Wirkraum – Brand Identity & Website

Wirkraum – Brand Identity & Website

Wirkraum – Brand Identity & Website

Rita Börste launched Wirkraum as a practice for systemic coaching, consulting and leadership development, working with individuals, teams and organisations navigating change. The brief was to build a brand and digital presence from scratch that felt both substantive and approachable: reflecting her precise, empathetic way of working without falling into the visual clichés that define the coaching industry. Translating the nature of the work into a brand meant finding a visual language for something that operates entirely through conversation, presence and human dynamics.

Rita Börste launched Wirkraum as a practice for systemic coaching, consulting and leadership development, working with individuals, teams and organisations navigating change. The brief was to build a brand and digital presence from scratch that felt both substantive and approachable: reflecting her precise, empathetic way of working without falling into the visual clichés that define the coaching industry. Translating the nature of the work into a brand meant finding a visual language for something that operates entirely through conversation, presence and human dynamics.

Rita Börste launched Wirkraum as a practice for systemic coaching, consulting and leadership development, working with individuals, teams and organisations navigating change. The brief was to build a brand and digital presence from scratch that felt both substantive and approachable: reflecting her precise, empathetic way of working without falling into the visual clichés that define the coaching industry. Translating the nature of the work into a brand meant finding a visual language for something that operates entirely through conversation, presence and human dynamics.

Year

2026

Client

Rita Börste

Category

Brand Identity & Website

Product Duration

8 Weeks
CONCEPT & DESIGN
CONCEPT & DESIGN

The W at the centre of the identity is not drawn — it emerges from negative space, formed by four interlocking elements that work within a structure rather than against it. Soft curves tapering to sharp endpoints hold the tension between authority and approachability in a single form. The wordmark in Montserrat Alternates echoes the same geometry, making mark and type feel like one conceived object. A restrained petrol palette — four steps from deep teal to pale, anchored by white — keeps the identity calm and spacious. Brass accents bring warmth as a deliberate counterweight: the human side of a brand that is, above all, built around people.

Scope
Scope

The project evolved organically from an initial brand brief into a comprehensive rollout across digital and print. A process that mirrors how Wirkraum itself operates: starting with clarity on the essentials, then expanding deliberately into every area where the brand needed to show up. Final deliverables included a logo with full visual identity system, a multi-section website, a brand guide, letter and invoice templates, business cards, stationery and an email signature. The colour system was additionally visualised in a spatial context, demonstrating that Deep Teal and Brass hold their own as a material language, not just as palette choices on screen.

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BASED IN Munich,

Germany

DIgital Designer
360° Approach

Founder
Manuel Pablo Schäfer

Let'S WORK

TOGETHER

BASED IN Munich,

Germany

DIgital Designer
360° Approach

Manuel Pablo Schäfer

Let'S WORK

TOGETHER

Founder
Manuel Pablo Schäfer

Let'S WORK

TOGETHER

BASED IN Munich,

Germany

DIgital Designer
360° Approach

Founder
Manuel Pablo Schäfer