Rebranding a rail operator
A railway is a brand people use at seven in the morning with a coffee in one hand. It has to work before anyone is awake.
Brands, built north of the IJ.
We are eleven people making identities, websites, packaging and motion for clients in culture, food, mobility and climate tech. Independent, which mostly means nobody tells us to make the logo bigger. Except clients. Clients do.
Clients in culture, food, mobility and climate tech.
The short version.
Four numbers. All of them true, none of them rounded up.
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2016
Founded
By Mila Ostrov, on the north bank of the IJ.
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11
People
Enough to argue properly. Few enough to still agree.
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4
Disciplines
Identity, web, packaging and motion. Under one roof, so they actually talk.
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9
Projects in the index
Filterable by discipline, because you have a meeting in ten minutes.
Three cases, told in full.
3 of 9 projects. Brief, idea, process and credits, written down.
A natural-wine importer
Unfiltered, slightly cloudy and very sure of itself. We related.
A climate-data start-up
Plenty of numbers, one job: get people to actually read them.
What we make.
Each line opens the work index, already filtered.
- Identity Marks, type, colour and the rules that keep them consistent when we are no longer in the room.
- Web Websites designed to be used, not just admired in a pitch deck.
- Packaging Boxes, labels and bottles that hold their own on a crowded shelf, and feel right in a hand.
- Motion Identities that move. Because a logo that sits still on a screen is a missed opportunity.
One studio. Eleven people. The ferry is free.
Ostrov Studio was founded in 2016 by Mila Ostrov. We work from Amsterdam-Noord, across the water from the centre, for clients in culture, food, mobility and climate tech.
Ostrov means island, which suits a studio you take a boat to reach. Or a tunnel. The tunnel is less romantic.
Got a brief? Half a brief counts.
Tell us what you are making, roughly what it may cost and when it needs to exist. The enquiry form asks for a budget range and a timeline, so the first conversation can skip the awkward part.
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