On the Shoulders of Science

Carbon Direct

Website Design & Development

Carbon Direct is a purpose-driven carbon management firm dedicated to putting climate science into action. No longer a scrappy startup, they needed a brand that better communicated the scale and capabilities of their company and that matched their approach to business — intelligent, dynamic, and distinctive.

Their new logo stays true to their founding story—focusing first and foremost on the necessity of carbon removal in our fight against climate change—but tells it in a way that is simple, memorable, and functional. A light and bright color palette reflects the energy and optimism Carbon Direct brings to their work. Messaging across the identity is succinct and action-oriented, distilling complex ideas into simple, straightforward language. 

Client

Carbon Direct

Disciplines

Comparison of the previous Carbon Direct logo and the newly created logo.
Rendering of the front and back of a sample business card for Carbon Direct.
Carbon Direct teeshirt with the words "Reduce, Remove, Reuse" and green arrows as bullet points.
Four sample Instagram posts for Carbon Direct, with various pictures of nature, and one with the words "Take Action on Your Climate Commitments".
Brand style guide for Carbon Direct displaying a color palette of various hues of blue and green.
Brand style guide showing typography samples in various font sizes for Carbon Direct.
Sample iconography for Carbon Direct in greens and blues.

Functionally, Carbon Direct needed a website that worked harder to support their growing business. In addition to launching a polished and sophisticated digital experience, Carbon Direct wanted to: highlight their team throughout the site as a way of speaking to the depth and breadth of their expertise; establish a flexible, full-featured blog to establish themselves as thought leaders in the carbon removal space; and more easily and effectively generate leads and attract talent.

The site is built upon a consistent, rigorously-refined design system and leverages custom animations to communicate key messages (the balance of technical and natural, the need for negative emissions) in unexpected ways.

Carbon Direct website mockup of multiple landing pages on tablet screens.
Layout of Carbon Direct's Advisory webpage.
Layout of Carbon Direct's About page on their website.
Collage of multiple phones displaying various Carbon Direct web pages.

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