 3975B7
CMYK: 88 50 0 0
PMS: 2767
RGB: 38 44 74
HEX/HTML: 262C4A
CMYK: 100 90 10 77
PMS: 5483
RGB: 80 142 150
HEX/HTML: 508E96
CMYK: 65 11 25 27
PMS: 142
RGB: 242 191 76
HEX/HTML: F2BF4C
CMYK: 0 24 78 0
PMS: 7417
RGB: 218 87 60
HEX/HTML: DA573C
CMYK: 1 83 85 0
PMS: 477
RGB: 105 68 52
HEX/HTML: 694434
CMYK: 23 75 78 69
PMS: 2767
RGB: 38 44 74
HEX/HTML: 262C4A
CMYK: 100 90 10 77
PMS: 584
RGB: 208 215 65
HEX/HTML: D0D741
CMYK: 21 0 89 0
PMS: 2767
RGB: 38 44 74
HEX/HTML: 262C4A
CMYK: 100 90 10 77
Colour Hacks

11. RGB: 226 34 115 HEX/HTML: e22273 CMYK: 0 100 12 0 RGB: 245 163 59 HEX/HTML: f5a33b CMYK: 0 34 85 0 RGB: 244 231 45 HEX/HTML: f4e72d CMYK: 5 0 90 0
RGB: 16 86 235 HEX/HTML: 10baeb CMYK: 63 0 1 0 RGB: 0 113 188 HEX/HTML: 0071bc CMYK: 86 43 0 0
RGB: 244 161 59 HEX/HTML: f4a13b CMYK: 0 35 85 0 RGB: 231 100 23 HEX/HTML: e76417 CMYK: 0 70 100 0
Employee
Employer
Corporate
Gradients

12. Photography

13. Headline
Nomadic font / Variable font
Call Out Copy
Norpeth demi-bold
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Body Copy
Norpeth book
ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz
Corporate Font
Jonathan Hill designed Norpeth in 2011. A modern humanist sans serif typeface. The proportions
of each character have a strong lateral dynamic that makes it ideal for on screen uses. Also
consistent stroke contrast is used throughout each weight to maintain an optical balance.
Typography

14. Typography Hacks

15. Graphic Devices

18. Corporate Brand

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27. Employer Brand

31. Employee Brand

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