Ambiance Matchmaking Illustration
From the start, Ambiance Matchmaking's mission has been centred on creating narratives that reflect its years of experience and empathy and highlight its core and founding principles.
For us, illustration seemed like the perfect visual vessel to convey the expertise of the brand as well as the emotions, aspirations, and essence of personal connections we were chasing to capture.
Each illustration served as a focal point in crafting our monthly plans, guiding a clear and imaginative path toward portraying Ambiance Matchmaking as a premium agency in the world of finding everlasting love.
Read the full case study on our website: https://kobu.agency/case-studies/creativity-and-strategy-into-the-world-of-matchmaking/
Client: Ambiance Matchmaking
Agency: KOBU Agency
Executive Creative Direction: Sandra Lopes
Creative Direction: Marta Gouveia
Brand Design: Vanda Pereira
Illustration: Gonçalo Cevadinha, Marina Ferrari
Motion Design: Pedro Santos
Copywriting: André Oliveira
#brandstorytelling #matchmaking #Ambiance #kobuagency
Ambiance Matchmaking Case Study
Ambiance Matchmaking is a renowned high-end agency offering personalised matchmaking services in the USA.
Leslie, the brand's founder, contacted us looking for ways to boost Ambiance’s online presence through a content strategy that would reflect the brand’s dedication to personalised matchmaking services for conscious leaders, creatives, and entrepreneurs.
By weaving visual and written narratives, we managed to successfully articulate Ambiance's level of expertise, knowledge and exclusive services!
Join us as we unveil the illustrations, concepts and copywriting that enriched the world of high-end matchmaking: https://kobu.agency/case-studies/creativity-strategy-into-the-world-of-matchmaking/
Client: Ambiance Matchmaking
Agency: KOBU Agency
Executive Creative Direction: Sandra Lopes
Creative Direction: Marta Gouveia
Brand Design: Vanda Pereira
Illustration: Gonçalo Cevadinha
Motion Design: Pedro Santos
Copywriting: André Oliveira
#brandstorytelling #matchmaking #Ambiance #kobuagency
Rebranding Klarisana by KOBU Agency (2023)
Klarisana Behavioral and Mental Health Clinics is a prominent American group of behavioural health clinics specialising in helping patients struggling with mental illness and chronic pain. When Klarisana entrusted us with crafting an impactful brand identity, we embraced the challenge wholeheartedly.
Our mission was clear: to breathe new life into Klarisana's essence, amplifying its potential and radiating it through every facet of the brand. A symphony of vibrant elements, carefully selected hues, and evocative visuals were masterfully woven together, creating a tapestry that reflects the remarkable power of ketamine therapy.
We now stand before you, presenting the result of our dedicated efforts—a reimagined brand that embodies Klarisana's unwavering commitment to offering a beacon of hope to those entrenched in the wearying battle against mental illness.
#mentalhealth #klarisana #kobuagency
The hummingbird personifies Klarisana’s mission — a guiding spirit that grants those who see it a path toward healing. 🐦
Although the connection between Klarisana's hummingbird and the brand's message didn't feel organic at first, the little bird still stood out as an element of great potential to be polished.
The hummingbird looms large in Klarisana’s journey and holds a spiritual significance in Native American culture we couldn’t shrug off. Instead, we took it as the guiding symbol for the thorough work that would ensue.
See more of Klarisana's new brand persona: https://www.klarisana.com/
#kobuagency
#klarisana
#branding
#BreakThroughChaos
#mentalhealth
#ketamine
#MHAM
Taking Mental Health Awareness Month in America and Klarisana - Ketamine Therapy new brand identity launch as inspiration, we asked our team to recreate KOBU's logo based on their feelings and emotions both at the workplace and in their personal lives.
The video below gathers the metaphoric, chaotic, and quite artsy coalescence of their worldviews, experiences, and identities. All unique, all special in their own way.
Mental health is a subject we take very seriously at KOBU Agency. Creating a positive atmosphere in our workplace in which our employees feel they can give rise to their full creative potential and the ease to be themselves has always been a major priority in our organization.
There may be many ways of building success, but fostering a prosperous work environment shouldn't be a negotiable pillar. This belief certainly led us to resonate with Klarisana's message on a deeper level.
In the end, not all projects leave us with a sense of pride and the certainty that our work is contributing to a better world - but this one certainly does!
Explore Klarisana's brand new website: https://www.klarisana.com/
#kobuagency
#klarisana
#branding
#BreakThroughChaos
#mentalhealth
#ketamine
#MHAM
KOBU Agency: using brand strategy to grow your business
The thought process behind growing a brand goes, many times, unnoticed.
Devising a well-grounded brand strategy is key to transforming your brand into a driver of business performance. It requires an understanding of the business needs, and how your audience perceives the brand; planning short, medium and long-term goals; aligning experience across touchpoints and using those insights to create a plan that will ultimately transform how you engage with your customers.
This is Isabel Evaristo, our Head of Brand Strategy: watch her unfold the underpinnings of our approach to building strong and versatile brands.
