Startups welcome!

Startups welcome!

To be successful, you have to be noticed – Startup Week Düsseldorf offers new entrepreneurs a platform for ideas, contacts, presence and business. Initiated by the Office of Economic Development Düsseldorf, this format will spark an innovative spirit!

The bright yellow image with its detailed and concise logo signals a sense of optimism and diversity. Now in its seventh year, the unmistakable key visual with its positive radiance can be seen at almost 200 events with more than 5,000 visitors throughout Düsseldorf.

The appeal of Startup Week now extends far beyond the city: the event attracts startups and companies from Hamburg, Munich, Berlin and, of course, the Rhine-Ruhr economic region to Düsseldorf. The events are used to present, inform and network, providing an excellent opportunity to build bridges between companies and startups.

A grid-based overview of twelve pages from the Düsseldorf Startup Week Visual Identity Style Guide on a black background, including the cover page, logo overview, color scheme, typography, infographics, and the graphic system featuring the tagline “Think Big!”

In developing the brand identity, the aim was not just to create a logo, but to develop a complex branding that works equally well in digital and analogue applications. Startups stand for innovation, diversity and dynamism. This became the approach for the design concept. Instead of a logo, there is a flexible wordmark based on the typeface “Pattern” by type designer Eike Dingler.

A freestanding large yellow poster for Düsseldorf Startup Week 2021 (June 4–11) on a traffic island, backlit by the evening sun and surrounded by trees and passing cars
Hand points to the printed materials from Startup Week, including stickers, a program booklet, and posters
Close-up of a black shirt with the yellow “Startup Unit Düsseldorf” logo on the chest
Cover and interior mockup of the Startup Week 2020 program (April 17–24) on a yellow background with patterned lettering
Inside pages of the Startup Week program booklet, open to a page with event descriptions
vista — Designstudio for communication design in düsseldorf | Startups welcome!
vista — Designstudio for communication design in düsseldorf | Startups welcome!
A row of yellow Startup Week flags flying from flagpoles in front of green trees along Düsseldorf's Kö

“This week we provided a platform to bring together key regional and national players. The positive feedback shows us how important this platform is for the exchange between start-ups, companies, investors, associations and universities.”
— Office of Economic Development Düsseldorf

Wide-angle photo of downtown Düsseldorf featuring a large yellow “Startup Week” promotional banner, with blurry passersby walking by

Client: ZackBumm GmbH & State Capital Düsseldorf, Economic Development Department.
Services: Concept and consulting, corporate design, screen design and development.
Year: since 2016


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