Holmedal

Brand & Identity

Scandinavian furniture and product design brands are often presented in a stereotypical way. Beautiful, sure, but quite stereotypical. Neutral colours, minimal aesthetic and generally everything looking oh so perfect. These were the design tropes we wanted to turn on their head when a new Scandinavian lightning company came to us to help them develop their brand.

What came up in our workshop with founder Anders Holmedal, was that he had strong urge to stir the pot a bit, to develop products that have a clear point of difference compared to what is expected of a Scandinavian lightning company. This allowed us to take the direction that we did.

We developed the name House of Holmedal, created the visual identity, brand statements as well as the first campaign image for the brand (the messed up room above). The strategy that we developed, the idea of anarchy in the most socially democratic and 'nice' country in the world, works as an antidote to Holmedal's competitors as well as being an internal benchmark for him as he develops his products. We can't wait to see what he comes up with in the future.

Brand & Identity campaign image with the line Anarchy in Scandinavia over a styled interior
Coral type reading Subtle acts of rebellion on a cyan field, from the brand toolkit
Holmedal identity colourway — pink headline on mustard yellow reading Anarchy in Scandinavia
Brand & Identity stationery, torn-edge business cards for House of Holmedal in coral and white
House of Holmedal wordmark and lamp-like H monogram drawn in coral, yellow and cyan
Holmedal poster running in a street-side bus shelter in a Scandinavian town square
Brand & Identity development — nine H monogram variations etched into a brass plate
Timber mould in the workshop used to shape Holmedal's blown-glass pendant forms
Holmedal production shot — molten glass glowing orange as it is pressed into a mould
Brand & Identity product shot of the finished smoked-glass pendant hanging against grey

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