#kobuagency #brandstrategy #brandingagency
KOBU Agency and Facialteam made the shortlist at Transform Awards Europe 2023
Wow, we are so thrilled! KOBU Agency and Facialteam - Facial Feminization Surgery are shortlisted at Transform Awards Europe 2023 with Facialteam's rebranding project in two different categories:
1) Best use of typography
With the custom typefaces designed for the new brand: FT Headline, FT Text and FT Icons.
2) Best visual identity from the healthcare and pharmaceutical sector
With the visual universe devised to reposition this unique brand dedicated to improving the lives of transgender women.
You can read more about it here:
https://www.transformmagazine.net/articles/2022/transform-awards-europe-2023-shortlist-revealed/
Thank you so much, Transform magazine!
#kobuagency #facialteam #rebranding #awards #transformawards #healthcare
KOBU Agency has been awarded Portuguese Digital Agency of the Year 21/22 by Prémios Lusófonos da Criatividade.
A cool recognition made possible by this team of people that continues to push towards creating their best work and exploring the endless space of creativity.
#kobuagency #awards #digitalagency #portugueseagency
Facialteam new website 2022
Facialteam - Facial Feminization Surgery, part of The Facialteam Group, is a world-renowned brand in the field of facial feminization surgery, contributing to changing the lives of transgender women.
In the context of a major rebrand for Facialteam which started early in 2021, we redesigned the brand's website to improve its user experience, translate the new brand universe and reposition the brand's digital presence.
You can check the full website at:
https://facialteam.eu/
or view the full project here:
https://www.behance.net/gallery/144696491/Facialteam-Website
#facialteam #kobuagency #rebranding #newwebsite #uiux #digitalbranding #userexperience
Unlocking purpose in branding
Mark Ritson once said, "A true brand purpose doesn’t boost profit, it sacrifices it."
As a branding agency, there's nothing more challenging and exciting than building a consistent brand, that upholds its principles and engages meaningfully with customers and communities.
But what does it take to unlock a brand's purpose and what does that entail?
#branding #kobuagency #purposedrivenbusiness
É com grande prazer que a KOBU Agency estará representada pela Sandra Lopes no Juri de 25 Diretores Criativos da Lisbon Portfolio Night 2022.
O Lisbon Portfolio Night 2022, organizado pelo Clube de Criativos, decorrerá no dia 2 de Junho, onde jovens dos 18 aos 40 anos, poderão receber opiniões qualificadas de alguns dos melhores diretores criativos de Portugal. O melhor portfólio irá representar Portugal em Nova Iorque, no evento global Portfolio Night All-Stars
As inscrições para participar na apresentação do portfolio iniciam a 11 de abril e existem 75 lugares disponíveis.
Consulta aqui os diretores criativos no Juri:
https://events.oneclub.org/portfolio-night-2022/lisbon
Our dearest character, Ofelia de Souza, created for Visit Porto and North of Portugal keeps pushing boundaries! Yesterday, "The Majestic Adventures of Ofelia de Souza" was awarded in the December edition of Vegas Movie Awards!
Awards of Excellence:
- Best Advertising Film
- Best 1st Time Screenwriter
- Best 1st Time Director / Short
- Best 1st Time Producer
Award of Prestige:
- Best Costume Design
We're so thrilled!
#trustofelia #kobuagency #kobuphoton #visitporto #tourismfilm
Human Grade Type - Making of
When the time came to create a concept to present Ereganto™ Serif to the world, we knew that it should convey its gracious and delicate forms. It should feel "human grade".
Through projection and stencil techniques, we covered our own bodies in royal blue dye and gold painted Ereganto's characters, embracing their organic figures. A spontaneous choreography of seamless yet intentional gestures provided the alluring dynamics we were looking for.
Thus, "Human Grade Type" was born.
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Creative Director: Brígida Guerreiro | Art Director: Ramiro Mendes | Photography: Ramiro Mendes | Photo Retouching: Liliana Guerreiro, Ramiro Mendes | Making of: Marco Oliveira, Ramiro Mendes | Body Paint Artists: Brígida Guerreiro, Gonçalo Cevadinha | Models Beatriz Varela, Isabel Evaristo, Karolina Szmit, Mónica Loureiro, Nuno Tenazinha, Sónia Duarte, Vanda Pereira | Copywriter: André Oliveira |
Type Designer: Brígida Guerreiro
#typefacedesign #visualart #bodypaing #photography
About ten months ago, Porto and the North of Portugal Tourism Board (@visitportoandnorth), via Porto Convention Bureau, reached out to us asking for a campaign film to promote the region for the M&I industry.
Last October 7th, we could finally present “The Majestic Adventures of Ofelia de Souza” to the world: what an adventurous project! We created a fantastic character that inhabits the charismatic scenarios of Porto and North, whose striking figure and attitude embody the region's essence, portraying the resilience, versatility and dynamics of its social fabric and economic agents.
In the next few weeks, we'll be sharing every detail of this oh-so-very-dear project and within which we have partnered with some top-notch professionals! Let’s meet Ofelia and stay tuned for more 😉
#kobuagency #trustofelia #creativeagency
#strategy #tourismportugal #creativeprocess #brandactivation #filmmakers #accidentallywesanderson #filmreference
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