Uzufruct

Naming, brand positioning, visual and verbal platform: identity design, identity applications, tagline and story development, key messages and web design.

Lavinia Ludovic, Uzufruct founder:

“I heard about Onomatopy through other projects the team worked on and they caught my attention immediately. I knew from the very beginning that they are the ones I want to work with. The brand naming speaks for itself; it has layers of history and a contemporary vibe. The whole process inspired me and made me enthusiastic about my work and about the brand Onomatopy helped me create, Uzufruct. Alina and Adnan were highly professional, creative and managed to bring light and clever simplicity to all the ideas I wanted to convey!”  

The brief: Lavinia wanted to move from being a top lawyer and a partner in a well-known Bucharest consultancy to a voice on the educational side of the law. We were hired to simplify the journey, to name a new brand and to design it. Another challenge was to plan the future developments and design the transition from the informative blog-feel website to a company website.

The solution: There was an obvious tension between the brief, “the style should be creative and relaxed” and the professional etiquette of the industry which revolves around authority and austerity. Through the naming and branding process we reconciled the two sides. Using qualitative research and instruments like mood boards and the Onomatopy Naming Chart we started by identifying the right tone of voice and the creative approach that would work. The name we developed was immediately embraced by the client. It has strong links to the legislative but it’s also a term that transgressed its specific domain. The identity design roots back to the Roman origins of law, making it universally identifiable.